BWV 51 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity and For any occasion (et in ogni tempo). 4. Substitute verse to Johann Gramann's "Nun lob, mein Seel, mein Seel, den Herren," Königsberg, 1548 (Wackernagel, III, #968ff.) Probably 17 September 1730, Leipzig. BG 12, 2; NBA I/22. 1. Arias (S) Praise ye God in every nation!
Of created order hold Must be now his fame exalting, And we would to this our God / With the angels let's today /(1) Likewise now present an off'ring / To our God a ode be singing/(2) For that he midst cross and woe / For that he midst spite and pain /(3) Always hath stood close beside us. 2. Recit. (S) In prayer we now thy temple face,(4) 3. Aria (S) Highest, make thy gracious goodness
Should as well the grateful spirit Through a righteous life show plainly That we are thy children truly. 4. Chorale (S) Now laud and praise with honor 5. Aria (S) Alleluia!(7)
1. This line is found in the OSt as an alternate text to the immediately preceding line. 2. This line is found in the OSt as an alternate text to the immediately preceding line. 3. This line is found in the OSt as an alternate text to the immediately preceding line. 4. Cf. Ps. 138:2. 5. Cf. Ps. 26:8. 6. This line is found in the OSt as an alternate text to the immediately preceding line. 7. Bach adds the Alleluia, probably as an etymology of the opening words of the cantata: in Hebrew hallelu-yah means 'praise ye Jehovah," i.e., Jauchzet Gott. © Copyright Z. Philip Ambrose |