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624. Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, Priceless Treasure)

1 Jesu, meine Freude,
meines Herzens Weide,
Jesu, meine Zier!
Ach, wie lang, ach lange
ist dem Herzen bange
und verlangt nach dir!
Gottes Lamm, mein Bräutigam,
außer dir soll mir auf Erden
nichts sonst Liebers werden.

2 Unter deinem Schirmen
bin ich vor den Stürmen
aller Feinde frei.
Lass den Satan wettern,
lass die Welt erzittern,
mir steht Jesus bei.
Ob es jetzt gleich kracht und blitzt,
ob gleich Sünd und Hölle schrecken,
Jesus will mich decken.

3 Weicht, ihr Trauergeister;
denn mein Freudenmeister,
Jesus, tritt herein.
Denen, die Gott lieben,
muss auch ihr Betrüben
lauter Freude sein.
Duld ich schon hier Spott und Hohn,
dennoch bleibst du auch im Leide,
Jesu, meine Freude.

1 Jesus, priceless treasure,
source of purest pleasure,
truest friend to me,
long my heart hath panted,
till it wellnigh fainted,
thirsting after thee.
Thine I am, O spotless Lamb;
I will suffer naught to hide thee,
ask for naught beside thee.

2 In thine arm I rest me;
foes who have oppressed me
cannot reach me here.
Though the earth be shaking,
every heart be quaking,
Jesus calms my fear.
Sin and hell in conflict fell
with their heaviest storms assail me;
Jesus will not fail me.

3 Hence, all thoughts of sadness!
for the Lord of gladness,
Jesus, enters in.
Those who love the Savior,
though the storms may gather,
still have peace within.
Yea, whate’er we here must bear,
still in thee lies purest pleasure,
Jesus, priceless treasure!

Text Information
First Line: Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, priceless treasure)
Title: Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, Priceless Treasure)
Author: Johann Franck
Translator: Catherine Winkworth
Meter: 6.6.5.6.6.5.7.8.6
Language: German
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Comfort; Jesus Christ: Images and Names of; Peace: Inner (1 more...)
Source: Praxis pietatis melica, 5th ed., 1653; trans. Catherine Winkworth (England), Chorale Book for England, 1863, alt.
Tune Information
Name: JESU MEINE FREUDE
Composer: Johann Crüger (1653)
Harmonizer: J. S. Bach
Meter: 6.6.5.6.6.5.7.8.6
Key: c minor
Source: Praxis pietatis melica, 5th ed.; harm. J. S. Bach (present-day Germany), Motet no. 3, 1723



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