Bless the lord

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Bless the Lord (dt. Praise the Lord ) is for the Taizé Community written hymn . The original is written in English and has been translated into 14 languages. It is known far beyond the order internationally and also in Germany.

text

Original version current version German

Bless the Lord, my soul,
and bless his holy name.
Bless the Lord, my soul,
he rescues me from death.

Bless the Lord, my soul,
and bless God's holy name.
Bless the Lord, my soul,
who leads me into life.

Praise the Lord my soul
and praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord, my soul,
he leads me into life.

shape

The song is a four-part short chant characteristic of the Order of Taizé , which is repeated unchanged in a meditative way. It is composed in four-quarter time .

history

Bless the Lord is one of the oldest chants from Taizé, it was composed in the 80s by Jacques Berthier , the text comes from Psalm 103,1–4  LUT . In the first publication, the text is still slightly modified; it was not until 1991 that the current version was included in the songbook. Since then it has been consistently included in the Taizé hymn book, in the current version under song number 5. The song has been translated into the following languages ​​with a singable version: Spanish , Arabic , Catalan , Chinese with a transcription in Cantonese , Estonian , Croatian , Latvian , Lithuanian , Dutch , Polish , Romanian , Albanian , Slovenian and Russian .

The song is an integral part of the daily prayers of the brothers and is sometimes sung in languages ​​other than English. It can be repeated any number of times and can be supported by instruments or solo chants. It is also a popular song in international Taizé prayers such as the Night of Lights and in church services worldwide. It was among other things in the song books Das Liedbuch. Faith - life - love - hope and ways of life included.

Publications

  • Laudate omnes gentes, Taizé, 2003, English
  • Music of Unity an Peace, Taizé, 2014, English
  • Taizé Instrumental 1, Taizé, 2003, Instrumental
  • Jesus Remember Me - Taize Songs, The London Fox Taize Choir , 2013, English
  • Tu Paz, Betty Sainz , 2012, Spanish

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article on hymnary.org , accessed on September 17, 2018
  2. ↑ Chants de TAIZÉ, Taizé 2018, number 5
  3. ↑ Liederdatenbank.de , accessed on September 16, 2018