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274: Gib dich zufrieden, und sei stille.

Gib dich zufrieden, und sei stille.--(Goed. 274.)

[Cross and Consolation.]

Founded on Psalm XXXVII, 7. It appeared in Ebeling, 1666, 1, no. 11, in 15 stanzas.

English Versions:

1. Be thou content: be still before.

Miss Winkworth, 1855, p. 156, and in Bishop Ryle's Collection, 1860, no. 269.

2. Be thou contented! aye relying.

J. Kelly, 1867, p. 202.

3. Tranquilly lead thee, peace possessing.

N. L. Frothingham, 1870, p. 246.

Selected Stanza:

Miss Winkworth in her Lyra Germanica, 1855, p. 156.