Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.