1. Jesus, I will ponder now
   On Thy holy Passion;
   With Thy Spirit me endow
   For such meditation.
   Grant that I in love and faith
   May the image cherish
   Of Thy suff’ring, pain, and death
   That I may not perish.

2. Make me see Thy great distress,
   Anguish, and affliction,
   Bonds and stripes and wretchedness
   And Thy crucifixion;
   Make me see how scourge and rod,
   Spear and nails, did wound Thee,
   How for man Thou diedst, O God,
   Who with thorns had crowned Thee.

3. Yet, O Lord, not thus alone
   Make me see Thy Passion,
   But its cause to me make known
   And its termination.
   Ah! I also and my sin
   Wrought Thy deep affliction;
   This indeed the cause hath been
   Of Thy crucifixion.

4. Grant that I Thy Passion view
   With repentant grieving
   Nor Thee crucify anew
   By unholy living.
   How could I refuse to shun
   Ev’ry sinful pleasure
   Since for me God’s only Son
   Suffered without measure?

5. If my sins give me alarm
   And my conscience grieve me,
   Let Thy cross my fear disarm,
   Peace of conscience give me.
   Grant that I may trust in Thee
   And Thy holy Passion.
   If His Son so loveth me,
   God must have compassion.

6. Grant that I may willingly
   Bear with Thee my crosses,
   Learning humbleness of Thee,
   Peace mid pain and losses.
   May I give Thee love for love!
   Hear me, O my Savior,
   That I may in heav’n above
   Sing Thy praise forever.

Jesu, deine Passion
Sigmund Betulius, 1653
Tr. August Crull, †1923, alt.
Source: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, No. 140