 In Walter's hymnal, the text was placed in a section for general use.Luther prescribed the song for regular use between epistle reading and gospel reading in his "Deutsche Messe", a 1526 liturgy for services in German, and included it among his funeral songs ("Begräbnisgesänge") in 1542.Johann Crüger included the song, as many by Luther, in his hymnal "Praxis pietatis melica", which was first published in 1647.