Commit thou all that grieves thee (Hans Leo Hassler)
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(Posted 2024-09-22) CPDL #82099:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2024-09-22). Score information: A4, 1 page, 50 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982 to the rhythmic version of the melody.
- (Posted 2024-09-22) CPDL #82098:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2024-09-22). Score information: A4, 1 page, 130 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, the rhythmic version of the melody with words.
- (Posted 2024-09-22) CPDL #82097:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2024-09-22). Score information: A4, 1 page, 62 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, arranged by Johann Sebastian Bach.
- (Posted 2024-09-22) CPDL #82096:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2024-09-22). Score information: A4, 1 page, 123 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words, arranged by Johann Sebastian Bach.
General Information
Title: Commit thou all that grieves thee
Composer: Hans Leo Hassler
Tune: Herzlich tut mich verlangen
Lyricist: Paul Gerhardt
- Translation by Arthur William Farlander and Charles Winfred Douglas
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 76. 76. D
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
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Original text and translations
English text
Commit thou all that grieves thee
and fills thy heart with care
to him whose faithful mercy
the skies above declare,
who gives the winds their courses,
who points the clouds their way;
’tis he will guide thy footsteps
and be thy staff and stay.
O trust the Lord then wholly,
if thou wouldst be secure;
his work must thou consider
for thy work to endure.
What profit doth it bring thee
to pine in grief and care?
God ever sends his blessing
in answer to thy prayer.
Thy lasting truth and mercy,
O Father, see aright
the needs of all thy children,
their anguish or delight:
what loving wisdom chooseth,
redeeming might will do,
and bring to sure fulfillment
thy counsel good and true.
Hope on, then, broken spirit;
hope on, be not afraid:
fear not the griefs that plague thee
and keep thy heart dismayed:
thy God, in his great mercy,
will save thee, hold thee fast,
and in his own time grant thee
the sun of joy at last.