Based on Genesis 24:31. This hymn appeared in Crüger’s Praxis pietatis melica, 1653, no. 78, in 9 stanzas of 8 lines (1–7, 11, 12). Stanzas 8–10 were added in Ebeling, 1667, 5, no. 50. The full text also appeared in Feustking’s Pauli Gerhardi Geistreiche Hauss- und Kirchen-Lieder, 1707, p. 5.

Translations

Only a few, mostly truncated, translations have been published of this hymn.

First Line St. Year Translator Sources
Wherefore dost Thou longer tarry 9/12 1858 Winkworth LG58 p.6
Wherefore dost Thou longer tarry 6/12 1863 Winkworth CBE 153
Wherefore dost Thou, blest of God 9/12 1864 R. Massie LD64 p.90
Why, without, then, art Thou staying 12/12 1867 Kelly PGSS p.5
Why remain outside my dwelling 12/12 2026 Welch  

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