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by Paul Gerhardt (1606 - 1676)

Befiehl du deine Wege
 (Sung text for setting by J. Bach)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Befiehl du deine Wege
Und was dein Herze kränkt
Der allertreusten Pflege
Des, der den Himmel lenkt:
Der Wolken, Luft und Winden
Gibt Wege, Lauf und Bahn,
Der wird auch Wege finden,
Da dein Fuß gehen kann.

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750), "Befiehl du deine Wege", stanza 1 [ soprano, tenor, flute, oboe, violin, viola, continuo ], from oratorio Matthäus-Passion, no. 44

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Gerhardt (1606 - 1676), "Befiehl dem Herrn deine Wege", appears in Geistliche Andachten

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Bertram Kottmann , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2004-06-13
Line count: 96
Word count: 466

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