The glory of God in nature | Heaven praises the glory of Eternity

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by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715 - 1769)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Die Ehre Gottes von Beethoven

(Sung text for setting by F. Abt)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA

Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre;
  Ihr Schall pflanzt seinen Namen fort.
Ihn rühmt der Erdkreis, ihn preisen die Meere;
  Vernimm, o Mensch, ihr göttlich Wort!

Wer zählt der Himmel unzählbare Sterne?
  Wer führt die Sonn aus ihrem Zelt?
Sie kommt und leuchtet und lacht uns von ferne
  Und läuft den Weg gleich als ein Held.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Note: Abt's song uses Beethoven's melody.

Composition:

Franz Wilhelm Abt

Text Authorship:

by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715 - 1769), "Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Jordi López Jové) , "La gloria de Déu en la natura", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De roem van God in de natuur", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The glory of God in nature", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Allen Shearer) , "God's Glory in Nature", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Angelika Frenzel) , "L'Hommage rendu à Dieu par la Nature", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La natura canta la gloria di Dio", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
Line count: 24
Word count: 167

The glory of God in nature

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Abt)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 Heaven praises the glory of Eternity;
 its roar proclaims his name.
 The earth praises Him, the seas praise Him;
 listen, o man, to their divine words!

 Who supports the uncountable stars of heaven?
 Who guides the sun from its canopy?
 It comes and shines, and laughs at us from afar,
 and runs its course like a hero.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
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Word count: 181