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Die schäumenden Wellen von Belials Bächen
 (Sung text for setting by J. Bach)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Die schäumenden Wellen von Belials Bächen
Verdoppeln die Wut.
Ein Christ soll zwar wie Wellen stehn,
Wenn Trübsalswinde um ihn gehn,
Doch suchet die stürmende Flut
Die Kräfte des Glaubens zu schwächen.

Composition:

    Set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750), "Die schäumenden Wellen von Belials Bächen", BWV. 81 (1724), in the cantata Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Ebenezer Prout) , "The white-foaming billows of Belial's torrents"
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les vagues écumantes des ruisseaux de Bélial", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 32