BWV 254 Oh God! hear my sighing and complaints

Johann Sebastian Bach

BWV	254
Title	Oh God! hear my sighing and complaints
Composed	Unknown
Scoring	Choir for 4 voices
Movements	Chorale: Oh God! hear my sighing and complaints
Category	Spiritual Cantata
Event	Sunday after Trinity
Author of text	Praxis Pietatis, Frankfort 1662
Text Chorale: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass	Oh God! hear my sighing and complaints, Let me in my need not despair; You know my pain, Know also my heart: You have presented these burdens, help me also to bear them. I know you have never forgotten me. In the midst of need Think of God, Who has already redeemed me through his suffering on the cross.
Manuscript	Music library, Leipzig; Highschool for Music, Berlin