Hymns

Now Thank We All Our God

Words: Catherine Winkworth, Martin Rinkart · Music: Felix Mendelssohn, Johann Crüger · 1630

Verse 1
Now thank we all our God
with hearts and hands and voices,
who wondrous things hath done,
in whom his world rejoices;
who from our mother's arms
hath blessed us on our way
with countless gifts of love,
and still is ours today.

Verse 2
Oh, may this bounteous God
through all our lives be near us,
with ever joyful hearts
and blessed peace to cheer us;
and keep us in his grace,
and guide us when perplexed,
and free us from all ills
in this world and the next.

Verse 3
All praise and thanks to God
the Father now be given,
the Son, and him who reigns
with them in highest heaven,
the one eternal God,
whom earth and heav'n adore;
for thus it was, is now,
and shall be evermore.

Words: Martin Rinkart, 1630; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1858 | Music: Johann Crüger, 1647; harm. Felix Mendelssohn, 1840, alt.

Psalm 22; Psalm 34; Psalm 67; Psalm 89; Isaiah 12; Lamentations 3; Romans 8; Romans 16; James 1; Jude 1:1

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