Lutheran Worship ‎#446

446. Jehovah, Let Me Now Adore You

1 Jehovah, let me now adore you,
For where, Lord, is there such a God as you?
With joyful songs I come before you;
Oh, let your Spirit teach my heart anew
To praise you in his name through whom alone
Our songs can please you through your blessed Son!

2 O Father, draw me to my Savior
That your dear Son may draw me then to you;
Your Spirit guide my whole behavior
And sanctify my sense and reason too
That, Lord, your peace may not from me depart
But wake sweet melodies within my heart.

3 While, Lord, my heart, in prayer ascending,
Through your own Holy Spirit reaches you;
Your heart, O Father, kindly bending,
Sends answering love my spirit to renew,
Rejoicing my petition to fulfill
Which I have made according to your will.

4 And what your Spirit, Lord, has taught me
To seek from you must needs be such a prayer
As you will grant through him who bought me
And raised me up to be your child and heir.
In Jesus' name I boldly seek your face
And take from you, my Father, grace for grace.

Text Information

• First Line: Jehovah, let me now adore you
• Title: Jehovah, Let Me Now Adore You
• Author: Bartholomäus Crasselius, 1667-1724
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78 (alt.)
• Meter: 9 10 9 10 10 10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1982
• Topic: Church Anniversary; Confirmation; Pentecost; Praise and Adoration

Tune Information

• Name: DIR, DIR, JEHOVAH
• Meter: 9 10 9 10 10 10
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: J. A. Freylinghausen, Gestreiches Gesang-Buch, 1704
• Copyright: Arrangement: Copyright 1982 Concordia Publishing House.