SOWER • Hymns & Music

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.