Now thank we all our God,
With hearts 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;
The one eternal God,
Whom earth and Heaven adore;
For thus it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.
Martin Rinkart, 1636;
tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1856
Johann Crüger, 1647
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