Chorus. God, preserve your true word | God, preserve your pure word

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by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Choral. Das wollst du, Gott, bewahren...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG

Das wollst du, Gott, bewahren rein
Für diesem arg'n Geschlechte;
Und lass uns dir befohlen sein,
Dass sichs in uns nicht flechte.
Der gottlos Hauf sich umher findt,
Wo solche lose Leute sind
In deinem Volk erhaben.

Authorship:

by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) [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. Das wollst du, Gott, bewahren rein", BWV 2 no. 6 (1724) [ chorus and instrumental ensemble ], from cantata Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Chorus. God, preserve your true word", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-28
Line count: 7
Word count: 37

Chorus. God, preserve your true word

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

God, preserve your pure [word]
Before this vexing generation;
And let us so obey your commands,
That nothing may turn us away.
A throng of nonbelievers surrounds us,
Where wicked individuals
Are exalted among your people.

Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)

This text was added to the website: 2023-02-18
Line count: 7
Word count: 36