Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 1109
Title Oh, God have mercy
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key D-Minor
Scoring

Organ

Movements Chorale
Category Neumeister collection of Yale University
Event Lent
Author of text Unbekannt
Text

Oh, God have mercy
through Christ your Son,
on both rich and poor;
help us, in dealing with our penalties,
to realize our part in creating them.
I fear that God has bound a switch
with which he chastens us,
as a shepherd does with his sheep,
no one can escape his justice.

Manuscript Yale University, New Haven

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