717. What Is the World to Me

1 What is the world to me
with all its vaunted pleasure
when you, and you alone,
Lord Jesus, are my treasure!
You only, dearest Lord,
my soul's delight shall be;
you are my peace, my rest.
What is the world to me!

2 The world seeks after wealth
and all that money offers,
yet never is content
though gold should fill its coffers.
I have a higher good,
content with it I'll be;
my Jesus is my wealth.
What is the world to me!

3 The world is like a cloud
and like a vapor fleeting,
a shadow that declines,
swift to its end retreating.
My Jesus shall remain,
though all things fade and flee,
my everlasting rock.
What is the world to me!

4 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!

Text Information
First Line: What is the world to me
Title: What Is the World to Me
Author: Georg M. Pfefferkorn, 1645-1734 (abr.)
Translator: August Crull, 1845-1923 (alt.)
Meter: 67 67 66 66
Language: English
Publication Date: 2021
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Discipleship
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT
Composer: Ahasverus Fritsch, 1629-1701
Meter: 67 67 66 66
Key: C Major
Source: Setting: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941
Copyright: Public Domain



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