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Herr Gott! dich will ich loben (Ausbund Hymn No. 30)
Lord God! To Thee be blessing from hence until my end,
That I Thy faith possessing Thee know and apprehend.
Thy holy Word Thou sendest me
Which I thro’ grace and mercy possess and prize from
Thee.
Thy Word received I from Thee, as Thou, O Lord, dost know;
It shall not void return Thee, I hope; strength me bestow
That I may know Thy will, not mine,
In this is my rejoicing, ever in my heart's shrine.
To Thee, Lord, I am crying, help, God and father, mine,
That I in love complying, be child and heir of Thine;
O Lord, my faith make mightier,
Lest fall the house to ruins, where Thy help absent were.
O Lord, forget me never, fore'er with me abide,
Thy Spirit teach me ever, protect, in suffering hide
That I may know Thy comfort rife,
And valiantly may conquer, with vict'ry in the strife.
The foe beat hard upon me where in the field I lay;
He fain from it would drive me, Lord, Thou didst vict’ry
stay;
With weapon sharp he on me pressed,
That all my body trembled from force and falsehood
stressed.
In flesh I am distrusting, it is too weak revealed;
In Thy Word I am trusting, this comfort is and shield.
Dependent on it though hard-pressed
That Thou wilt from disasters me help into Thy rest.
Our latest hour is nearing so must we now it man;
Help us, O Lord, in bearing the cross after Thy plan;
Come with Thy grace boundless, unspanned,
That we may be committing our spirits in Thy hand.
So will I then be parting with comrades mine, indeed,
May God us grace imparting, into His kingdom lead;
That we in faith all doubt transcend,
His holy work fulfilling, this grant He in the end.
(This song can be found in the hymnal 'Christian Hymnary' and in the CD 'Anabaptist Martyr Hymns' recorded by the Overholt Family. For further information regarding the hymnal and CD, please contact CHRISTIAN HYMNARY PUBLISHERS - P.O. Box 7159 Pinecraft, Sarasota, Florida 34278 U.S.A.)
Herr Gott! dich will ich loben (Ausbund Hymn No. 30)
Lord God! To Thee be blessing from hence until my end,
That I Thy faith possessing Thee know and apprehend.
Thy holy Word Thou sendest me
Which I thro’ grace and mercy possess and prize from
Thee.
Thy Word received I from Thee, as Thou, O Lord, dost know;
It shall not void return Thee, I hope; strength me bestow
That I may know Thy will, not mine,
In this is my rejoicing, ever in my heart's shrine.
To Thee, Lord, I am crying, help, God and father, mine,
That I in love complying, be child and heir of Thine;
O Lord, my faith make mightier,
Lest fall the house to ruins, where Thy help absent were.
O Lord, forget me never, fore'er with me abide,
Thy Spirit teach me ever, protect, in suffering hide
That I may know Thy comfort rife,
And valiantly may conquer, with vict'ry in the strife.
The foe beat hard upon me where in the field I lay;
He fain from it would drive me, Lord, Thou didst vict’ry
stay;
With weapon sharp he on me pressed,
That all my body trembled from force and falsehood
stressed.
In flesh I am distrusting, it is too weak revealed;
In Thy Word I am trusting, this comfort is and shield.
Dependent on it though hard-pressed
That Thou wilt from disasters me help into Thy rest.
Our latest hour is nearing so must we now it man;
Help us, O Lord, in bearing the cross after Thy plan;
Come with Thy grace boundless, unspanned,
That we may be committing our spirits in Thy hand.
So will I then be parting with comrades mine, indeed,
May God us grace imparting, into His kingdom lead;
That we in faith all doubt transcend,
His holy work fulfilling, this grant He in the end.
(This song can be found in the hymnal 'Christian Hymnary' and in the CD 'Anabaptist Martyr Hymns' recorded by the Overholt Family. For further information regarding the hymnal and CD, please contact CHRISTIAN HYMNARY PUBLISHERS - P.O. Box 7159 Pinecraft, Sarasota, Florida 34278 U.S.A.)
