Wenn ich, O Schöpfer! deine Macht

Wenn ich, O Schöpfer! deine Macht. Christian Fürchtegott Gellert* (1715-1769). Published in Gellert’s Geistliche Oden und Lieder (Leipzig, 1757) in six 7-line stanzas, all of which are found in EG (506). It was entitled ‘Preis des Schöpfers’ (‘Praise of the Creator’), and it is a very beautiful expression of the way in which, wherever the author looks, he sees the wonders of God’s work, the sky, the sun, the stars, the wind: Wer mißt dem Wind seinen Lauf?               Who can measure the running wind?  Wer heißt die Himmel regnen?                      Who can call on the heavens for rain?Wer schließt den Schoß der Erde auf,          Who can open the bowels of the earth  Mit Vorrat uns zu...

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