Now Thank We All Our God
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"Now thank we all our God" is an ancient and still popular Christian hymn. It is a translation from the German "Nun danket alle Gott", written circa 1636 by Martin Rinkart, which in turn was inspired by Sirach, chapter 50 verses 22-24.
The tune for "Now thank we all our God", attributed to Johann Crüger and written circa 1647, is used in J.S. Bach's BWV386 and BWV657.
It is often used in Christian weddings and other joyous religious ceremonies.
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Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things has done, in Whom this world rejoices;
Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today.
O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts and blessèd 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!
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.
