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Dein Wort, Herr, ist geschehen, Zur Heimath soll ich gehen; So führe mich dahin. Geh mit, ich will dich fassen; Ich werde dich nicht lassen, Bis ich von dir gesegnet bin. Willst du mit mir noch ringen, Bis du mich heim wirst bringen, So ringst du nicht als Feind. Mit Weinen und mit Bitten Wird leicht mit dir gestritten; Du segnest wenns genug geweint. So sieh denn meine Thränen, Und sprich mir unter denen Auch deinen Segen ein. Ich werde dich nicht lassen; Gib Kraft, dich fest zu fassen. Wer dich hält, wird gesegnet sein. Du warst ja für die Deinen Auch selbst versucht im Weinen, Im Blutschweiß rangest du; Daher kanns uns gelingen, Im Flehn mit Gott zu ringen; Du führst auch segnend himmelzu. Ach! segne mich mit Leben, Mit Gnade, mit Vergeben, Mit Gut, das ewig freut; Mit Glaubenstrost, mit Lieben, Mit Hoffnung und mit Trieben Von deinem Geist der Herrlichkeit. Auch wenn ich soll erblassen, Will ich dich doch nicht lassen; Ich hänge mich an dich, So läßt du mirs gelingen, Auch durch den Tod zu dringen, Da segnest du mich ewiglich.
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Confirmed with Philipp Friedrich Hiller, Geistliche Lieder, ed. by Karl Christian Eberhard Ehmann, Stuttgart: Evangelische Büdcherstiftung, 1858, song no. 987, page 598.
See also Ich will Dich, Herr, nicht lassen! .
Authorship:
- by Philipp Friedrich Hiller (1699 - 1769), no title, appears in Geistliche Lieder, in Sterblieder [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2020-11-04
Line count: 36
Word count: 185
Thy word, Lord, has been spoken, I am to go home; Therefore, lead me thither. Come along with me, I wish to grasp Thee; I shall not leave Thee, Until Thou hast blessed me. If Thou still wishest to wrestle with me Before Thou bringest me home, Then Thou dost not wrestle as an enemy. With weeping and with pleading It is easy to struggle with Thee; When we have wept enough, Thou blessest us. Look then upon my tears, And speak Thy blessing upon me Among those as well. I shall not leave Thee; Give me strength to hold fast to Thee. Whosoever holds Thee shall be blessed. For Thine own people, Thou wast Thyself also tested in weeping, Sweating blood, Thou didst struggle; Therefore we can be successful In wrestling with God under pleading; In blessing us, Thou, too, shalt lead us Heavenward. Ah! bless me with life, With grace, with forgiveness, With good that brings eternal joy; With the comfort of faith, with loving, With hope and with the impelling From Thy Spirit of glory. Even when I am to perish, I shall not let go of Thee; I grapple myself to Thee, Thus you let me be successful In penetrating even through death, Then Thou shalt bless me eternally.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Philipp Friedrich Hiller (1699 - 1769), no title, appears in Geistliche Lieder, in Sterblieder
This text was added to the website: 2021-11-20
Line count: 36
Word count: 213