Nun laßt uns Gott, dem Herren

Nun laßt uns Gott, dem Herren. Ludwig Helmbold* (1532-1598). First published in Helmbold’s Geistliche Lieder, den Gottseligen Christen zugericht (1575) in eight 4-line stanzas. It was entitled ‘Ein Dancklied, nach essens, und sunst (= ‘sonst’), fur allerley Wolthaten Gottes’ (‘a song of thanks, after eating, and at other times, for all God’s favours’). As the title indicates, it is a ‘Grace after meat’ which broadens out to thank God for all his goodness; it appears appropriately in the ‘Loben und Danken’ section of...