Sunday, December 22, 2024

"Gott sei uns gnädig und" (#172)

German text in the Gesangbuch:
1 Gott sei uns gnädig und barmherzig,
und geb uns seinen göttlichen Segen.

2 Er laß über uns sein Antlitz leuchten,
daß wir auf Erden erkennen seine Wege.

3 Es segne uns Gott, unser Gott,
es segne uns Gott und geb uns seinen Frieden.  Amen.
My prose translation:
1 May God be merciful and compassionate to us
And give us His divine blessing.

2 He lets His face shine over us
So that we on earth recognize His ways.

3 God, our God, blesses us;
God blesses us and gives us His peace.  Amen.
Part of the second verse refers to Numbers 6:25:  "The LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you."

There are no author or publication data for this text.

As far as I can tell, this hymn isn't in The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship, or The Lutheran Service Book.  According to the Gesangbuch, the text is sung to "its own tune."