Category: Catherine Winkworth (1827 – 1878)

Catherine_WinkworthCatherine Winkworth (1827 – 1878) was an English translator of German Hymns who was born in Manchester and lived for a time in Germany and Switzerland. She published Lyra Germanica in 1854, The Chorale Book for England 1863 and Christian Singers of Germany in 1869. More than anyone else she is attributed with bringing the German chorale tradition to the English speaking world.

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (Lobe Den Herren)

Hymn – Praise to the Lord, the Almighty – Lyrics

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation!
All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near;
Praise Him in glad adoration.

Praise to the Lord, who over all things so wondrously reigneth,
Shieldeth thee gently from harm, or when fainting sustaineth:
Hast thou not seen how thy heart’s wishes have been
Granted in what He ordaineth?

Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;
Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee.
Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,
If to the end He befriend thee.

Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore Him!
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him.
Let the Amen sound from His people again,
Gladly for aye we adore Him.

Recording

 
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Details

    • Tune: Lobe Den Herren
    • Verses: 4
    • Meter: 14 14 4 7 8
    • Style: Traditional German
    • Composer: Unknown from Hymnal: Praxis Pietatis Melica (1668)
    • Lyricist: Joachim Neander (1650 – 1680)
    • Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1827 – 1878)
    • Music and Lyrics Copyright Public Domain
    • Performance Copyright ℗ 2018 Richard M S Irwin. Certain rights reserved.

Now thank we all our God (Nun Danket)

Now thank we all our God – Lyrics

Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things has done, in Whom this world rejoices;
Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today.

O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts and blessèd peace to cheer us;
And keep us in His grace, and guide us when perplexed;
And free us from all ills, in this world and the next!

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.

Recordings

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Original Key F Major

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Lower Key E Major
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Video

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Details

  • Album: Wedding Songs - Vol 1
  • Tune: Nun Danket
  • Meter: 67 67 66 66
  • Style: German Reformation
  • Composer: Johann Crüger (1598 – 1662)
  • Harmony: Harmony: William Henry Monk (1823-1889)
  • Lyricist: Martin Rinkart (1586 – 1694)
  • Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1827 – 1878)
  • Church Year: General, Weddings
  • Music and Lyrics Copyright Public Domain.
  • Performances Copyright ℗ 2014 (video) and 2019 Richard M S Irwin. All rights reserved.