"O Lord, I Sing With Lips and Heart"
                    by Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676
                                  Text From:
                       THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
        (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)



        1. O Lord, I sing with lips and heart,
        Joy of my soul, to Thee;
        To earth Thy knowledge I impart
        As it is known to me.

        2. Thou art the Fount of grace, I know,
        And Spring so full and free
        Whence saving health and goodness flow
        Each day so bounteously.

        3. For what have all that live and move
        Through this wide world below
        That does not from Thy bounteous love,
        O heavenly Father, flow?

        4. Who built the lofty firmament?
        Who spread the expanse of blue?
        By whom are to our pastures sent
        Refreshing rain and dew?

        5. Who warmeth us in cold and frost?
        Who shields us from the wind?
        Who orders it that fruit and grain
        We in their season find?

        6. Who is it life and health bestows?
        Who keeps us with His hand
        In golden peace, wards off war's woes
        From our dear native land?

        7. O Lord, of this and all our store
        Thou art the Author blest;
        Thou keepest watch before our door
        While we securely rest.

        8. Thou feedest us from year to year
        And constant dost abide;
        With ready help in time of fear
        Thou standest at our side.

        9.  Our deepest need dost Thou supply
        And all that lasts for aye;
        Thou leadest to our home on high,
        When hence we pass away.

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        Notes:
        Hymn #569 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Ps. 92: 1
        Author: Paul Gerhardt
        Translated by: John Kelly, 1867, alt.
        Titled: Ich singe dir mit Herz und Mund
        Tune: Ich singe dir
        1st Published in: "Harmonischer Liederschatz"
        Town: Frankfurt, 1738
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