Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 1116
Title What God doth, that is rightly done
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key G-Major
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Neumeister collection of Yale University
Event Funeral
Author of text Unknown
Text

What God doth, that is rightly done,
His will is just forever;
Whatever course he sets my life,
I will trust him with calmness.
He is my God,
Who in distress
Knows well how to support me;
So I yield him all power.
Manuscript Yale University, New Haven

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