Included in Crüger’s Praxis pietatis melica, 1653, no. 100, in 16 stanzas of 4 lines. It later appeared in Ebeling’s Pauli Gerhardi Geistliche Andachten, 1666/67, no. 52, where four stanzas were added as 4, 8, 9, and 17. In Feustking’s Pauli Gerhardi Geistreiche Hauss- und Kirchen-Lieder, 1707, p. 14.

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First Line St. Year Translator Sources
We sing to Thee, Immanuel   1748 Anonymous MHB48 109
Immanuel, to Thee we sing 5/20 1789 Schlicht MHB89 45
Immanuel we sing thy praise 10/20 1816 Henkel CHB 18
Emmanuel, we sing Thy praise 9/20 1838 Anonymous BM 1:1838, p.35
Immanuel, we sing to Thee 4/20 1848 Russell DHHB 12
Immanuel, we sing to Thee 5/20 1853 Thrupp PH53 35
Thee, O Immanuel, we praise 9/20 1855 Winkworth LG55 p.28
Immanuel! Thy praise we sing — 1859 Fry p.163
Thee, O Immanuel, we praise 10/20 1863 Winkworth CBE 35
We sing to Thee, Emmanuel 9/20 1864 Cox LM 55
We sing to Thee, Immanuel 4/20 1864 F.C.C. DPC 26
To Thee, Immanuel, we sing 11/20 1864 Mannington WC p.36
Immanuell to Thee we sing 20/20 1867 Kelly PGSS p.37
Immanuel, to Thee we sing 7/20 1926 Brueckner ALH30 331

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