If God Himself Be For Me

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About this hymn

Date: 1656
Tune: Woodbird
Composer: German
Key: G
Meter: 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6

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 Angels, Assurance, Atonement, Blood, Bread (of Life/Daily Bread), Calmness.

Rom 8:31-39 · 8:1-11 · Ps 27:1-3 · Is 50:7-9 · Jn 10:28-30 · Gal 6:14 · Jn 15:20 · Ps 46:1-11 · Lk 6:47-49

Musical background

Woodbird is presented in the source key of G, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

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

Words: Paul Gerhardt, 1656. Verses 1-3, 7-9, 11-15 Translated by Richard Massie, 1856, alt. Verses 4-6,10 Translated for Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (Pittsburgh), 1907, alt. Music: 'Woodbird' or 'Es Flog Ein Kleins Waldvögelein' traditional German found in "Memminger Tabulaturbuche", 17th Century. Setting: George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1904. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2011 Revision.