NOW THANK WE ALL OUR GOD

"Now thanks be unto God." 2 Corinthians 2:14

Words: Martin Rinkart, circa 1636; first appeared in Praxis Pietatis Melica (Tunes of Devotion, Sweet as Honey) by Johann Crüger (Berlin, Germany: 1647); translated from German to English by Catherine Winkworth , 1856.
Music: "Nun Danket," attributed to Johann Crüger, 1647; harmony by Felix Mendelssohn, 1840.

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 blessed peace to cheer us;
And keep still in 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.