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Sehet, sehet, welche Liebe Hat der Vater uns erzeigt, Sehet, wie er voll Erbarmen Über uns sein Antlitz neigt! Seht, wie er das Allerbeste Für das Allerschlecht'ste giebt, Seinen Sohn für unsre Sünden - Sehet, seht, wie er uns liebt! Sehet, sehet, welche Liebe Unser Heiland zu uns trägt, Wie er alles für uns leidet, Selbst, daß man an's Kreuz ihn schlägt, Wie er da auch noch den letzten Tropfen Bluts für uns vergießt. Sehet, seht, ob das nicht Liebe, Namenlose Liebe ist! Sehet, sehet, welche Liebe Uns erzeigt der heil'ge Geist, Wie er auch den ärgsten Sünder Gern zum Leben unterweis't, Wie er strafend, lehrend, tröstend Immer zu den Menschen spricht! O wer priese solche große, Dreifach große Liebe nicht!
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- by Karl Johann Philipp Spitta (1801 - 1859) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Karl Eduard Hering (1807 - 1879), "Sehet, welch eine Liebe", op. 24 (Zehn Lieder) no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Sehet, welche Liebe", op. 157 no. 1 (1888) [low voice and organ or piano], from Sechs religiöse Gesänge, no. 1. [ sung text not verified ]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-12-06
Line count: 24
Word count: 121
See the love shown by our Father, by his rich and boundless grace, see, how he, with boundless mercy, bows o’er us his kindly face! See, the very best he gives us for the very worst we give: His own son for our transgressions – see, how by his love we live. See the love shown by our Saviour – love that lives so death should die – how he suffers for us sinners, He, whom we would crucify! See, how on the cross the Saviour sheds the blood that marks his reign. See: Is this not love enormous? Nameless love that bears his name! See the love shown by the Spirit as he chastens us for sin, how he teaches truth to sinners, how we are consoled by him. From the heavens he descended as the body of a dove. Who would fail to glorify this glorious Trinity of Love!
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Johann Philipp Spitta (1801 - 1859)
This text was added to the website: 2017-02-10
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Word count: 151