Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 624
Title O help me, Lord, to praise Thee
Composed 1713, Weimar
Key G-Minor
Scoring

Organ

Movements Chorale
Category Orgelbuechlein
Event Lent
Author of text Unknown
Text

O help me, Lord, to praise Thee,
Great Shepherd of Thy sheep,
In grateful phrases worthy Of Thee who watch dost keep!
Help me in song my voice upraise
For Thy blest Word so holy,
And guide my feeble praise!

Manuscript Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford; Music library, Leipzig; Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Goettingen; Conservatory, Brussels; Yale University, New Haven; University library, Warzawa

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