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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Herr, mein Gott, sei du mein Licht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Herr, mein Gott, sei du mein Licht,
Finsternis bedecket mich!
Sieh', ich wart', ich wart' auf dich,
Herr, mein Gott, sei du mein Licht!
Willst du denn dein Angesicht
Mir verbergen ewiglich?
Du allein, du bist [mein]¹ Licht,
Ach, erleucht', erleuchte mich!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• B. Randhartinger

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Confirmed with Friedrich Oser, Kreuz- und Trostlieder, Wiesbaden: Julius Niedner, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1865, page 5.

¹ Randhartinger: "das"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Herr, mein Gott, sei du mein Licht", appears in Kreuz- und Trostlieder, in Erstes Buch, no. 4 [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 Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Herr, mein Gott, sei du mein Licht" [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lord, my God, be Thou my light", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Lord, my God, be Thou my light

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Lord, my God, be Thou my light;
Darkness covers me!
See, I await, I await Thee;
Lord, my God, be Thou my light!
Dost Thou then wish to conceal
Thy countenance from me eternally?
Thou alone, thou art [my]¹ light,
Ah, give me light, give me light!

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¹ Randhartinger: "the"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Herr, mein Gott, sei du mein Licht", appears in Kreuz- und Trostlieder, in Erstes Buch, no. 4
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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 48