WER NUR DEN LIEBEN GOTT
Stanza Arc
The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: Law (human anxiety and inability) → Gospel (God's active guidance and protection) → Exhortation (faithful response) → Assurance (God's constancy)
Associated Hymn Texts (1)
Set to This Tune in The Lutheran Hymnal (3)
- Abide with Us, the Day is Waning
- If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee
- I Leave All Things to God's Direction
Notes on the Tune
From Hymn Desk's analyses of the hymns sung to it.
TLH 518, If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee : WER NUR DEN LIEBEN GOTT — Neumark's own melody; Mendelssohn quotes it in 'St. Paul.'