Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Friday, September 24, 2021

"What God Ordains Is Always Good"

Last year, I noticed a small feature specific to the Lutheran Worship version of "What God Ordains Is Always Good" (#422).  One of the lines in the fourth verse is "Though many storms may gather," sung to this phrase from the tune "Was Gott tut":


"Storms" is sung with a melisma (A G), musically giving a sense of being "many."

"What God Ordains Is Always Good" is also present in The Lutheran Hymnal (#521) and in The Lutheran Service Book (#760), but both of those hymnals have a single quarter note (an A) where Lutheran Worship has two eighth notes (A G).