Can You Count the Stars?

Can You Count the Stars?

Text written by Wilhelm Hey (1789-1854), translated by H. W. Dulcken, vs. 1-3; v. 2, anonymous

Sung to a German Folk Tune

Genesis 15:5 The Lord took him [Abraham] outside and said, “Look at the sky and try to count the stars; you will have as many descendants as that.”

Psalms 147:4 He has decided the number of the stars and calls each one by name.

V. 1 Can you count the stars that brightly 

Twinkle in the midnight sky?

Can you count the clouds, so lightly

O'er the meadows floating by?

God, the Lord, doth mark their number 

With His eyes that never slumber;

He hath made them every one,

He hath made them every one.

V. 2 Can you count the wings now flashing

In the sunshine's golden light?

Can you count the fishes splashing

In the cooling waters bright?

God, the Lord, a name hath given,

To all creatures under heaven;

He hath named them every one,

He hath named them every one.

V. 3 Do you know how many children

Rise each morning blithe and gay?

Can you count their jolly voices,

Singing sweetly day by day?

God hears all the happy voices,

In their merry songs rejoices;

And He loves them, every one,

And He loves them, every one.