31 Now thank we all our God
1 Now thank we all our God,
With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom His world rejoices;
Who from our mother's arms
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours to-day.
2 O may this bounteous God,
Through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts,
And blessed 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.
3 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!
Text Information
- Author
- M. Rinkart, 1648
- Translator
- Miss C. Winkworth, 1858
Tune Information
- Name
- Nun danket alle Gott
- Meter
- 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6.
- Source
- Johann Cruger, 1647