Musik: unbekannt, Fassung nach Heinrich Bone (1813 – 1893)
Text: Ignaz Franz (1719 - 1790)
Text: Ignaz Franz (1719 - 1790)
- Holy God, we praise Thy Name;
Lord of all, we bow before Thee!
All on earth Thy scepter claim,
all in Heaven above adore Thee;
infinite Thy vast domain,
everlasting is Thy reign. - Hark! the loud celestial hymn,
angel choirs above are raising,
cherubim and seraphim,
in unceasing chorus praising;
fill the heavens with sweet accord:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord. - Lo! the apostolic train
join the sacred Name to hallow;
prophets swell the loud refrain,
and the white robed martyrs follow;
and from morn to set of sun,
through the Church the song goes on. - Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee;
while in essence only One,
undivided God we claim Thee;
and adoring bend the knee,
while we own the mystery. - Thou art King of glory, Christ:
son of God, yet born of Mary;
for us sinners sacrificed,
and to death a tributary:
first to break the bars of death,
thou has opened Heaven to faith. - From Thy high celestial home,
judge of all, again returning,
we believe that Thou shalt come
in the dreaded doomsday morning;
when Thy voice shall shake the earth,
and the startled dead come forth. - Therefore do we pray Thee, Lord:
Help Thy servants whom, redeeming
by Thy precious blood out-poured,
thou hast saved from Satan’s scheming.
give to them eternal rest
in the glory of the blest. - Spare Thy people, Lord, we pray,
by a thousand snares surrounded:
Keep us without sin today,
never let us be confounded.
Lo, I put my trust in Thee;
never, Lord, abandon me.
Schlagworte: englisch, Kirchenlied