Why do you torment yourself in your mind and grieve day and night? Take your worry and cast it upon the one who made you.

— Paul Gerhardt (1607–1676), Kirchenlieddichter

Related Bible passage: PSA.55.22

Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt (1607–1676) war ein deutscher lutherischer Theologe und Pfarrer in Mittenwalde, Berlin sowie Lübben. Er prägte mit Liedern wie „Befiehl du deine Wege“ das geistliche Gesangsgut, verlor jedoch 1667 im Berliner Kirchenstreit sein Amt, da er sich aus Bekenntnisgründen weigerte, das kurfürstliche Toleranzedikt gegenüber den Reformierten zu unterschreiben. Heute bieten seine Dichtungen Bibellesern eine seelsorgliche Sprache des Gottvertrauens inmitten existentieller Krisen und Leiderfahrungen.

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