 The song was included in 31 hymnals.It was translated several times, including Catherine Winkworth's "Not in anger, Mighty God", which appeared in 13 hymnals.The melody was a dance tune in a manuscript dating from 1681 at the latest; it was printed with the sacred text in the collection "Hundert ahnmutig- und sonderbar geistlicher Arien" ("One hundred charming and remarkably spiritual Airs"), printed in Dresden in 1694.