Psalm 116, wouldn’t hurt to look it over.
“Ode to Joy” is part of Friedrich Schiller’s 1785 poem, later immortalized as the choral finale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. This piece has become a universal anthem celebrating unity, friendship, and the ideal of brotherhood across nations.
The line you referenced, “All men become brothers,” is translated from the German original:
“Alle Menschen werden Brüder,
Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.”
It conveys the message that, in the spirit of joy and love, humanity should transcend boundaries and see each other as one family. Beethoven’s powerful arrangement and Schiller’s uplifting words have helped make this work an enduring symbol of peace, inclusion, and human unity.