1. In love God grants His Christians dear
   His bounteous blessings glorious;
   In love He doth for them prepare
   The angel hosts victorious;
   And so with joy we sing and say:
   This is the holy angels’ day,
   Who ev’ry day watch o’er us.

2. They come to us in ev’ry need
   As they all haste are making
   To them that fear their God indeed,
   From foe and fury taking.
   And so with joy we sing and say:
   This is the holy angels’ day,
   Who e’er for us are waking.

3. They keep us well in all our ways,
   Both great and small together,
   That, free from harm for all our days,
   Our feet may stumble never.
   And so with joy we sing and say:
   This is the holy angels’ day,
   Whom naught from us shall sever.

4. Such blessings e’er to them are shown
   Who of the Lord do query;
   The angels to their aid are flown
   Whom Satan seeks to harry.
   And so with joy we sing and say:
   This is the holy angels’ day,
   Who us to heaven carry.

Aus Lieb läßt Gott den Christenheit
Georg Reimann, d. 1615
Preussischen Fest-Lieder, Königsberg, 1644
Tr. Christopher J. Neuendorf, 2014 / 2021