Chalice Hymnal ‎#715

715. Now Thank We All Our God

1 Now thank we all our God,
with heart and hands and voices,
who wondrous things has done,
in whom the world rejoices,
who from our mothers' arms
has blessed us on our way
with countless gifts of love,
and still is ours today.

2 O may this bounteous God
through all our life be near us,
with ever-joyful hearts
and blessed peace to cheer us,
and keep us full of grace,
and guide us when perplexed,
and free us from all ills
in this world and the next.

3 All praise and thanks to God
our Father and our Mother,
to Christ and to the One
who binds us to each other,
the one eternal God,
whom earth and heaven adore,
for thus it was, is now,
and shall be evermore.

Text Information

• First Line: Now thank we all our God
• Title: Now Thank We All Our God
• Author: Martin Rinckart (1636)
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858, alt.)
• Meter: 67.67.66.66
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Topic: Times and Seasons: Thanksgiving; God's World: Times and Seasons: Thanksgiving; Gratitude; Processional Hymns; Recessional Hymns; Service Music: Doxologies; Guidance; Thanksgiving Day

Tune Information

• Name: NUN DANKET
• Composer: Johann Crüger (1647)
• Harmonizer: Felix Mendelssohn (1840)
• Meter: 67.67.66.66
• Key: F Major