Now Thank We All Our God

Nun danket alle Gott
Now Thank We All Our God
Hymn
Text and tune with a figured bass in Johann Crüger's Praxis pietatis melica, 1653
CatalogueZahn 5142
Written1636
Textby Martin Rinkart, translated by Catherine Winkworth
LanguageGerman
Based onEcclesiasticus 50:22-24
Meter6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6
Melodyattributed to Johann Crüger
Published1647

"Now thank we all our God" is a popular Christian hymn. Catherine Winkworth translated it from the German "Nun danket alle Gott", written c. 1636 by the Lutheran pastor Martin Rinkart. Its hymn tune, Zahn No. 5142, was published by Johann Crüger in the 1647 edition of his Praxis pietatis melica.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Liederdatenbank: Nun danket alle Gott". www.evangeliums.net/lieder/. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ Zahn, Johannes (1890). Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder. Vol. III. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann. p. 307. {{cite book}}: External link in |volume= (help)