Of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto Him.
Deuteronomy 15:14
Words: Samuel Longfellow, 1886. This is the fourth stanza of Longfellow’s hymn Thou, Lord of Life.
Music: Das walt Gott Vater Daniel Vetter, Musicalische Kirch-und Haus-Ergötzlichkeit, part 2 (Leipzig, Germany: 1713). Adapted & harmonized by Johann S. Bach (🔊 pdf nwc).
Bless Thou the gifts our hands have brought;
Bless Thou the work our hearts have planned.
Ours is the faith, the will, the thought:
The rest, O God, is in Thy hand.