Prayer | Lord, recall how weak I am

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Herr, gedenk, wie schwach ich bin

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Herr, gedenk, wie schwach ich bin,
Wie so bald mein Fuß mag gleiten! 
Geh mir nimmer von der Seiten,
Herr, gedenk, wie schwach ich bin! 
In's Verderben sänk' ich hin! 
Hülfe mir dein Arm nicht streiten! 
Herr, gedenk, wie schwach ich bin,
Wie so bald mein Fuß mag gleiten!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Friedrich Oser, Kreuz- und Trostlieder, Wiesbaden: Julius Niedner, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1865, page 9.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), no title, appears in Kreuz- und Trostlieder, in Erstes Buch, no. 10 [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):

by (Carl or Caspar) Joseph Brambach (1833 - 1902), "Gebet", op. 44 (Sechs zweistimmige Gesänge für Sopran und Alt (Chor oder Solostimmen) mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1880 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano (or SA chorus with piano) ], Bonn, Cohen [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Prayer", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2012-06-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 49

Prayer

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Lord, recall how weak I am,
How so quickly my foot may slip!
Never depart from my side,
Lord, recall how weak I am!
I would sink into ruin
If Thy arm did not help me to resist!
Lord, recall how weak I am,
How so quickly my foot may slip!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), no title, appears in Kreuz- und Trostlieder, in Erstes Buch, no. 10
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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 51