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"How Great Thou Art" is a Christian hymn based on an original Swedish hymn entitled "O Store Gud" written in 1885 by Carl Boberg (1859–1940). The English version of the hymn and its title are a loose translation by the English missionary Stuart K. Hine from 1949.
Mayest thou show grace. As I call on thee, Thou my creator. I am thy servant, Thou art my true Lord. God, I call on thee; For thee to heal me. Bid me, prince of peace, Thou my supreme need. Ever I need thee, Generous and great, O’er all human woe, City of thy heart. Guard me, my savior. Ever I need thee, Through ev’ry moment In this world ...
Carl Gustav Boberg (16 August 1859 – 7 January 1940) was a Swedish poet, preacher, government official and member of parliament, best known for writing the Swedish-language poem "O Store Gud" ('O Great God') from which the English language-hymn "How Great Thou Art" is derived.
After Wessel's death, he was officially credited with having composed the music as well as having written the lyrics for the "Horst Wessel Song". Between 1930 and 1933, however, German critics disputed this, pointing out that the melody had a long history. "How Great Thou Art" is a well-known hymn of Swedish origin [26] with a similar tune for ...
[24] It is however a translation of "Vom Himmel hoch, o Engel, kommt", a song also known as "Susani", first published in the early 17th century, with a different tune. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Apart from the Christmas setting derived from Luke 2:1–18 , the "Susani" repeated in this song also likens it to the "Susaninne" of the fourteenth stanza of "Vom ...
But as the use of thou in non-dialect English began to decline in the 18th century, [22] its meaning nonetheless remained familiar from the widespread use of the latter translation. [23] The Revised Standard Version of the Bible, which first appeared in 1946, retained the pronoun thou exclusively to address God , using you in other places.
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How Great Thou Art (hymn) → How Great Thou Art – The three albums listed at How Great Thou Art are all named for the hymn, and came after its existence. Given that they are derived from the hymn and not vice versa, and given the page hits for the hymn vs. the albums, it's pretty clear that the hymn is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and should be moved ...