Ich will Dich, Herr, nicht lassen!
Gib Kraft, Dich fest zu fassen!
Wer Dich nur hält, ja Dich nur hält,
der muss gesegnet sein!

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Note: this text might have been inspired by the third stanza of Hiller's Dein Wort, Herr, ist geschehen .

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• by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Es ist noch eine Ruhe vorhanden dem Volk Gottes", c1873, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
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• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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