My soul, now praise thy Maker!

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1 My soul, now praise your Maker!
Let all within me bless His name
Who makes you full partaker
Of mercies more than you dare claim.
Forget Him not whose meekness
Still bears with all your sin,
Who heals your ev'ry weakness,
Renews your life within;
Whose grace and care are endless
And saved you through the past;
Who leaves no suff'rer friendless
But rights the wronged at last.

2 He offers all His treasure
Of justice, truth, and righteousness,
His love beyond all measure,
His yearning pity o'er distress,
Nor treats us as we merit
But sets His anger by.
The poor and contrite spirit
Finds His compassion nigh;
And high as heav'n above us,
As dawn from close of day,
So far, since He has loved us,
He puts our sins away.

3 For as a tender father
Has pity on His children here,
God in His arms will gather
All who are His in childlike fear.
He knows how frail our powers,
Who but from dust are made.
We flourish like the flowers,
And even so we fade;
The wind but through them passes,
And all their bloom is o'er.
We wither like the grasses;
Our place knows us no more.

4 His grace remains forever,
And children's children yet shall prove
That God forsakes them never
Who in true fear shall seek His love.
In heav'n is fixed His dwelling,
His rule is over all;
O hosts with might excelling,
With praise before Him fall.
Praise Him forever reigning,
All you who hear His Word--
Our life and all sustaining.
My soul, O praise the Lord!



Source: Lutheran Service Book #820

Author: Johann Poliander

Poliander, Johann was the pen-name of Johann Graumann who was b. July 5, 1487, at Neustadt in the Bavarian Palatinate. He studied at Leipzig (M.A. 1516, B.D. 1520), and was, in 1520, appointed rector of the St. Thomas School at Leipzig. He attended the Disputation in 1519 between Dr. Eck, Luther, and Oarlstadt, as the amanuensis of Eck; with the ultimate result that he espoused the cause of the Reformation and left Leipzig in 1522. In 1523 he became Evangelical preacher at Wurzburg, but left on the outbreak of the Peasants' War in 1525, and went to Nürnberg, where, about Lent, he was appointed preacher to the nunnery of St. Clara. He then, at the recommendation of Luther, received from the Margrave Albrecht of Brandenburg an invitation to… Go to person page >

Translator: Catherine Winkworth

Catherine Winkworth (b. Holborn, London, England, 1827; d. Monnetier, Savoy, France, 1878) is well known for her English translations of German hymns; her translations were polished and yet remained close to the original. Educated initially by her mother, she lived with relatives in Dresden, Germany, in 1845, where she acquired her knowledge of German and interest in German hymnody. After residing near Manchester until 1862, she moved to Clifton, near Bristol. A pioneer in promoting women's rights, Winkworth put much of her energy into the encouragement of higher education for women. She translated a large number of German hymn texts from hymnals owned by a friend, Baron Bunsen. Though often altered, these translations continue to be used i… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: My soul, now praise [bless] thy Maker!
Title: My soul, now praise thy Maker!
German Title: Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren
Author: Johann Poliander (1540)
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1863)
Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

NUN LOB, MEIN SEEL

Johann (Hans) Kugelmann (b. Augsburg, Germany, c. 1495; d. Konigsberg, Germany, 1542) adapted NUN LOB, MEIN SEEL from the song “Weiss mir ein Blümlein blaue” and first published the tune in his Concentus Novi (1540). A bar form, this German chorale consists of six long lines sharing some simila…

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[My soul, now bless thy maker!] (Lindeman)


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American Lutheran Hymnal #592

Book of Hymns for the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Wisconsin and Other States #d163

Book of Hymns for the joint Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and other states #d164

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Chorale Book for England, The #7

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Christian Hymns #272

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Christian Worship (1993) #257

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Concordia #26

Evangelical Lutheran Hymn Book with Tunes #d282

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #59

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #319

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #456

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnbook (Lutheran Conference of Missouri and Other States) #d215

Forty-Six Chorales #d25

Hymn Book for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Schools and Congregations #d71

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Hymn Book #97

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Lutheran Book of Worship #519

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Lutheran Service Book #820

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Lutheran Worship #453

Songs of Praise #d201

Songs of Praise for Sunday Schools, Church Societies and the Home #d206

The Concordia Hymnal #9

The Concordia Hymnal. Rev. #d233

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The Cyber Hymnal #4367

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The Lutheran Hymnal #34

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The Lutheran Hymnary #7

The Selah Song Book (Das Sela Gesangbuch) #d494

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The Selah Song Book (Das Sela Gesangbuch) (2nd ed) #104a

The Selah Song Book. Word ed. #d241

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Wartburg Hymnal #338

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