"Werde munter, mein Gemüte" (Become cheerful, my mind) is a Lutheran evening hymn by Johann Rist, consisting of twelve stanzas with eight lines each, first printed in 1642.

The hymn was first published as "Dritte Zehen" (third ten) of Rist's Himlische Lieder (Heavenly songs) in Lüneburg in 1642.

[4] Georg Philipp Telemann composed a cantata Werde munter, mein Gemüte, TWV 1:1576, for choir, strings and continuo before 1760.

[4] The same hymn melody was assigned to the song "Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne" written by Martin Janus (or Jahn).

[5] The tune for "Werde munter" was also paired with "Like the Golden Sun Ascending," which was translated from selected stanzas of Thomas Kingo's 1689 "Som den gyldne Sol frembryder.