Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit

"Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit"
German Lutheran hymn
EnglishNow dear soul, now it is time
RelatedMotet by Johannes Eccard
OccasionEpiphany
Writtenbefore 1635 (1635)
TextGeorg Weissel
Melody
Published1642 (1642)

"Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit", alternatively written "Nun, liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit" (Now, dear soul, now it is time), is a Lutheran hymn for Epiphany, in five stanzas of six lines each, by Georg Weissel. It was first printed in 1642, set as a motet by Johannes Eccard. A version with an additional stanza is attributed to Johann Christoph Arnschwanger.

Hymnals indicate "In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr" as the singing tune for both the five-stanza and six-stanza versions of the hymn. With this melody, Johann Sebastian Bach used its last stanza in Part V of his Christmas Oratorio.

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