You who fear God, I will tell: come, hear, and worship with me! Hear what the Lord has done for my soul, what great things he has performed. When I called on him with my mouth, when trouble pressed from every side, often in that very hour a song of praise was on my tongue.

— Matthias Jorissen (1739–1823), Kirchenlieddichter

Related Bible passage: PSA.66.16

Topics: Joy & Gratitude, Prayer & Silence

Matthias Jorissen

Matthias Jorissen war ein deutscher reformierter Pfarrer und Kirchenlieddichter, der nach seiner Suspendierung wegen scharfer Kritik am Rationalismus ab 1769 in den Niederlanden wirkte. Er steht für eine bibelorientierte Frömmigkeit der Erweckungsbewegung und schuf mit seiner „Neuen Bereimung der Psalmen“ von 1798 eine weit verbreitete Neuübertragung des Genfer Psalters. Bibellesern begegnet sein Werk bis heute in vertrauten Gesangbuchliedern, die Psalmentexte in gereimter, sangbarer Form überliefern.

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