How God loves you | You only know how God loves you

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wie Gott dich liebt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wie Gott dich liebt, du weißt es nur,
Wenn du ein Lieb gefunden, 
Das treulich wie beim ersten Schwur 
Dich liebet alle Stunden, 
  Und dich allein auf weiter Welt 
  In's tiefste Herz geschlossen hält. 

O sieh! wie wird ein heiß Gebet
Schon ihres Odems Wehen! 
O sieh! wie jeder Blick erfleht 
Dein Heil und Wohlergehen, 
  Wie Blick und Kuß, Gedank' und Wort 
  An dich nur sinnen fort und fort! 

Seit mir solch Herz geschenket war, 
Da lernt' ich erst es fassen, 
Wie Gott so hoch und wunderbar 
Mag lieben ohne Maßen, 
  Und knüpft, seit ich die Liebste fand, 
  An ihn mich auch ein ewges Band.

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 221-222.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Wie Gott dich liebt", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 251 [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 Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "How God loves you", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-02-04
Line count: 18
Word count: 105

How God loves you

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You only know how God loves you
When you yourself have found a love,
Who, as faithful as [she was] at her first vow,
Loves you at every hour,
  And holds you alone in the wide world
  Locked into the deepest depths of her heart.

Oh see! how even wafting of her breath
Becomes a fervent prayer!
Oh see! how every glance pleads
For your salvation and well-being,
  How glance and kiss, thought and word
  Only think of you ever and ever!

Since such a heart was bestowed upon me,
I first learned to grasp 
How God, so high and wondrous,
May love without measure,
  And how, since I found my love,
  I am tied as well to Him by an eternal bond.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Wie Gott dich liebt", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 251
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This text was added to the website: 2026-06-01
Line count: 18
Word count: 123