1. Lord God, to Thee we all give praise,
   Thanksgivings meet to Thee we raise,
   That angel hosts Thou didst create
   Around Thy glorious throne to wait.

2. They shine with light and heav’nly grace
   And constantly behold Thy face;
   They heed Thy voice, they know it well,
   In godly wisdom they excel.

3. They never rest nor sleep as we;
   Their whole delight is but to be
   With Thee, Lord Jesus, and to keep
   Thy little flock, Thy lambs and sheep.

4. The ancient Dragon is their foe;
   His envy and his wrath they know.
   It always is his aim and pride
   Thy Christian people to divide.

5. As he of old deceived the world
   And into sin and death has hurled,
   So now he subtly lies in wait
   To ruin school and Church and state.

6. A roaring lion, round he goes,
   No halt nor rest he ever knows;
   He seeks the Christians to devour
   And slay them by his dreadful pow’r.

7. But watchful is the angel band
   That follows Christ on ev’ry hand
   To guard His people as they go
   And break the counsel of the Foe.

8. From Daniel’s case this may be seen,
   When he sat in the lions’ den,
   And likewise angels rescued Lot,
   That the ungodly harmed him not.

9. When the three Hebrews were at last
   Into the fiery furnace cast,
   No pow’r had fiercest flames to harm
   Against the rescuing angel’s arm.

10. And thus our God, still at this day,
    From harm and many‿an evil way
    Keeps near us His dear angel-guard,
    Placed over us as watch and ward.

11. For this, now and in days to be,
    Our praise shall rise, O Lord, to Thee,
    Whom all the angel hosts adore
    With grateful songs forevermore.

12. We also pray Thee to defend
    By them until the latter end,
    Thy fold, that little flock, O Lord,
    That holds in honor Thy blest Word.

Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir
Paul Eber, 1566, from the Latin of Philipp Melanchthon
Tr. Emanuel Cronenwett, 1880, alt.
Source: Sts. 1–7, 11, The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, No. 254
Sts. 8–10, 12, Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book, 1930, No. 286