Voices Together ‎#128

128. Wakantanka (Many and Great)

1 Wakantanka taku nitawa tankaya qa ota;
mahpiya kin eyahnake ça,
maka kin he duowanca;
mniowanca śbeya wanke cin, hena oyakihi.

2 Woehdaku nitawa kin he minaġi kin qu wo;
mahpiya kin iwankam yati,
wicowaśte yuha nanka,
wiconi kin he mayaqu nun, owihanke wanin.

1 Many and great, O God, are your works, maker of earth and sky.
Your hands have set the heavens with stars;
your fingers spread the mountains and plains.
Lo, at your word the waters were formed; deep seas obey your voice.

2 Grant unto us communion with you, O star-abiding One.
Come unto us and dwell with us;
with you are found the gifts of life.
Bless us with life that has no end, eternal life with you.

Text Information

• First Line: Wakantanka taku nitawa (Many and great, O God, are your works)
• Title: Wakantanka (Many and Great)
• Dakota Title: Wakantanka
• Author: Joseph R. Renville
• Paraphraser: Philip Frazier (1929, alt.)
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: Dakota
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Psalm 40:5
  ;
  Psalm 89:8-9
  ;
  Psalm 104
  ;
  Psalm 107:23-30
  ;
  Isaiah 40:21-26
  ;
  Jeremiah 10:10-13
  ;
  Amos 5:8
  ;
  Matthew 8:23-27
  ;
  Mark 4:35-41
  ;
  Luke 8:22-25
  ;
  John 3:16-18
• Topic: Confessing Faith; Creation: God as Creator; God: Power of; God: Presence of; God: Works of; Indigenous Communities: Resources Related to; Salvation
• Source: Dakota Dowanpi Kin (Odowan Wowapi, USA), 1846

Tune Information

• Name: LACQUIPARLE
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: c minor
• Source: Plains Indian traditional, Dakota Odowan, 1879