title: Diethard Zils
text: # Diethard Zils
  
  Diethard Zils O.P. (born 1935) is a German Dominican, priest and hymnwriter.
  
  Born in Bottrop, Zils is known as a hymnwriter for the genre Neues Geistliches Lied and a translator of such songs. They have been included in the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob (GL), and also in Protestant hymnals such as Evangelisches Gesangbuch (EG) and the Mennonitisches Gesangbuch [de] (MG). They were set to music by notable composers:
  
  ## Selected works
  
  * "Abraham, Abraham, verlass dein Land" (music: Wim ter Burg [de]) (EG 311)
  * "Ein befreiendes Lied" (music: Ludger Stühlmeyer) (youth music festival at Clemenswerth 1992)
  * "Frieden und Shalom" (melody from Israel)
  * "Im Dunkel unsrer Ängste" (music: Jo Akepsimas [de]) (MG 296)
  * "Kommt herbei, singt dem Herrn" (melody from Israel, GL 140)
  * "Lass uns den Weg der Gerechtigkeit gehen" (music: Cristóbal Halffter Jiménez) (MG 490)
  * "Lobt und preist die herrlichen Taten" (music: Lucien Deiss) (EG 429)
  * "Mädchen du in Israel" (music by Albe Vidakovic)
  * "Pilger sind wir Menschen" (after the melody of "Land of Hope and Glory" by Edward Elgar)
  * "Sag ja zu mir, wenn alles nein sagt" (music by Ignace de Sutter, 1959, GL Austria 815 and other regional sections)
  * "Seht ihr unsern Stern dort stehen" for Epiphany
  * "Wir haben Gottes Spuren festgestellt" (music: Jo Akepsimas, MG 406)
  * "Wir preisen deinen Tod" (music: Michael Ambroise Wackenheim, 1986, GL different regional sections)
  