I hoped in you, sir

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I hoped in you, sir , print version Strasbourg 1560

I hoped in you, Lord, is a Lutheran hymn . The text, a copy of the first part of Psalm 31 , was published by Adam Reusner in 1533. The melody, the preliminary forms of which can be traced back to the 14th century, was linked to the text in 1560.

Emergence

Adam Reusner, who had studied in Wittenberg , followed up Martin Luther's psalm songs with his psalm adaptation . Like the latter, he treated the original relatively freely and with plenty of text, unlike the Reformed Lobwasser and later Jorissen , who followed the tradition of the Geneva Psalter .

shape

The six-line stanza form with the rhyme scheme a – a – b – c – c – b is artistic, especially due to the lines 4 and 5, which are shortened to four syllables.

content

Like its template, the text is a declaration of trust in God, the “castle”, the “rock”, the “shield”, and a request for protection and help in the face of “needs” and “enemies”. In keeping with the liturgical tradition of psalm prayer, the song closes with a paraphrase of Gloria Patri .

Text and template

Lyrics
( Evangelical Hymnal 275)

Psalm 31, 1–6 and Gloria Patri
( Luther 2017)

1. I have hoped in you, Lord;
Help me not to be ashamed
or ridiculed forever.
I ask you:
keep me
in your faithfulness, my God.

2. Your gracious ear lean towards me,
hear my request,
come here, hurry up, soon to save me.
In fear and pain
I lie and stand;
help me in my troubles.

3. My God and Schirmer, help me;
be a castle to me, in which I can
argue freely and knightly,
whether
the enemy army
challenges me on both sides.

4. You are my
strength , my rock, my refuge, my shield, my strength - tell me your word -
my help, my salvation, my life,
my strong God
in all need;
who can resist me?

5. The world has deceived me
with lies and false poems, a
lot of net and secret ropes;
Lord, perceive me
in this danger,
guard me from false deception.

6. Lord, I command you my spirit;
my god, my god, don't
leave me , take me in your hands.
O true God, help me
out of all necessity in the
end.

7. Praise , honor, fame and glory
be Father, Son and Spirit ready ',
praise his holy name.
The divine power
makes us victorious
through Jesus Christ. Amen.

Lord, I trust in you,
do not let me be ashamed ever again,
deliver me through your righteousness.




Incline your ears to me,
help me quickly!





Be a strong rock and a castle
for me , that you may help me!





For you are my rock and my castle,
and for your name's sake
you want to guide and lead me.




You want to pull me out of the net
that they secretly set for me;
because you are my strength




I command my spirit into your hands;
you have redeemed me, Lord, you faithful God.





Glory to the Father and the Son
and the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, now and
forever , and forever and ever . Amen.

Melodies

Reusner arranged the text in the first publication in 1533 and still in his hymn book from 1554 the melody of the passion song Since Jesus stood on the cross ? / i to. In Martin Bucer's Strasbourg hymn book from 1560 it is found for the first time with the melody that is still used today ? / i , a further development of late medieval models, which is in the Doric mode , but exudes joyful confidence through rhythm and interval jumps. Audio file / audio sample Audio file / audio sample

Johann Sebastian Bach arranged the melody in the little organ book (BWV 640). On the other hand, in the cantata Wrong World, you don't trust me (BWV 52/6) for Reusner's 1st stanza, in the St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244/38) for Reusner's 5th stanza and in Actus tragicus (BWV 106/4) for Reusner's 7th stanza the melody My most beautiful ornament and gem ? / i ; The BWV 712 organ arrangement is based on this melody. Audio file / audio sample

Web links

Commons : I hoped in you, sir  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Joachim Stalmann: 275 - I hoped in you, sir . In: Liederkunde zum Evangelisches Gesangbuch . No. 23 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-525-50346-1 , p. 24–27 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1560: "... Against my enemy / The gar vil be / Be on my side."
  2. ↑ 1560: "Glori / praise, honor vnnd glory / Be ready for Got Vatter and Son / The holy spirit by name."