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Text: | Forsake me not, my God |
Author: | Salomo Franck |
Translator: | Henry Eyler Jacobs |
Tune: | O GOTT, DU FROMMER GOTT |
1 Forsake me not, my God,
Thy gracious hand extend me!
O Father, lead Thy child;
Where'er I go, defend me!
My steps are turned towards home;
Lighten the darksome road:
My Guide, my Guard, my All;
Forsake me not, my God!
2 Forsake me not, my God!
Restrain, confirm, direct me,
Control my tottering feet,
From sinful falls protect me;
The Holy Spirit grant;
And, 'neath the heaviest load,
Be Thou my Strength and Stay:
Forsake me not, my God!
3 Forsake me not, my God!
In every trying hour,
O King of kings, be nigh
With Thy resistless power!
Against the tempter's arts,
Thy mighty aid afford,
That I may never yield;
Forsake me not, my God!
4 Forsake me not, my God!
Help me, Thy Word believing,
To keep through life Thy faith,
In death Thy crown receiving.
I long to see Thy face,
To dwell in Thine abode,
To know Thee as Thou art;
Forsake me not, my God!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Forsake me not, my God |
German Title: | Ach Gott, verlass mich nicht |
Author: | Salomo Franck (1714) |
Translator: | Henry Eyler Jacobs (1912) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | The Christian Life: Cross and Comfort |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | O GOTT, DU FROMMER GOTT |
Meter: | 6 7, 6 7, 6 6, 6 6 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Meiningen Gesangbuch,1693 |