BWV 692a Alas, my God, my sins are great

Johann Sebastian Bach

BWV	692a
Title	Alas, my God, my sins are great
Composed	Unknown
Key	C-Major
Scoring	Organ
Movements	Chorale
Category	Chorales from Kirnberger collection
Event	Lent
Author of text	Johann Major, 1613
Text	Alas, my God, my sins are great, My conscience doth upbraid me; And now I find that at my strait No man hath power to aid me. And fled I hence in my despair In some lone spot to hide me, My friefs would still be with me there And peace still be denied me.
Manuscript	Music library, Leipzig; Yale University, New Haven; Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Goettingen; Bach Archive, Leipzig, Central library, Zurich; Estate Johann Philipp Kirnberger