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LORD JESUS, WE GIVE THANKS TO THEE

Scripture Verse

By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name. Hebrews 13:15

Introduction

Words: Chris­toph Fisch­er, 1597 (Wir dank­en dir, Herr Je­su Christ). Trans­lat­ed from Ger­man to Eng­lish by Au­gust Crull, 1923.

Music: Wir dan­ken dir Berg­krey­en (Wit­ten­berg, Ger­ma­ny: 1562) (🔊 ).

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portrait
August Crull (1845–1923)

Lyrics

illustration
Descent from the Cross
Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)

Lord Je­sus, we give thanks to Thee
That Thou hast died to set us free;
Made right­eous through Thy pre­cious blood,
We now are re­con­ciled to God.

By vir­tue of Thy wounds we pray,
True God and man, be Thou our stay,
Our com­fort when we yield our breath,
Our res­cue from eter­nal death.

Defend us, Lord, from sin and shame;
Help us by Thine almigh­ty name
To bear our cross­es pa­tient­ly,
Consoled by Thy great ago­ny.

And thus the full as­sur­ance gain
That Thou to us wilt true re­main
And not for­sake us in our strife
Until we en­ter in­to life.