The Worshipbook ‎#384

384. God Himself Is with Us

1 God himself is with us:
Let us now adore him
And with awe appear before him.
God is in his temple,
All within keep silence,
And before him bow with reverence.
Him alone,
God we own;
To our Lord and Savior
Praises sing forever.

2 God himself is with us:
Whom angelic legions
Serve with awe in heavenly regions.
"Holy, Holy, Holy,"
Sing the hosts of heaven,
Praise to God be ever given.
O give ear
To us here:
Hear, O Christ, the praises
That your Church now raises.

3 Lord, come dwell within us,
While on earth we tarry;
Make us your blest sanctuary.
Grant us now your presence,
Unto us draw nearer,
And reveal yourself still clearer.
Where we are,
Near or far,
Let us see your power,
Every day and hour.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: God himself is with us
• Title: God Himself Is with Us
• Author: Gerhard Tersteegen (1729)
• Meter: P.M.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Matthew 1:23
• Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: Opening of Worship; Service for the Lord's Day: After Creed; Sacraments: Baptism; Christian Year: Epiphany
• Notes: Trans. composite, as in The Hymnal, 1941; alt., 1972

Tune Information

• Name: ARNSBERG
• Composer (attributed to): Joachim Neander (1680)
• Harmonizer: David Evans (1927)
• Meter: P.M.
• Key: F Major
• Source: Joachim Neander's Bundes-lieder, 1680
• Copyright: Music from The Church Hymnary, Revised Edition, 1927; used by permission of Oxford University Press.