Despair Not, O Heart

Text by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius

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About this hymn

Date: 1909
Tune: Iam Moesta
Composer: Martin Luther
Key: F
Meter: 9 9 9 9

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Anticipation, Assurance, Calmness, Comfort, Consolation, Courage in Affliction.

Jn 14:1-4 · 1Cor 15:35-38

Musical background

Iam Moesta is presented in the source key of F, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (348-413). Translated by O. T. Sanden, 1909. Music: 'Iam Moesta' or 'Jam Moesta' or 'Despair Not O Heart' or 'Med Sorgen Og Klagen' unknown, sometimes attr. Martin Luther, 1542. Setting: "The Wartburg Hymnal", 1918, alt. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2010 Revision.