21 February 2025

Wir solln Gott danken allezeit

 Canticle XCIII. Another Song of Thanksgiving by St. Paul, 2 Thess. 2.


Mel.: Christum wir sollen loben schon.
 



WE are bound to thank God alway
Who gave His Son for all to pay,
And called us from eternity
That we might ever blessed be.
               
2 He through the Spirit sanctifies
And makes us by His wisdom wise
Unto the truth by faith aright,
According to His wisdom’s light.

3 He by the Gospel calls each age
To gain this glorious heritage
Prepared ere time was e’er begun
In Jesus Christ, His one true Son.

Text: C. Spangenberg, 1582.
Translation © 2025 Matthew Carver.

GERMAN
Wir solln Gott danken allezeit,
der uns in seim Sohn hat bereit,
und uns erwählt von Ewigkeit,
zu der herrlichen Seligkeit.

2 Er macht uns heilig durch sein Geist,
ins Glaubens Wahrheit allermeist,
darzu er uns berufen hat,
nach seim ewigen weisen Rath.

3 Beruft durchs Evangelium
und zum herrlichen Eigenthum,
welchs in seinem Sohn Jesu Christ
von Anfang uns bereitet ist.

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