Make Thou our hearts obedient,
To use Thy word and sacrament,
To do Thy will whate’er betide,
Thus pleasing Thee, our trusty guide.
Bless Thou the labor of our hands
And help us keep Thy law’s demands,
That all our work, begun in Thee,
May to Thy praise and glory be.
Nicolaus Hermann, 1560.
Tr. H. Brueckner, 1918.