{"slug": "why-should-sorrow-ever-grieve-me", "title": "Why Should Sorrow Ever Grieve Me?", "first_line": "Why should sorrow ever grieve me?", "author": "paul-gerhardt", "author_date": "1653", "translator": "john-kelly", "translator_date": "1867", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 3, 3, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Comfort", "Trust", "Cross"], "scripture": "Psalm 73:23", "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Why should sor -- row ev -- er grieve me? Christ is near, What can here E'er of Him de -- prive me? Who can rob me of my heav -- en That God's Son, As mine own, To my faith hath giv -- en?", "prose": ["Why should sorrow ever grieve me?", "Christ is near,", "What can here", "E'er of Him deprive me?", "Who can rob me of my heaven", "That God's Son,", "As mine own,", "To my faith hath given?"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Na -- ked was I and un -- swath -- \u00e8d When on earth At my birth My first breath I breath -- \u00e8d. Na -- ked hence shall I be -- take me, When I go From earth's woe, And my breath for -- sake me.", "prose": ["Naked was I and unswath\u00e8d", "When on earth", "At my birth", "My first breath I breath\u00e8d.", "Naked hence shall I betake me,", "When I go", "From earth's woe,", "And my breath forsake me."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Nought\u2014 not e'en the life I'm liv -- ing, Is mine own, God a -- lone All to me is giv -- ing. Must I then His own re -- store Him? Though be -- reft Of each gift Still shall I a -- dore Him.", "prose": ["Nought\u2014not e'en the life I'm living,", "Is mine own,", "God alone", "All to me is giving.", "Must I then His own restore Him?", "Though bereft", "Of each gift", "Still shall I adore Him."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Though a heav -- y cross I'm bear -- ing, And my heart Feels the smart, Shall I be de -- spair -- ing? God can help me, who doth send it, He doth know All my woe And how best to end it.", "prose": ["Though a heavy cross I'm bearing,", "And my heart", "Feels the smart,", "Shall I be despairing?", "God can help me, who doth send it,", "He doth know", "All my woe", "And how best to end it."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "God oft gives me days of glad -- ness, Shall I grieve If He give Sea -- sons too of sad -- ness? God is good, and tem -- pers ev -- er Ev -- 'ry hurt, Me de -- sert Whol -- ly can He nev -- er,", "prose": ["God oft gives me days of gladness,", "Shall I grieve", "If He give", "Seasons too of sadness?", "God is good, and tempers ever", "Every hurt,", "Me desert", "Wholly can He never,"]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Though u -- nit -- ed world and dev -- il, All their pow'r Can no more Do than mock and cav -- il. Let de -- ri -- sion now em -- ploy them, Christ e'en here Will ap -- pear And 'fore all de -- stroy them.", "prose": ["Though united world and devil,", "All their pow'r", "Can no more", "Do than mock and cavil.", "Let derision now employ them,", "Christ e'en here", "Will appear", "And 'fore all destroy them."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "True be -- liev -- ers shrink -- ing nev -- er, Where they dwell Should re -- veal Their true col -- ours ev -- er. When ap -- proach -- ing death would scare them, Still should they Pa -- tient stay And with cour -- age bear them.", "prose": ["True believers shrinking never,", "Where they dwell", "Should reveal", "Their true colours ever.", "When approaching death would scare them,", "Still should they", "Patient stay", "And with courage bear them."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Death can nev -- er kill us ev -- en, But re -- lief From all grief To us then is giv -- en. It doth close life's mourn -- ful sto -- ry, Make a way That we may Pass to heav'n -- ly glo -- ry.", "prose": ["Death can never kill us even,", "But relief", "From all grief", "To us then is given.", "It doth close life's mournful story,", "Make a way", "That we may", "Pass to heav'nly glory."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "There I'll reap en -- dur -- ing plea -- sure, Af -- ter woe Here be -- low Suf -- fer'd in large mea -- sure. Last -- ing good we find here nev -- er, All the earth Deem -- eth worth Van -- ish -- eth for ev -- er.", "prose": ["There I'll reap enduring pleasure,", "After woe", "Here below", "Suffer'd in large measure.", "Lasting good we find here never,", "All the earth", "Deemeth worth", "Vanisheth for ever."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "What is all this life pos -- sess -- eth? But a hand Full of sand That the heart dis -- tress -- eth. No -- ble gifts that pall me nev -- er, Christ so free There gives me To en -- joy for ev -- er.", "prose": ["What is all this life possesseth?", "But a hand", "Full of sand", "That the heart distresseth.", "Noble gifts that pall me never,", "Christ so free", "There gives me", "To enjoy for ever."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "Shep -- herd! Lord! joy's foun -- tain ev -- er, Thou art mine, I am Thine, No one can us sev -- er. I am Thine, be -- cause Thou gav -- est Life and blood For my good, By Thy death me sav -- est.", "prose": ["Shepherd! Lord! joy's fountain ever,", "Thou art mine,", "I am Thine,", "No one can us sever.", "I am Thine, because Thou gavest", "Life and blood", "For my good,", "By Thy death me savest."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "Thou'rt mine, for I love and own Thee, Ne'er shall I, Light of joy, From my heart de -- throne Thee. Let me, let me soon be -- hold Thee Face to face, Thy em -- brace May it soon en -- fold me!", "prose": ["Thou'rt mine, for I love and own Thee,", "Ne'er shall I,", "Light of joy,", "From my heart dethrone Thee.", "Let me, let me soon behold Thee", "Face to face,", "Thy embrace", "May it soon enfold me!"]}}, "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "kelly-1867", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Paul Gerhardt's \"Warum sollt' ich mich denn gr\u00e4men\" (1653) in John Kelly's English translation, Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs (London: Alexander Strahan, 1867), no. 45 \u2014 all twelve stanzas, transcribed from hymnary.org's PGSS1867 page (Wayback capture 2017-04-18). Kelly died 1890; the translation was reprinted with the Ebeling tune in pre-1931 Lutheran hymnals (Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book with Tunes, 1912, no. 501; Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal 1880 no. 420; ELHB 1892 no. 365). One emendation: stanza 10 'Full of sand' for the transcription's 'Fall of sand' (an evident typo \u2014 Gerhardt's German is 'eine Hand voll Sand'). All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "why_should_sorrow_ever_grieve_me"}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}