Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 434
Title If thou but suffer God to guide thee
Composed Unknown
Scoring

Choir for 4 voices

Movements Chorale: If thou but suffer God to guide thee
Category Chorale
Event -
Author of text Georg Neumark 1640
Text
Chorale:
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass


If thou but suffer God to guide thee,
And hope in Him through all thy ways,
He'll give the strength what'er betide thee,
And bear thee through the evil days.
Who trusts in God's unchanging love
Builds on a rock that naught can move.

Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Highschool for Music, Berlin

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