"Gott ist gegenwärtig" (God is present) is a Christian hymn in German by the Reformed writer Gerhard Tersteegen, published in 1729, based on a 1680 melody by Joachim Neander.

[1][2] He published "Gott ist gegenwärtig" in his collection Geistliches Blumengärtlein inniger Seelen (Spiritual little flower garden of intimate souls) in 1729.

[5] In the Gotteslob of 2013, it is GL 387, in the section Leben in Gott - Lob, Dank und Anbetung (Life in God – praise, thanks and adoration).

The form is called Pokalstrophe because the typography of a stanza resembles a chalice, in an artful form of Baroque poetry:[9] x–x–x – x–x–x – x–x–x–x – x–x–x – x–x–x – x–x–x–x – x – x x – x x–x–x – x–x–x – Tersteegen's original title for the hymn was "Erinnerung der herrlichen und lieblichen Gegenwart Gottes",[10] meaning raising awareness of the glorious and lovely presence of God, one of Tersteegen's main topics.

[11] In the fifth stanza, Tersteegen evokes a mystic union, writing: "Ich in dir, du in mir, laß mich ganz verschwinden, dich nur seh'n und finden."

Ich in dir, du in mir, lass mich ganz verschwinden, dich nur sehn und finden.

Du allein sollst es sein, unser Gott und Herre, dir gebührt die Ehre.

Majestätisch Wesen, möcht ich recht dich preisen und im Geist dir Dienst erweisen.

Möcht ich wie die Engel immer vor dir stehen und dich gegenwärtig sehen.

Neander's melody for "Wunderbarer König" (Wonderful King) had a wide range and was more suitable for solo singing or small groups of singers.

[12][13] In 2019, when Tersteegen's 250th anniversary of death was remembered, the alto-saxophonist Uwe Steinmetz composed a cantata on the song, titled God is Now, scored for mixed choir, big band, pipe organ and live electronics.

[3] A version "God reveals His presence" was written by Frederick William Foster and John Miller, who tried to match the metre of the melody.

It was modified to a form in three stanzas, which is in common use, by William Mercer and published in his hymnal Church Psalter & Hymn Book in 1855.