Comme incroyablement grand | Comme incroyablement grand, comme incroyablement haut est cet amour, est cette grâce

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Wie unsaussprechlich groß

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Wie unsaussprechlich groß, wie unausdenklich hoch ist diese Lieb', ist diese Gnade,
die Gottes Sohn zu uns vom Stuhl der Ehren zog!
Wir alle waren schon in Adams Sündenfreude und folglich Gottes Feinde.
Drum war auch unser Heil ein ew'ger Fluch, ein ew'ger Schade;
Gott aber beut der Feinde Schar die Freundschaft selber dar,
sodaß er auch zu unserm Heil aus Gnaden seinen Sohn der Marter übergibet.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Wie unsaussprechlich groß", first published 1725 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767), "Wie unsaussprechlich groß", published 1725 [soprano and oboe and continuo], from the cantata Schmecket und sehet unsers Gottes Freundlichkeit, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Comme incroyablement grand", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-10-11
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Word count: 67

Comme incroyablement grand

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Comme incroyablement grand,  comme incroyablement haut est cet amour, est cette grâce,
que le fils de Dieu nous a apportée du trône de gloire !
Nous étions tous déjà dans le péché d'Adam et par conséquent parmi les ennemis de Dieu. 
Ainsi notre part était une malédiction éternelle, une blessure éternelle ;
Mais Dieu offre à la foule des ennemis l'amitié
pour laquelle pour notre salut il donne son fils en martyr.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2018 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Wie unsaussprechlich groß", first published 1725
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This text was added to the website: 2018-10-14
Line count: 6
Word count: 70