Now Thank We All our God

Based on Ecclesiasticus 50:22-24 by Martin Rinkart (1586-1649)
Translated by Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878)
Music by Johann Crüger (1598-1662)
Harmony by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847

Now thank we all our God, 
With heart and hands and voices, 
Who wondrous things has done, 
In whom this world rejoices; 
Who from our mothers’ arms
Has blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love, 
And still is ours today. O may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us, 
With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us; 
And keep us still in grace, 
And guide us when perplexed; 
And free us from all ills, 
In this world and the next. 

All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given; 
The Son, and him who reigns
With them in highest heaven; 
The one eternal God, 
Whom earth and heaven adore; 
For thus it was, is now, 
And shall be evermore.