Jesus, I Will Ponder Now
Author: August Crull ;
Author: Sigmund von Birken
Tune: JESU KREUZ, LEIDEN UND PEIN
Jesus, I will ponder now
On Your holy passion;
On Your holy passion;
With Your Spirit me endow
For such meditation.
For such meditation.
Grant that I in love and faith
May the image cherish
May the image cherish
Of Your suff’ring, pain, and death
That I may not perish.
That I may not perish.
Make me see Your great distress,
Anguish, and affliction,
Anguish, and affliction,
Bonds and stripes and wretchedness
And Your crucifixion:
And Your crucifixion:
Make me see how scourge and rod,
Spear and nails did wound You,
Spear and nails did wound You,
How for them You died, O God,
Who with thorns had crowned You.
Who with thorns had crowned You.
Yet, O Lord, not thus alone
Make me see Your passion,
Make me see Your passion,
But its cause to me make known
And its termination.
And its termination.
Ah! I also and my sin
Wrought Your deep affliction;
Wrought Your deep affliction;
This indeed the cause has been
Of Your crucifixion.
Of Your crucifixion.
Grant that I Your passion view
With repentant grieving,
With repentant grieving,
Let me not bring shame to You
By unholy living.
By unholy living.
How could I refuse to shun
Ev’ry sinful pleasure
Ev’ry sinful pleasure
Since for me God’s only Son
Suffered without measure?
Suffered without measure?
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