Hierte-Suk
The Cry of a Distant Heart
The speaker expresses deep lament and urgency over their spiritual distance from Jesus.
Ah! My Jesus, I must lament that I’ve turned completely away from you! Ah! My Jesus! Look back; see, I’m on the brink of death!
Law and Gospel
The speaker contrasts the condemning power of the Law with the healing comfort found in Jesus.
The tablets of Moses, the stones of the lion strike my heart; the Lord's commandments don't yield a single fruit in my land! But when Moses lets me hear the threat, thunder, death, and bondage, He says that he will lead me down to the condemned's state, Then, for the lion's whip and scourge, I shrink back with cries and wails, And I will run to my Jesus, Who is the true goal of comfort, Yes, I wish that God would grant me this in the world, That Moses might strike me, Jesus would lay a plaster on me.
Read the original Latin
Ach! min JEsu, jeg maa klage, At jeg slet er fra dig vendt! Ach! min JEsu! see tilbage, See, jeg er paa Dødsens Skrent! Mosis Tauler, Lowens Steene Støder sig mit Hierte paa, HErrens Bud-ords Himmel-greene I min Jord ey Rood vil faa! Men naar Moses lader høre Trussel, Torden, Død og Band, Siiger, at hand mig vil føre Ned til de Fordømtis Stand, Da, for Lowens Pidsk og Svøbe Krympis jeg med Skrig og Skraal, Og vil til min JEsum løbe, Som er Trøstens rette Maal, Ja jeg ønsker, GUD vil laue Det med mig i Verden saa, At mig Moses maatte aue, JEsus legge Plaster paa.
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