1. The herald came with your kindness, else had
My soul sufficed in recompense and been just;

2. So my life seems as if it ne’er will cease
To show me favor, and my state as if

3. It never will be changed. You raised me up
When I sat down, and up you made me stand

4. Triumphantly, while I no helper have
Or guardian. And you saved me when the days

5. Oppressed and tyrannized me, and when it
Let fly an arrow directed at my death.

6. It bent me over father and brother dear,
Then hid them from me; so ask not how I’ve fared

7. Since them. The harshest that has come to me
Is that I’ve been estranged once from your wish.

8. O you who clothe me in your bounty, how
Shall I praise as is due your generous reign?

9. O you who by your favor let me breathe,
My refuge, shelter, resting place art thou.