Scripture Verse

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. Isaiah 53:10–11

Introduction

Words: Ad­am The­be­si­us (1596–1652) (Du Groß­er Schmerz­ens­mann). Trans­lat­ed from Ger­man to Eng­lish by Ar­thur T. Rus­sell, Psalms and Hymns (Cam­bridge, Eng­land: John Deigh­ton, 1851), num­ber 88.

Music: Nun Dank­et Jo­hann Crü­ger, 1647 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of The­be­si­us or Rus­sell (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Johann Crüger (1598–1662)

Lyrics

Thou Man of Sor­rows, hail!
Receive my ado­ra­tion:
On Thee the Fa­ther laid
Grief for my con­so­la­tion.
Thanks for Thy ang­uish, Lord,
Bonds, stripes en­dured by Thee;
Thanks, Lord for all Thy grief,
Thy last sad ago­ny!

Thy con­flict is our crown;
Thy death our life in Hea­ven;
Lord, by Thy bonds to us
Is end­less free­dom given.
Thy cross our sol­ace is,
Thy wounds sal­va­tion give;
Thy blood our ran­som price,
By this we sin­ners live.

O may Thy wounds, we pray,
Be to our sins for heal­ing;
Sustain us at the last,
Hope through Thy death re­veal­ing;
O Je­su! grant to us
That, through Thine ago­ny,
Thy suf­fer­ings, cross and pain,
We ne’er for­sak­en be.