For the Beauty of the Earth
Author: Folliott S. Pierpoint
Composer: Varies by tune (see below)
Languages (50)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Albanian: Për të Tokës Bukuri
- American Sign Language (ASL): For the Beauty of the Earth
- Bulgarian: Бог Отец ни подари
- Cantonese (Romanized/Pingyam): [Unknown title]
- Cebuano: Sa Katahum sa Yuta
- Chinese (Simplified): 感谢大地好风光
- Chinese (Traditional): 感謝大地好風光
- Croatian: Zbog ljepote zemljine
- Czech: Za nádheru oblaků
- Danish: For det skønne her på jord
- Dutch: Voor de schepping, goed en mooi
- English: For the Beauty of the Earth
- English Braille: ⠠⠿ ⠮ ⠠⠃⠑⠁⠥⠞⠽ ⠷ ⠮ ⠠⠑⠁⠗⠹
- Estonian: Maa ja ilma ilu eest
- Fijian: Talei Na Vanua ’Qo
- Finnish: Kauneudesta maailman
- French: Pour la terre et sa beauté
- French (French Polynesia): Nehenehe te Ao Nei
- German: Für die Wunder dieser Welt
- Greek: Για της γης την ομορφιά
- Hmong: Rau Ntiaj Teb txoj Kev Zoo Nkauj
- Hungarian: Földünk gyönyörűségét
- Icelandic: Fyrir þessa fögru jörð
- Indonesian: Untuk Indahnya Bumi
- Italian: Per la terra tutta in fior
- Japanese: 地は麗しく
- Japanese (Hiragana): 地は麗しく
- Japanese (Kanji): 地は麗しく
- Kekchi: Xbʼaan xchaqʼal li ru li tzuul
- Khmer (Cambodian): ចំពោះសម្រស់នៃផែនដី
- Korean: 아름다운 세상
- Latvian: Par šo skaisto pasauli
- Lithuanian: Už grožybę žemės mūs
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Gǎnxiè dàdì hǎo fēngguāng
- Mongolian: Энэ дэлхийн үзэсгэлэн
- Norwegian: For det vakre på vår jord
- Polish: Za urodę ziemi tej
- Portuguese: Pela Beleza do Mundo
- Romanian: Pentru acest frumos pământ
- Russian: За красу Земли родной
- Samoan: Le Lalolagi Manaia
- Spanish: Por la belleza terrenal
- Spanish Braille: ⠠⠏⠕⠗ ⠇⠁ ⠃⠑⠇⠇⠑⠵⠁ ⠞⠻⠗⠢⠁⠇
- Swahili: Kwa Wema wa Dunia
- Swedish: För det vackra på vår jord
- Tagalog: Para sa Angking Kariktan ng Mundo
- Tahitian: Nehenehe te Ao Nei
- Thai: เพราะความโสภาของแผ่นดิน
- Tongan: Māmani Fakaʻofoʻofa
- Ukrainian: Хай до Бога пісня вдячності летить
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Most common tunes for “For the Beauty of the Earth”
This chart shows the tunes that are paired with this text most frequently, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If the text appears with the same tune in multiple editions or translations of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once.
Appearances of “For the Beauty of the Earth” over time
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1864 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Hymns Ancient and Modern (1904), 333.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. For the beauty of the earth, For the beauty of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise.
2. For the beauty of each hour Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and tree and flow’r, Sun and moon, and stars of light,
Lord of all, to thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise.
3. For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth, and friends above, For all gentle thoughts and mild,
Lord of all, to thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise.