About “Dir gebührt die Ehre”
The title translates to 'To you belongs the honor.' This is not a YADA Worship original but a German-language version of the Swedish worship chorus 'Vi vill ge dig ära,' with a melody written by Eva-Lena Hellmark in 1992; the author of the German text is not documented. YADA Worship, an independent worship collective from Hamburg founded in 2018, recorded it for their 2022 album Mein Zeugnis, bringing a decades-old congregational chorus to a new generation of German churches.
Written by Eva-Lena Hellmark · Released 2022 on Mein Zeugnis · CCLI #5608337
- The underlying German chorus is listed in roughly 35 German-language hymnals and songbooks
Churches that sing it
Real churches in our map with this in their worship playlist — 15 you can watch on YouTube.
Where in the world
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Frequently asked
Who wrote “Dir gebührt die Ehre”?
Eva-Lena Hellmark. It was first released in 2022 on Mein Zeugnis.
What is “Dir gebührt die Ehre” about?
The title translates to 'To you belongs the honor.' This is not a YADA Worship original but a German-language version of the Swedish worship chorus 'Vi vill ge dig ära,' with a melody written by Eva-Lena Hellmark in 1992; the author of the German text is not documented. YADA Worship, an independent worship collective from Hamburg founded in 2018, recorded it for their 2022 album Mein Zeugnis, bringing a decades-old congregational chorus to a new generation of German churches.
How many churches sing “Dir gebührt die Ehre”?
20 churches in the playlist.church map have it in their worship playlists, most often for Adoration, Kingship, Majesty — one of the most-adopted worship songs today.