2 O Spirit blest, we Thee entreat:
O grant us that we ever,
With heart and soul, as it is meet,
May serve our Lord and Savior
And Him confess till our last breath,
As Lord of life and Lord of death
And give Him praise and honor.

3 Our hearts let new-created be,

Our walk make pure and holy. Help us offense and sin to flee, And ever serve God solely,

So that our faith in Christ, our Lord, May prove itself in deed and word Before the world about us.

4 Thy gracious heavenly dew let fall,
The fainting Church to quicken;
Thy soothing ointment pour on all
Whose souls are sad and stricken;
Sustain us, Lord in evil days,
And let our lives in all our ways,
Abound in love and mercy.

5 Give strength and courage to contend
Against the hosts of evil,
That we may vanqish, in the end,

The world, the flesh, the devil; And when death's bellow o'er us rolls, Bear Thou to heaven our ransomed souls,

While dust to dust returneth.

B. Ringwaldt, 1681

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Johann Schop, 1642

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2 Cheer up, faint heart, rejoice and sing,
All anxious fear resign;
For God, the sovereign Lord and King,
Is thy God, even thine:
He is thy portion, He thy joy,
Thy life, and light, and Lord;
Thy counsellor when doubts annoy,
Thy shield and great reward.

3 In restless thoughts or dark despair
Why spend the day and night?
On Him who loves thee cast thy care;
He makes our burdens light:

Did not His love, and truth, and power
Watch o'er thy childhood's day?
Hath He not oft, in threatening hour,
Turned dreaded ills away!

4 His wisdom never plans in vain,
Ne'er falters, or mistakes;
All that His counsels wise ordain
A happy ending makes:
Upon thy mouth, then, lay thy hand,
And trust His guiding eye;
Thus, firm as rock, thy feet shall
Now and eternally.
[stand,

P. Gerhardt, 1653