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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and by Justus Jonas (1493 - 1555)

Choral e Recitativo. Was Menschenkraft...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Was Menschenkraft und -witz anfäht,
Soll uns billig nicht schrecken;
Denn Gott der Höchste steht uns bei
Und machet uns von ihren Stricken frei.
Er sitzet an der höchsten Stätt,
Er wird ihrn Rat aufdecken.
Die Gott im Glauben fest umfassen,
Will er niemals versäumen noch verlassen;
Er stürzet der Verkehrten Rat
Und hindert ihre böse Tat.
Wenn sie's aufs klügste greifen an,
Auf Schlangenlist und falsche Ränke sinnen,
Der Bosheit Endzweck zu gewinnen;
So geht doch Gott ein ander Bahn:
Er führt die Seinigen mit starker Hand,
Durchs Kreuzesmeer, in das gelobte Land,
Da wird er alles Unglück wenden.
Es steht in seinen Händen.

Note: lines 1-2, 5-6, 11, 14, and 18 are by Justus Jonas; the rest are by an unknown author.


Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
  • by Justus Jonas (1493 - 1555) [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 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750), "Choral e Recitativo. Was Menschenkraft und -witz anfäht", BWV 178 no. 2 (1724) [ alto and continuo ], from cantata Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Chorus and Recitative. What human strength and ingenuity can devise", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , " Choral et Récitatif. Ce que le pouvoir et l'esprit humains conçoivent", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-01-23
Line count: 18
Word count: 105

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