1. O wondrous Conqueror and great,
   Scorned by the world Thou didst create,
   Thy work is all completed!
   Thy toilsome course is at an end;
   Thou to the Father dost ascend,
   In royal glory seated.
   Lowly, holy,
   Now victorious,
   High and glorious:
   Earth and heaven
   To Thy rule, O Christ, are given.

2. Thee shall the choirs of Cherubim
   And all the holy Seraphim
   Extol with praises, praises:
   Who gifts to men dost scatter down,
   While upward, to Thy seat and crown,
   Thy look immortal gazes.
   Sing ye, Ring ye
   Strains descending,
   Lowly bending,
   We are nighest
   As the risen rises highest.

3. Thou, Lord, art now our head, and we
   Thy members are, and draw from Thee
   Our life and full salvation.
   For comfort, peace, joy, light and power,
   For balm to heal in sorrow’s hour,
   We yield Thee adoration.
   Kneeling, Feeling,
   Thou art nearest,
   Lord, and dearest:
   We’re receiving
   Grace surpassing our conceiving.

4. Lord Jesus, keep our eyes on Thee;
   Help us Thy servants true to be,
   Fulfilling Thy good pleasure,
   Set Thou our minds on things above,
   Let this vain world ne’er win our love,
   Be Thou our only treasure.
   Wholly, Lowly,
   We would own Thee,
   And enthrone Thee:
   Wisdom learning,
   All Thy perfect ways discerning.

5. Thou, Jesus, art our shield and guide,
   O let Thy words in us abide,
   Directing all our going.
   Teach us to love Thy blessed will,
   To suffer meekly and be still,
   Nor fear grief’s tide o’erflowing.
   Weeping, Keeping
   Low before Thee,
   We adore Thee.
   ’Midst our sorrow,
   Lord, we hail the coming morrow.

6. Lord Jesus, hasten Thy return;
   Our longing hearts expectant yearn
   To prove the joys of heaven.
   Thy precious blood has set us free,
   We owe our present all to Thee,
   For us Thy life was given.
   Singing, Bringing
   Praise abounding
   Now we’re sounding
   Never-ending
   Triumph, Lord, in Thy ascending.

Ach Wundergroßer Siegesheld
Ernst Christoph Homburg, 1659
Sts. 1, 3–6, tr. Hannah K. Burlingham, 1865
Source: Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary, 1913, No. 366
St. 2, tr. Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham, 1870
Source: The Monthly Religious Magazine, Vol. 37, 1867, pp. 264f.