Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort
Lyricists: Martin Luther and Justus Jonas Luther: vv. 1-3; Jonas: vv. 4 - 5
Musical settings at CPDL
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BWV 126 German SATB
- Hugo Distler — Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort German SAB
- Johannes Eccard — Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort German SATTB
- Paul Melissus — Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort German SATTB
- Hieronymus Praetorius — Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort German SATB
- Michael Praetorius — Erhalt uns Herr bei deinem Wort a 17 German SSAT.SATB.SATBB.SATB
- Michael Praetorius — Erhalt uns Herr bei deinem Wort a 3 German SAB
- Michael Praetorius — Erhalt uns Herr bei deinem Wort a 4 German SATB
- Jörgen Presten — Erhalt uns Herr German SSAATBB
- Balthasar Resinarius — Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort German SATB
- Johann Walter — Erhalt uns Herr bei deinem Wort 2
Text and translations
The original wording of the first verse was composed in the light of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire and the rivalty between Protestants and the Roman Catholic Church ("…and precipitate murder to the Pope and the Turks"). It was revised several times later and got its final form in the 18th century:
German text 1. Verse, original wording |
English translation 1. Verse, original wording
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