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Text: | O God, My Faithful God |
Author: | Johann Heermann |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
Tune: | WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT |
Composer: | Ahasuerus Fritsch |
1 O God, my faithful God,
O fountain ever flowing,
without whom nothing is,
all perfect gifts bestowing,
grant me a faithful life,
and give me, Lord, within,
commitment free from strife,
a soul unhurt by sin.
2 God, grant me strength to do
with ready heart and willing,
whatever you command,
my calling here fulfilling;
and do it when I ought,
with zeal and joyfulness;
and bless the work I've wrought,
for you must give success.
3 Keep me from saying words
that later need recalling;
guard me, lest idle speech
may from my lips be falling;
but when, within my place,
I must and ought to speak,
then to my words give grace,
lest I offend the weak.
4 When dangers gather round,
still keep me calm and fearless;
help me to bear the cross
when life seems bleak and cheerless,
to overcome my foes
with words and actions kind;
O God, your will disclose,
your counsel let me find.
to live at peace with all.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O God, my faithful God |
Title: | O God, My Faithful God |
Author: | Johann Heermann (c. 1630) |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1858, alt.) |
Meter: | 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Spread of the Gospel; Commitment; Consecration(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT |
Composer: | Ahasuerus Fritsch (1679, alt.) |
Meter: | 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6. |
Key: | D Major |