"German: Nun lobet Gott im hohen Thron|italic=no" | |
Type: | Christian hymn |
Native Name Lang: | de |
Language: | German |
Based On: | Psalm 117 |
Written: | by Caspar Ulenberg |
Composed: | by Ulenberg |
"German: Nun lobet Gott im hohen Thron|italic=no" (: Now praise God on a high throne) is a Christian hymn in German, published in 1603. Caspar Ulenberg wrote it in 1582, based on Psalm 117, and modified a 1542 melody by Guillaume Franc. It is part of German hymnals, including the German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob, which has it as GL 393 in the section "Leben in Gott – Lob, Dank und Anbetung" (Life in God – Praise, thanks and adoration). It is also part of other hymnals and songbooks.
The text consists of three stanzas of four lines each, rhyming AABB.