Moravian Book of Worship ‎#734

734. Be Present with Your Servants, Lord

1 Be present with your servants, Lord,
we look to you with one accord;
refresh and strengthen us anew,
and bless what in your name we do.

2 O teach us all your perfect will
to understand and to fulfill;
when human insight fails, give light;
this will direct our steps aright.

3 The Lord’s joy be our strength and stay
in our employ from day to day;
our thoughts and our activity
through Jesus’ merits hallowed be.

Text Information

• First Line: Be present with your servants, Lord
• Title: Be Present with Your Servants, Lord
• Author: Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1753)
• Translator: Lewis Renatus West (1801, alt.)
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Nehemiah 8:10
  ;
  Romans 12
• Topic: Trust and Guidance; Blessing; Christ--Presence of; Labor and laborers; Ministry

Tune Information

• Name: HUS
• Meter: L.M.
• Source: Cantionale Germanicum, Dresden (1628); C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784)
• Notes: 22 F in 1891 Offices of Worship and Hymns