O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn

General information

Lyricist: Michael Weiße

Settings by composers

• Winfried Grünewald SATB
• Heinrich Schütz
  • SWV 295 TT with bc
  • SWV 481:30 SATB or ATTB (final chorus of Johannespassion)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Heinrich Schütz — O Hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn! SWV 481:30

Texts and Translations

German text O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn, durch dein bitter Leiden, daß wir, dir stets untertan, Sünd und Unrecht meiden, deinen Tod und sein Ursach fruchtbar nun bedenken, dafür, obwohl arm und schwach, dir Dankopfer schenken.

English translation Help us, O Christ, thou Son of God through thy bitter passion Seeing thy humility May we shun transgression. Knowing how thou cam'st to die may we learn to suffer. May we now, though poor and weak, prayer and praises offer.