"O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß" (O man, bewail thy sin so great) is a LutheranPassion hymn with a text written by Sebald Heyden in 1530. The author reflects the Passion of Jesus, based on the Four Evangelists, originally in 23 stanzas. The lyrics were written for an older melody, "Es sind doch selig alle, die im rechten Glauben wandeln" (Zahn No. 8303).[1] The first and last stanzas have appeared in 11 hymnals. Catherine Winkworth translated it as "O man, thy grievous sin bemoan". The hymn has been used in Passion music and is known in Bach's setting as a chorale fantasia closing Part I of his St Matthew Passion.
Sebald originally wrote a reflection of the Passion of Jesus based on the four gospels in 23 stanzas of 12 lines each.[2][3] The original title begins "Der Passion auß den vier Evangelisten" (The Passion from the Four Evangelists).[2] It reflects the Passion, narrating the stations of the cross and adding the context of Heilsbedeutung (meaning for salvation), beginning with man's sinful condition and ending with thanks.[2]
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, Darum Christus seins Vaters Schoß Äußert und kam auf Erden; Von einer Jungfrau rein und zart Für uns er hier geboren ward, Er wollt der Mittler werden, Den Toten er das Leben gab Und legt dabei all Krankheit ab Bis sich die Zeit herdrange, Daß er für uns geopfert würd, Trüg unser Sünden schwere Bürd Wohl an dem Kreuze lange.
The first stanza opens addressing the listener "O Mensch" (O human being) and requesting him to remember and deplore his great sin (Sünde groß). The following lines state that Jesus Christ left his Father's bosom, came to Earth (kam auf Erden), born of a virgin for us (für uns), wanting to become a mediator (Mittler). The second half of the stanza mentions that he gave life to the dead and removed all sickness (all Krankheit), until it became urgent that he was sacrificed for us, carrying the heavy load of our sins (unsrer Sünden schwere Bürd), long on the cross.
The melody goes back to Matthäus Greiter, around 1524, and appears in Strasbourg hymnals of 1525 and 1526 titled "Beati immaculati.Psalm 119".[2]
Current hymnals contain only the first and last stanzas.[2]
Musical settingsedit
Autograph manuscript of O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622
^ abcdefHahn, Gerhard, ed. (2001). 76 O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß in Liederkunde zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch, Gerhard Hahn. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 40–44. ISBN3-52-550324-5. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
^"O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß (tune)". hymnary.org. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
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