Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 668
Title Before Thy Throne I now appear
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key G-Major
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Chorales Leipzig manuscript
Event Lent
Author of text Bodo von Hodenberg, 1646
Text

Before Thy Throne I now appear,
O Lord! bow down Thy gracious Ear,
Reject not from Thy loving Face
A [poor sinner], who sues for Grace.
Manuscript Music library, Leipzig ; Protestant Publishing Institute, Berlin; Estate C. Ph. E. Bach

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