Text: | Thee will I love, my Strength, my Tower |
Author: | Johann Scheffler |
Translator: | John Wesley |
Tune: | ICH WILL DICH LIEBEN |
1 Thee will I love, my Strength, my Tower,
Thee will I love, my Joy, my Crown;
Thee will I love with all my power,
In all my works, and Thee alone:
Thee will I love, till the pure fire
Fill my whole soul with chaste desire.
2 I thank Thee, uncreated Sun,
That Thy bright beams on me have shined;
I thank Thee, who hast overthrown
My foes, and healed my wounded mind;
I thank Thee, Whose enlivening voice
Bids my freed heart in Thee rejoice.
3 Uphold me in the doubtful race,
Nor suffer me again to stray;
Strengthen my feet with steady pace
Still to press forward in Thy way;
That all my powers, with all their might,
In Thy sole glory may unite.
4 Thee will I love, my joy, my Crown;
Thee will I love, my Lord, my God!
Thee will I love, beneath Thy frown
Or smile, Thy sceptre or Thy rod.
What though my flesh and heart decay?
Thee shall I love in endless day.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Thee will I love, my Strength, my Tower |
Author: | Johann Scheffler (1657) |
Translator: | John Wesley (1739) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | The Christian Life: Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving |
Notes: | Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ICH WILL DICH LIEBEN |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | König's Harmonischer Liederschatz, 1738 |
Notes: | Public Domain. |