Ah, Holy Jesus
- Words:
- Johann Heermann, Tr. Robert S. Bridges
- Music:
- Johann Cruger
Sheet music
This tune was read from the sheet music by computer, so it may have the odd wrong note or rhythm; the sheet music itself is as printed.
- 1Ah, holy Jesus, how hast Thou offended,That man to judge Thee hath in hate pretended?By foes derided, by Thine own rejected,O most afflicted.Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon Thee?Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone Thee,‘Twas l, Lord Jesus, I it was denied Thee:I crucified Thee.
- 2Lo, the Good Shepherd for the sheep is offered;The slave hath sinned, and the Son hath suffered;For man’s atonement, while he nothing heedeth,God intercedeth.For me, kind Jesus, was Thy incarnation,Thy mortal sorrow, and Thy life’s *oblation:Thy death of anguish and Thy bitter passion,For my salvation.
- 3Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay Thee,I do adore Thee, and will ever pray TheeThink on Thy pity and Thy love unswervingNot my deserving.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 159 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.