Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Friday, February 16, 2018

"Jesus, Refuge of the Weary"

My weekly tune from The Lutheran Hymnal this week was "O du Liebe."  I referenced The Lutheran Service Book to find that this tune (with a slightly longer title: "O du Liebe meiner Liebe") is used for "Jesus, Refuge of the Weary," and I also noticed a small musical/textual connection.  In the first verse, there are the lines "Often have Your eyes, offended, / Gazed upon the sinner's fall."  The second of these two lines is sung to this musical phrase:


The "sinner's fall" is sung to a descending phrase, musically representing the "fall."