Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren
Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren. Joachim Neander* (1650-1680). First published in A und Ω. Joachimi Neandri Glaub- und Liebesübung: auffgemuntert durch einfältige Bundes Lieder und Danck-Psalmen (Bremen, 1680). It is found in EG in all five verses in the ‘Loben und Danken’ section (EG 317).
It is Neander’s finest hymn, and one of the best known of all German hymns, a magnificent tribute to God as Creator and Preserver. It was written to a tune (in many English-speaking books called LOBE DEN HERREN) that is probably of secular origin, but which was used for a hymn, ‘Hast du denn Liebster dein Angesicht gäntzlich verborgen’, in Ander Theil des Erneuerten Gesangbuchs (Second...
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