Hymn Desk

A comprehensive reference for Lutheran hymn texts, tunes, and sacred music

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Cross-referenced scripture connections · Lectionary hymn suggestions · Liturgical seasons · PHH reference notes · Bach cantata index · 11,110 scripture references

Hymn Desk began as one church musician's answer to a shelf of hymnal indexes — a way to move between ELW, LBW, LSB, TLH, and a dozen other books without flipping through each one by hand. Every text here is cross-referenced by hymnal number, scripture connection, and liturgical season, built one hymn at a time from years of cataloging a working church music library.

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Featured for this season Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above Sing praise to God who reigns above Johann Jacob Schütz / Frances Cox · 1675
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