Voices Together ‎#88

88. Lobe den Herren (Praise to the Lord, the Almighty)

Text Information

• First Line: Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren (Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, who rules all creation)
• Title: Lobe den Herren (Praise to the Lord, the Almighty)
• German Title: Lobe den Herren
• Author: Joachim Neander
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth
• Adapter (stanza 4): Martin A. Seltz
• Meter: 14.14.4.7.8
• Language: German
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Deuteronomy 32:11-12
  ;
  Psalm 103:1-8
  ;
  Psalm 111:1
  ;
  Psalm 150
• Topic: Adoration; Gathering; God: Images and Names of; Worship
• Source: “Lobe den Herren, den machtigen Konig der Ehren,” Alpha und Omega, Glaub- und Liebesubung, 1680; trans. Catherine Winkworth (England), Choral Book for England, 1863, alt.; stanza 4 adapt. Martin A. Seltz (USA), Chantry Choirbook
• Copyright: stanza 4 adapt. © 2000 Augsburg Fortress

Tune Information

• Name: LOBE DEN HERREN
• Meter: 14.14.4.7.8
• Key: G Major
• Source: Ernewerten Gesangbuch (present-day Germany), 1665
• Notes: Chord symbols represent a simplified harmony.