Bitten, Op. 48 No. 1 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
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- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2024-01-16). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 82 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Arrangement and English translation taken from Congregational Church Hymnal. Part III - Anthems, London, 1898.
General Information
Title: Gott, deine Güte
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Lyricist: Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
First published: 1898
Description: A choral arrangement of a song from Beethoven's Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Gellert
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Original text and translations
German text
Gott, deine Güte reicht
so weit die Wolken gehen;
Du krönst uns mit Barmherzigkeit
und eilst, uns beizustehen.
Herr, meine Burg, mein Fels, mein Hort,
vernimm mein Flehn, merk auf mein Wort!
Denn ich will vor dir beten.
English text
O Lord, thy goodness spreads around,
alike o'er all extended.
By thee we are with mercy crowned,
in danger's hour defended.
O Lord, my tower, my refuge here,
receive my tears, receive my prayer.
For I will pray before thee.