Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#361

361. God Himself Is Present

1. God himself is present;
Let us now adore him
And with awe appear before him.
God is in his temple;
All within keep silence;
Humbly kneel in deepest rev'rence.
He alone
On his throne
Is our God and Savior;
Praise his name forever!

2. God himself is present;
Hear the harps resounding;
See the hosts the throne surrounding,
Holy, holy, holy!
Hear the hymn ascending,
Songs of saints and angels blending.
Bow your ear
To us here;
Hear, O Christ, the praises
That your Church now raises.

3. Fount of ev'ry blessing,
Purify my spirit,
Trusting only in your merit.
Like the holy angels,
Worshiping before you,
May I ceaselessly adore you.
Let your will
Ever still
Rule your Church terrestrial
As the hosts celestial.

Text Information

• First Line: God himself is present
• Title: God Himself Is Present
• Translator: Frederick W. Foster (1789)
• Translator: John Miller (1789)
• Author: Gerhard Tersteegen (1729)
• Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.8.3.3.6.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Psalm 95:6
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 29
• Notes: German text, “Gott ist gegenwärtig,” by mystic writer-teacher Gerhard Tersteegen, from Geistliches Blumen-Gärtlein Inniger Seelen (1729), tr. st. 1 by Frederick W. Foster and John Miller, from A Collection of Hymns (1789); st. 2 by William Mercer, from The Church Psalter and Hymn Book (1855).

Tune Information

• Name: WUNDERBARER KÖNIG
• Composer: Joachim Neander (1680)
• Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.8.3.3.6.6
• Incipit: 33332 2
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: arr. The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941
• Notes: Tune Wunderbarer König by Joachim Neander, from A und Ω. Joachimi Neandri Glaub- und Liebesübung (1680), arr. in The Lutheran Hymnal (1941).