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7455 | The Cyber Hymnal#7456 | 7457 |
Text: | Why, Herod, Unrelenting Foe |
Author: | Caelius Sedulius |
Translator (from German): | Richard Massie |
Translator (from Latin to German): | Martin Luther |
Tune: | ALLMÄCHTIGER GOTT |
Composer: | Johann Crüger, 1598-1662 |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Why, Herod, unrelenting foe,
Doth the Lord’s coming move thee so?
He doth no earthly kingdom seek
Who brings His kingdom to the meek.
2. Led by the star, the wise men find
The Light that lightens all mankind;
The threefold presents which they bring
Declare Him God, and Man, and King.
3. In Jordan’s sacred waters stood
The meek and heavenly Lamb of God,
And He who did no sin, thereby
Cleansed us from all iniquity!
4. And now a miracle was done:
Six water pots stood there of stone;
Christ spake the word with power divine,
The water reddened into wine.
5. All honor unto Christ be paid,
Pure offspring of the holy maid,
With Father and with Holy Ghost,
Till time in endless time be lost.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Why, Herod, unrelenting foe |
Title: | Why, Herod, Unrelenting Foe |
Latin Title: | Hostis Herodes impie |
Translator (from Latin to German): | Martin Luther (1541) |
Translator (from German): | Richard Massie (ca. 450) |
Author: | Caelius Sedulius |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English; German |
Source: | German: Was fürchtst du Feind Herodes sehr; Translation from German to English in Martin Luther’s Spiritual Songs, 1854 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ALLMÄCHTIGER GOTT |
Composer: | Johann Crüger, 1598-1662 (1640) |
Meter: | LM |
Incipit: | 11235 43251 76554 |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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