"" (Sing psalms of joy to the King) is a Catholic hymn in German for Palm Sunday. It was first printed without a creator's name of text or melody in Salzburg in 1783. In further editions, the text was often edited and connected to other melodies. The song is part of the 2013 Catholic hymnal Gotteslob as GL 280 with a melody from the Diocese of Cologne.
History The liturgy for Palm Sunday processions suggested the antiphon "" by Theodulf of Orléans. In 18th-century Austria, this and other songs of the liturgy were often used in German translations, such as "" in a 1775 hymnal from Vienna which remains close to the Latin model. "", published in Salzburg in 1783, is different from the model, both in content as in a refrain to end each stanza: " “
The refrain was omitted in many later versions. The hymn was first printed,First print of the text with a new melody,1783 melody in the second part of a collection of songs and devotions, , in Salzburg in 1783. The song is entitled: "" (Song of triump on Palm Sunday). The table of content lists the song as "";Table of content recommending it to be sung after the consecration of the palms.
During the 19th century, the hymn became part of many hymnals of regions and dioceses, often with textual variants and other melodies. In the 1975 first edition of the Gotteslob, the song appeared in regional sections, but was missing in the common section, because the regional versions differed too much. The song became part of the common section in the 2013 Gotteslob, but some regions also retained their specific local variant, such as "" as GL 770 in the Diocese of Münster.
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