He wakes me up every morning
He wakes me up every morning is a poem created by Jochen Klepper (1903–1942) that found its way into numerous hymn books in Rudolf Zöbeley's setting from 1941.
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The poem, composed on April 12, 1938, appeared in the volume Kyrie in 1938 . Holy songs. under the title morning song . Klepper sent him the Bible verse programmatically:
Klepper's diary entry of April 12, 1938 is also preceded by this passage from the Bible, and he continues:
“Soft, shiny day. My little Easter errands for mother, wife and daughters. The old cherry trees bloom so beautifully in our old garden on Seestrasse. […] Today I wrote a morning song about Isaiah 50, 4.5.6.7.8, the words that I couldn't get out of my ears all day. "
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1. He wakes me up every morning;
he wakes my ear himself.
God does not keep himself hidden,
leads me up the day
that I
greet the new light with his word .
Already at the dusk gate
he is close to me and speaks.
2. He speaks as he did on the day
he created the world.
Fear and complaint are silent;
nothing counts more than its reputation!
I experience the
word of eternal fidelity that
God swears to us human beings
anew,
just as a disciple hears.
3. He wants me to submit.
I am not going back.
I only have enough in him,
in his word my happiness.
I will not be ashamed
if I only hear him:
God will free me from my bonds!
God makes me nice to him!
4. He is close to me every day
and speaks up about myself.
Otherwise no master gives the servant
what I receive from him
.
How good it is for the slave here -
the master is ready to
escort him from sleep
to his service!
5. Early on he wants to envelop me
with his word and light,
promise
and fulfill,
so that I lack nothing;
want to pay me full wages
, don't ask if I'm failing.
His word wants to shine brightly,
how dark the day!
The song can be found u. a. in the Protestant hymn book (EG 452) and in the hymn book Fieren & Loben (FL 454), as well as in the Reformed hymnal of German-speaking Switzerland (RG 574).
literature
- Jochen Klepper: Kyrie. Spiritual songs ; Berlin-Steglitz: Eckart-Verlag, 1938
- Reinhard Deichgräber (T.), Diana Rothaug (M.): 452 - He wakes me up every morning . In: Gerhard Hahn , Jürgen Henkys (Hrsg.): Liederkunde zum Evangelisches Gesangbuch . No. 8 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-525-50331-8 , pp. 49–54 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Web links
- Reinhard Ellsel: Song sermon on EG 452.1–5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ He wakes me up every morning in the Christian song database; Proof of the song in several hymn books.
- ↑ a b Jochen Klepper: Under the shadow of your wings . From the diaries of the years 1932–1942 ; ed. by Hildegard Klepper; Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1956; Diary entry for April 12, 1938, p. 577
- ↑ Jochen Klepper: Kyrie. Holy songs. Berlin, 1938, p. 9.
- ↑ Jochen Klepper: Kyrie. Holy songs. Berlin, 1938, pp. 9-11.