Der Herr wird dich mit seiner Güte segnen

"Der Herr wird dich mit seiner Güte segnen" (The Lord will bless you with his goodness) is a Christian poem by Helmut Schlegel. It became a hymn of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied with a 1998 melody by Thomas Gabriel, part of the German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob.

"Der Herr wird dich mit seiner Güte segnen"
Christian poem and hymn
Textby Helmut Schlegel
LanguageGerman
Melodyby Thomas Gabriel
Composed1998

History

The text was written by the Franciscan Helmut Schlegel, in seven stanzas and a refrain, both of four lines. It is based on the Priestly Blessing.[1]

The text has been set to music by Thomas Gabriel 1998, and was included in the German common Catholic hymnal Gotteslob as GL 452.[2][3] With a different melody by Winfried Heurich, it is part of the Gotteslob's regional section for the Diocese of Limburg as GL 849.[2]

References
  1. Alber, Mechthild. "Der Herr wird dich mit seiner Güte segnen". SWR (in German). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. "Numerisches Verzeichnis der Gesänge im GL 2013 mit Hinweis auf enthaltene Gesänge des GL 1974" (PDF) (in German). Diocese of Limburg. 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. "Der Herr wird dich mit seiner Güte segnen". evangeliums.net (in German). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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