Who is as merciful, Lord, as Thou?
      Who can be so patient?
Who can with such forbearance look upon
      So many heavy transgressions,
Which from the great wide world
Without ceasing rise up to
      The firmament of Heaven?

2. It must be a faithful heart
      That can love us so loftily,
Since we all, great and small,
      Do many evil deeds!
God can be nothing but good,
The flood of His goodness therefore flows
      Upon all of His works.

3. Thus Lord, so should too now
      All of Thy creations thank Thee;
The saints before all others, whose acts
      Remain within Thy boundaries;
They shall the power of Thy kingdom
And its everlasting being
    Praise with a thousand tongues!

4. They shall praise in order that Thy glory
      Resound through all the world,
That everyone may bring servitude and offerings
      To Thee at the shrine.
Thy kingdom is an eternal kingdom,
The sovereignty of which is equal to Thee,
      For Thou never comest to an end.

5.  The Lord is until our death
      Constantly beside us all.
He lightens the burden of the cross we bear,
      And holds us when we fall;
He forestalls many a misfortune,
And kindly helps us up again
      When we are cast down.

6. Lord, all eyes are turned
      Toward Thee and Thy throne,
For it is surely Thou, who nourishest
      Everything here with fatherly care.
Thou openest Thy mild Hand,
Makest glad and replete every creature that lives
      On land, in the sea and in the air.

7. Thou meanest well, and treatest us kindly,
      Even when we often do not realize it.
Many a person is of downcast spirit,
      His heart consumed with grieving!
He worries and is anxious day and night
That God is completely disregarding him,
     And has forgotten him.

8. Nay, God does not forget His own!
      He keeps [His] covenant and keeps faith with us;
In the light of heaven, His heart is ever devising
      Ways of delighting us still.
Even though it at times what happens is beyond our comprehension,
He is eternally holy [and]
      Righteous in His pathways.

9. The Lord is near, and always prepared
      [To answer] everyone who honours Him,
And who beseeches Him in earnest
      Shall surely receive an answer.
God knows well who is loving and faithful to Him;
And such a person shall receive His glorious support
      In all of his tribulations.

10. To the pious nothing is denied,
      God does what they desire;
He knows the misfortune that afflicts them,
      And counts every one of their tears;
In the end he relieves their burden.
But over him who worries and hates them,
      He shall speak a judgement.

11. All of this, and whatever else
      Can express praise, thanksgiving, and glory,
That shall my lips, to the renown and honour
      Of the Highest, daily sing.
And thus should do in perpetuity
What lives and moves everywhere!
      That shall please God.