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Hymnal Number
666Resource Type:
Keys included:
C
About this Hymn
Written in the midst of an eighty-year war against Spain for independence, this Dutch hymn shows a remarkable trust in God's providence: "He forgets not his own." Although the conflict in the hymn is spiritualized and can be sung by anyone, the people who first sang this had a very real sense of asking God to have their oppressors "cease from distressing."
Lyrics
Verse 1
We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing;
he chastens and hastens his will to make known;
the wicked oppressing now cease from distressing:
sing praises to his name; he forgets not his own.
Verse 2
Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine;
so from the beginning the fight we were winning;
the Lord was at our side: all glory be thine!
Verse 3
We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant,
and pray that thou still our defender wilt be.
Let thy congregation escape tribulation;
thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing;
he chastens and hastens his will to make known;
the wicked oppressing now cease from distressing:
sing praises to his name; he forgets not his own.
Verse 2
Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine;
so from the beginning the fight we were winning;
the Lord was at our side: all glory be thine!
Verse 3
We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant,
and pray that thou still our defender wilt be.
Let thy congregation escape tribulation;
thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Adrianus Valerius, 1626; tr. Theodore Baker, 1894
Music: Neder-landtsch Gedenck-Clank, 1626; harm. Eduard Kremser, 1877
Music: Neder-landtsch Gedenck-Clank, 1626; harm. Eduard Kremser, 1877