Komm, o komm, du Geist des Lebens

Komm, o komm, du Geist des Lebens. Heinrich Held* (1620-1659). First published in Neu-erfundene Geistliche Wasser-Quelle (Frankfurt/Oder, 1658), edited by Johannes Niedling (1602-1668), with the title ‘Am H. Pfingstfest. Auf die 146.Frantzösische Psalmweise.’ It is identified as by Held in the edition of 1667. It had nine 6-line stanzas. It is found in EG in the ‘Pfingsten’ (‘Whitsun’) section, with the omission of stanza 3: Zeige, Herr, die Wohlfahrtsstege! Das, was wider dich getan, Räume ferner aus dem Wege; Schlecht und recht sei um und an! Wirke Reu’ an Sünden Statt, Wenn der Fuss gestrauchelt hat! Show us, Lord, the path of blessing; When we trespass on our way, Cast, O Lord, our...

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