Text: | Let Me Be Thine Forever |
Author (stanza 1): | Nicolaus Selnecker, 1532-92 |
Translator: | Matthias Loy, 1828-1915 |
Tune: | LOB GOTT GETROST MIT SINGEN |
1 Let me be Thine forever,
My faithful God and Lord;
Let me forsake Thee never
Nor wander from Thy Word.
Lord, do not let me waver,
But give me steadfastness,
And for such grace forever
Thy holy name I'll bless.
2 Lord Jesus, my salvation,
My light, my life divine,
My only consolation,
O make me wholly Thine!
For Thou hast dearly bought me
With blood and bitter pain.
Let me, since Thou hast sought me,
Eternal life obtain.
3 And Thou, O Holy Spirit,
My comforter and guide,
Grant that in Jesus' merit
I always may confide,
Him to the end confessing
Whom I have known by faith.
Give me Thy constant blessing
And grant a Christian death.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Let me be Thine forever |
Title: | Let Me Be Thine Forever |
Author (stanza 1): | Nicolaus Selnecker, 1532-92 |
Translator: | Matthias Loy, 1828-1915 (alt. ) |
Meter: | 76 76 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2006 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Source: | Gesang-Büchlien, Rudolstadt, 1633, sts. 2-3 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LOB GOTT GETROST MIT SINGEN |
Meter: | 76 76 D |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | Musika Teutsch, Nürnberg, 1532; The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 (Setting) |