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Text:The Proverbs 31 Woman
Paraphraser:Gracia Grindal
Tune:O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGE HÄTTE
Composer (attributed to):Johann B. König

301. The Proverbs 31 Woman

Text Information
First Line: Her children rise and call her blessed
Title: The Proverbs 31 Woman
Paraphraser: Gracia Grindal (2024)
Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8
Language: English
Publication Date: 2024
Scripture:
Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 20
Copyright: ©2024 Wayne Leupold Editions.
Notes: Text by Lutheran poet-scholar Gracia Grindal, written for this volume.
Tune Information
Name: O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGE HÄTTE
Composer (attributed to): Johann B. König (1738)
Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8
Incipit: 53565 4321
Key: F Major or modal
Source: arr. The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941
Notes: Tune "O dass ich tausend Zunge hätte" generally credited to Johann B. König because it first appeared in his Harmonischer Lieder-Schatz (1738); arr. as in The Lutheran Hymnal (1941).



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