Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 748
Title God the Father
Composed Unknown
Key D-Major
Scoring

Organ

Movements Chorale
Category Chorales
Event -
Author of text Unknown
Text

God the Father, be our Stay,
Oh, let us perish never.
Cleanse us from our sins, we pray,
And grant us life forever.
Keep us from the Evil One;
Uphold our faith most holy,
Grant us to trust Thee solely
With humble hearts and lowly.
Let us put God's armor on:
With all true Christians running
Our heavenly race and shunning
The devil's wiles and cunning.
Amen, Amen, this be done,
So sing we, Hallelujah!

Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Yale University, New Haven; Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford

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