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- ↑ Gotteslob (in German). Diocese of Limburg. 2013.
- ↑ "Numerisches Verzeichnis der Gesänge im GL 2013 mit Hinweis auf enthaltene Gesänge des GL 1974" (PDF) (in German). Diocese of Limburg. 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ↑ "Ob ich sitze oder stehe (Von allen Seiten umgibst du mich)". evangeliums.net (in German). 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.