Lent
Jesus Grant That Balm and Healing
- Words:
- Johann Heermann, 1644. Translation composite.
- Music:
- 'Der Am Kreuz' Johann Balthasar König, 1738.
- Setting:
- "Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book", 1931.
- Metre:
- 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8
- 1Jesus, grant that balm and healingIn Thy holy wounds I find,Every hour that I am feeling,Pains of body and of mind.Should some evil thought withinTempt my treacherous heart to sin,Show the peril, and from sinningKeep me ere its first beginning.
- 2Should some lust or sharp temptationProve too strong for flesh and blood,Let me think upon Thy Passion,And the breach is soon made good.Or should Satan press me hard,Let me then be on my guard,Saying, "Christ for me was wounded,"That the tempter flee confounded.
- 3If the world my heart enticesOn the broad and easy roadWith its mirth and luring vices,Let me think upon the loadThou didst carry and endureThat I flee all thoughts impure,Banishing each wild emotion,Calm and blest in my devotion.
- 4Every wound that pains or grieves me,By Thy stripes, Lord, is made whole;When I'm faint, Thy cross revives me,Granting new life to my soul.Yea, Thy comfort renders sweetEvery bitter cup I meet;For Thy all atoning PassionHas procured my soul's salvation.
- 5O my God, my Rock and Tower,Grant that in Thy death I trust,Knowing death has lost his powerSince Thou trodd'st him in the dust.Savior, let Thine agonyEver help and comfort me;When I die, be my Protection,Light and Life and Resurrection.
- 6Jesus, grant that balm and healing In Thy holy wounds I find,Every hour that I am feeling, Pains of body and of mind.And when I this world must leave, Grant that, Lord, to Thee I cleave,In Thy wounds find consolation And obtain my soul's salvation
Scripture
Topics
In the hymnals
- The words are in 25 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Der Am Kreuz, is in 23 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. 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.