May God be gracious to us

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Text in the Erfurt Enchiridion , 1524

It would God be gracious to us (Original There wolt us got his genedig , also it want us God genädig be ) is a hymn , the text of Martin Luther to Psalm 67 wrote. It was first printed in 1524 and is in Evangelical Hymn book No. 280.

history

After Martin Luther had translated the psalms into German in 1522 , he had the idea of ​​reproducing the content in a singable form as a verse song. At the end of 1523 he expressed this idea in a letter to Georg Spalatin .

On Midsummer Day (June 24) in 1524 his song was It wolt Got us be genedig in Magdeburg from an old weaver as broadsheet distributed (leaflet) and sung together with Out of the depths I cry to you . The old man was then punished. In the same year the song appeared in Luther's Ein Weyse Christian Mass to hold and go to Gotti's table and in the Erfurt Enchiridion .

text

Lyrics (EG version)

Psalm 67 (Luther 1984)

God wants to be gracious to us
and give us his blessing,
his face
illuminates us with a bright glow to eternal life, so
that we can recognize his work
and what he loves on earth,
and Jesus Christ, salvation and strength, become
known to the Gentiles
and they become God convert.

So thank God, and
the heathen everywhere,
and all the world, they rejoice
and sing with great enthusiasm
that you are a judge on earth
and do not let sin rule;
your word is the hat and pasture
that all people receive
to roll in the right direction.

Thank God,
the people praise you in good deeds;
the land bears fruit and improves,
your word is well done.
Father and the Son
bless us, God the Holy Spirit bless us,
whom all the world do glory
, fear him most of all.
Now speak from the heart: Amen.

God be gracious to us
and bless us,
he let his face shine for us, so

that on earth we may know his way,

among all heathen his salvation.



Thank you, God, the peoples,
all peoples thank you.
The peoples rejoice and exult

that you judge people rightly

and rule the peoples on earth.



Thank you, God, the peoples,
all peoples thank you.
The land gives its crops;

God bless us, our God!
May God bless us

and all the world fear him!

melody

The exact origin of the melody is unclear. A similar way was printed by Ludwig Senfl as 15th century music between 1522 and 1524. In 1524 it was used by Matthäus Greiter .

Heinrich Schütz , Johann Sebastian Bach , Gustav Mahler and numerous other composers created chorale arrangements for this song.

literature

  • Martin Evang, Ilsabe Alpermann (Hrsg.): Liederkunde zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch . Issue 23, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2017. ISBN 978-3-525-50346-1 . Pp. 28-36 .

Web links

Wikisource: It wolt vns got genedig  - sources and full texts