God Himself Is With Us

God Himself Is With Us

Text written in 1729 by Gerhard Tersteegen (1608-1769), Tr. by "Hymnal 1940"

Sung to WUNDERBARER KONIG, composed in 1680 by Joachim Neander (1650-1680)

Psalm 33:8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of the world revere him.

V. 1 God Himself is with us;

Let us all adore Him,

And with awe appear before Him.

God is here within us;

Soul, in silence fear Him,

Humbly, fervently draw near Him.

Now His own who have known 

God, in worship lowly, 

Yield their spirits wholly.

1 Corinthians 3:16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

V. 2 Come, abide within me;

Let my soul, like Mary,

Be Thine earthly sanctuary,

Come, indwelling Spirit,

With transfigured splendor;

Love and honor will I render.

Where I go here below,

Let me bow before Thee,

Know Thee and adore Thee.

Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."

1 John 3:16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 

V. 3 Gladly we surrender

Earth's deceitful treasures,

Pride of life, and sinful pleasures:

Gladly, Lord, we offer

Thine to be forever,

Soul and life and each endeavor.

Thou alone shalt be known

Lord of all our being,

Life's true way decreeing.