Lutheran Hymnody
The Hymns
TRUST
430
What Is the World to Me
1 John 2: 15–17
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Was frag’ ich nach der Welt
Georg M. Pfefferkorn, 1667
Tr., August Crull,1923, alt.
Was frag’ ich nach der Welt
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The world is sorely grieved
Whenever it is slighted
Or when its hollow fame
And honor have been blighted.
Christ, Thy reproach I bear
Long as it pleaseth Thee;
I’m honored by my Lord—
What is the world to me!
6
The world with wanton pride
Exalts its sinful pleasures
And for them foolishly
Gives up the heav’nly treasures.
Let others love the world
With all its vanity;
I love the Lord, my God—
What is the world to me!
7
The world abideth not;
Lo, like a flash ’twill vanish;
With all it gorgeous pomp
Pale death it cannot banish;
Its riches pass away,
And all its joys must flee;
But Jesus doth abide—
What is the world to me!
8
What is the world to me!
My Jesus is my Treasure,
My Life, my Health, my Wealth,
My Friend, my Love, my Pleasure,
My Joy, my Crown, my All,
My Bliss eternally.
Once more, then, I declare:
What is the world to me!
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