Ah, holy Jesus, How hast Thou offended - piano

Ah, holy Jesus, How hast Thou offended



Author: Johann Heerman



Ah, 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 I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee:

I crucified thee.



Lo, 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 thine incarnation,

Thy mortal sorrow, and thy life's oblation:

Thy death of anguish and thy bitter passion,

For my salvation.



Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay thee,

I do adore thee, and will ever pray thee

Think on thy pity and thy love unswerving,

Not my deserving.