| "Im Frieden dein, o Herre mein" | |
|---|---|
| Christian hymn | |
.jpg) "Im Frieden dein", in Otto Riethmüller's Ein neues Lied, 1932 | |
| English | In Your peace, O my Lord |
| Occasion | Communion |
| Text | Johann Englisch and Friedrich Spitta |
| Language | German |
| Based on | Nunc dimittis |
| Meter | 4 4 7 4 4 7 4 4 7 |
| Melody | Wolfgang Dachstein |
| Composed | before 1530 |
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"Im Frieden dein, o Herre mein" (In Your peace, o my Lord) is a three-stanza German Christian communion hymn. In 1527 the early Reformer Johann Englisch (Johannes Anglicus) wrote two stanzas as a rhyming close paraphase of the Nunc dimittis, or Canticle of Simeon. The hymn is sung to a melody by Wolfgang Dachstein, written before 1530. Friedrich Spitta revised the lyrics in 1898 and added a third stanza. His revision transformed Englisch's prayer of an individual with a focus on a peaceful death to a communal one more about peaceful life in unity.
This version is part of the German Protestant hymnal, Evangelisches Gesangbuch, as EG 222. An ecumenical song, it is also part of the current Catholic hymnal, Gotteslob, as GL 216. It appears in several other hymnals.
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