NEUOFFENBARUNGTo sing to the Lord for His great goodness and mercy
1. Oh Lord, You are kind and full of mercy, and gracious and full of the greatest patience; oh you eternal, holy, most loving Father! Therefore I will praise You at all times, day and night.
2. Even in the sick state of the body, if anything presses and pulls and tears the nerves, the fibers, the muscles, and other parts of it, so that all seeing and hearing ceases, I will yet praise and glorify You, Holy Father, therefore through all these evils to eternal life You test me and purify me and bring me forth!
3. Oh most holy, most loving Father, You are in everything for us and to us alone the eternal, endless love, and taught and teach us nothing, than alone only love, the holiest, eternal love – from You and in You, oh most holy, most loving Father.
4. Therefore also I, poor and sinful man, will praise and glorify You always and forever; for You alone are worthy to be praised and glorified by all the angels and people and suns and earths and all the creatures that recognize You as the holy Creator.
5. The grass indeed praises You, and the trees are full of Your glory; and all the mountains, they steam and smoke to worthily praise, oh God, Your greatness and power; and the flowers of meadows and fields and mountains and valleys and gardens, how do they diligently scatter towards You, Holy Father, very fragrant psalms through all the winds.
6. And so also the lovely little birds, swaying themselves on the little branches of the trees, what wonderful, lively, purest songs they sing from their feathered throats; and each of all these songs is rich in the most glorious praise and glory for You only, oh holy, most loving Father!
7. Yes, everything I look at is full of Your endless honor, and full of Your greatest glory.
8. Oh holy, most loving Father! So let then also me poor sinner, praise and glorify You evermore, and love You out of all my powers of spirit, soul, and mortal body.
9. And always give me so much of these powers that through them, I would then become and remain capable to do according to Your most holy will, out of the sole power of Your love in You, to Your praise, honor and eternal glory, holy, most loving Father.
10. I indeed think about it and therefore, and with all my walking and turning and standing, I seek to live only for you; but what is all this against that which I owe to you, oh most gracious Father, for a sole minute of life?
11. But when I think about it again, and say to myself: And if I could praise You with all the most melodious harps of the highest angels, my praise would not be closer to Your dignity than now, when I sound a poor love to You like the speechless little children.
12. Oh, then I will be happy, and praise and glorify You, Holy Father, by every thought that rises me from the depth of the spirit, because You, Holy Father, are so exceedingly good and most loving; therefore eternal praise to You, oh holy Father, from all of us. Amen.