Bible Verses for Now Thank We All Our God

No list of songs of thanksgiving would be complete without Now Thank We All Our God.  It is triumphant in our thanksgiving to the God who has blessed us.    Below is a classical rendition of the tune (arranged by John Rutter).

For those looking for something more contemporary, here are a few very different versions.

First, one by Garrison Keillor and Heather Masse on Prairie Home Companion.

Next, a contemporary choral version.

Last, a contemporary acoustic version.

Now Thank We All Our God

by Martin Rinckart (1636)

translated by Catherine Winkworth

Verse 1:
Now thank we all our God
With heart and hands and voices,

Psalm 27:8 The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, and with my song I shall thank Him.

Who wondrous things has done,
In whom his world rejoices;

Psalm 40:5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Who from our mothers' arms

Has blessed us on our way

Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours today.

James 1:17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

Jesus said in John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life."

Verse 2:
O may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us,

James 4:8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us,

Paul and Barnabas said in Acts 14:17 "and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."

Jesus said in John 16:33 (KJV) "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." 

To keep us in his grace,
And guide us when perplexed,

Ephesians 2:7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 31:3 For You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name�s sake You will lead me and guide me.

And free us from all ills
Of this world in the next.

Revelation 21:1-5 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, �Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.�

Verse 3:
All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given,

Psalm 69:30 I will praise the name of God with song and magnify Him with thanksgiving.

To Christ, and Spirit, too,
Our help in highest heaven,

Romans 8:26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

Romans 8:34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.  

John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. 

The one eternal God,
Whom heaven and earth adore;

Psalm 117:2 For His lovingkindness is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord is everlasting. Praise the Lord!

For thus it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.

Revelation 1:7 Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. �I am the Alpha and the Omega,� says the Lord God, �who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.�