Worship in Song ‎#51

51. Now Thank We All Our God

1 Now thank we all our God
With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom the world rejoices;
Who, from our mother's arms,
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours today.

2 O may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us;
And keep us in God's grace,
And guide us when perplexed,
And free us from all ills
In this world and the next.

3 All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given,
The Son, and him who reigns
With them in highest heaven;
The one eternal God,
Whom earth and heaven adore;
For thus it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.

Text Information

• First Line: Now thank we all our God
• Title: Now Thank We All Our God
• Author: Martin Rinckart (1636)
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth
• Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: Blessing (blessedness); Creation; God's Love; Grace; Peace; Praise; Seeking guidance; Thankfulness; Thanksgiving Day
• Source: Trans.: Lyra Germanica II, 1858

Tune Information

• Name: NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT
• Composer: Johann Crüger
• Harmonizer: Felix Mendelssohn
• Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6.
• Key: F Major
• Source: Praxis Pietatis Melica, 4th ed, 1647; Harm.: Symphony No. 2, "Lobgesang", Op. 53, 1840