Text:Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring
Author:Martin Jahn, ca. 1620-1682
Translator:Robert S. Bridges, 1844-1930
Tune:WERDE MUNTER
Arranger:Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750
Composer:Johann P. Schop, ca. 1590-1664

567. Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring

1 Jesu, joy of our desiring,
Holy wisdom, love most bright,
Drawn by you, our souls aspiring,
Soar to uncreated Light.
Word of God, our flesh that fashioned
With the fire of life impassioned,
Striving still to truth unknown,
Soaring, dying, 'round your throne.

2 Through the way where hope is guiding,
Hear what peaceful music rings;
Where the flocks in you confiding,
Drink of joy from deathless springs!
Theirs is beauty’s fairest pleasure;
Theirs is wisdom’s holiest treasure;
You do ever lead your own,
In the love of joys unknown.

Text Information
First Line: Jesu, joy of our desiring
Title: Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring
German Title: Christlich Herzens Andacht
Author: Martin Jahn, ca. 1620-1682
Translator: Robert S. Bridges, 1844-1930 (rev.)
Meter: 87 87 88 77
Language: English
Publication Date: 2015
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Devotional; Hope; Joy (4 more...)
Tune Information
Name: WERDE MUNTER
Composer: Johann P. Schop, ca. 1590-1664
Arranger: Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 (alt.)
Meter: 87 87 88 77
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Himmlische Lieder vo. 3, Lüneberg, 1642



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