God, My Hope on You Is Founded

Representative Text

1 All my hope on God is founded;
he doth still my trust renew.
Me through change and chance he guideth,
only good and only true.
God unknown,
he alone
calls my heart to be his own.

2 Human pride and earthly glory,
sword and crown betray his trust;
what with care and toil he buildeth,
tower and temple, fall to dust.
But God's power,
hour by hour,
is my temple and my tower.

3 God's great goodness aye endureth,
deep his wisdom, passing thought:
splendour, light, and life attend him,
beauty springeth out of naught.
Evermore
from his store
new-born worlds rise and adore.

4 Daily doth th' Almighty giver
bounteous gifts on us bestow;
his desire our soul delighteth,
pleasure leads us where we go.
Love doth stand
at his hand;
joy doth wait on his command.

5 Still from earth to God eternal
sacrifice of praise be done,
high above all praises praising
for the gift of Christ his Son.
Christ doth call
one and all:
ye who follow shall not fall.

Source: Ancient and Modern: hymns and songs for refreshing worship #584

Translator: Robert Bridges

Robert S. Bridges (b. Walmer, Kent, England, 1844; d. Boar's Hill, Abingdon, Berkshire, England, 1930) In a modern listing of important poets Bridges' name is often omitted, but in his generation he was consid­ered a great poet and fine scholar. He studied medicine and practiced as a physician until 1881, when he moved to the village of Yattendon. He had already written some poetry, but after 1881 his literary career became a full-time occupation, and in 1913 he was awarded the position of poet laureate in England. Bridges published The Yattendon Hymnal (1899), a collection of one hundred hymns (forty-four written or translated by him with settings mainly from the Genevan psalter, arranged for unaccompanied singing. In addition to volumes… Go to person page >

Author: Joachim Neander

Neander, Joachim, was born at Bremen, in 1650, as the eldest child of the marriage of Johann Joachim Neander and Catharina Knipping, which took place on Sept. 18, 1649, the father being then master of the Third Form in the Paedagogium at Bremen. The family name was originally Neumann (Newman) or Niemann, but the grandfather of the poet had assumed the Greek form of the name, i.e. Neander. After passing through the Paedagogium he entered himself as a student at the Gymnasium illustre (Academic Gymnasium) of Bremen in Oct. 1666. German student life in the 17th century was anything but refined, and Neander seems to have been as riotous and as fond of questionable pleasures as most of his fellows. In July 1670, Theodore Under-Eyck came to Breme… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: All my hope on God is founded
Title: God, My Hope on You Is Founded
German Title: Meine Hoffnung stehet feste
Author: Joachim Neander
Translator: Robert Bridges
Meter: 8.7.8.7.3.3.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

MICHAEL (Howells)


MEINE HOFFNUNG

MEINE HOFFNUNG received its name from its association with Joachim Neander's (PHH 244) text "Meine Hoffnung stehet feste" ("All My Hope on God Is Founded"). The tune was published with Newton's text in Neander's Alpha and Omega (1680). (The chorale found in Johann S. Bach's Cantata 40 is very loosel…

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Ancient and Modern #584

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #192a

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Common Praise (1998) #529

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Common Praise #368

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Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #19

Complete Mission Praise #16

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #203

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Evangelical Lutheran Worship #757

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #336

Hymns and Psalms #63a

Hymns and Psalms #63b

Hymns and Psalms #63c

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Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #451a

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Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #451b

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Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #192a

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Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #192b

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Rejoice in the Lord #156

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Rejoice in the Lord #157

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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #5

Sing Glory #525

Singing the Faith #455a

Singing the Faith #455b

The Book of Hymns #6

The Book of Hymns (A fresh anthology of favourite hymns) #1

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The Cyber Hymnal #149

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The Hymnal 1982 #665

The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #78a

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The New Century Hymnal #408

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The New English Hymnal #333

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