DCLXVI. BACH, J.S. (1685-1750)
New Year's Day cantata.
The prescribed readings are from the Epistle to the Galatians (Galatians 3:23-29) and the Circumcision and naming of Jesus (Luke 2:21).
1. [Coro]: Jesu, nun sie gepreiset
O Lord, we come to praise Thee
Upon this joyful Day
Give us Thy New Year's blessing
Our care and fear allay
With joy we meet together
At this glad festal time
With grace and mercy laden
And blessedness sublime
Bach breaks up the long movement with an Adagio:
That free and undefeated
The old year we completed
Forever in deep devotion
To Thee would we be near
Preserve us in soul and body
Thru'out the coming year
2. Aria (Soprano): Laß uns, o höchster Gott, das Jahr vollbringen
O grant us, mighty God
A year of promise
A year to end, we pray
As glad as New Year's Day!
For Thou wilt ever find a way
Thy blessing thro' the year to send
From New Year's Day until the end
That we may Halleluja sing Thee
3. Recitativo (Alto): Ach! deine Hand, dein Segen muß allein
My all in all, my Alpha and Omega be
Our lives Thou holdest ever in Thy hand
Our days and hours are all by Thee directed
Thy gaze embraces town and land
Our welfare Thou dost rate
Our troubles, too, Thou knowest
Do Thou, then, show us
For weal or woe, what fate
Thou, in Thy wisdom hast for us selected
4. Aria (Tenore): Woferne du den edlen Frieden
As Thou, O Lord, with peace hast blest us
Secure from mortal ills to rest us
Let now our souls enjoy
Thy blessed Holy Word
So may we find salvation
And gain the liberation
On Christian souls conferred
5. Recitativo (Basso, Coro): Doch weil der Feind bei Tag und Nacht
What o' our foe by day and night
Assails us in his might
To persecute and domineer us?
Yet Thou, indeed, O mighty God, will hear us
When we, in reverence assembled, pray Thee
Do Thou, Lord, beat down Satan under our feet
So teach us, by Thy grace divine
To sanctify Thy holy shrine
And vision, after grief and sorrow
The glorious splendor of tomorrow
6. Choral (Coro): Dein ist allein die Ehre
To Thee alone be glory
To Thee alone be praise
In trouble teach us patience
And govern all our ways
Until at last in Heaven
From care and trouble free
In peace and joy and gladness
We may be one with Thee
Thy bounty to us measure
According to Thy pleasure
And so Thy people bringing
To Thee their faith sincere
With trusting hearts are singing
"Lord bless the coming the year"
Secure from mortal ills to rest us
Let now our souls enjoy
Thy blessed Holy Word
So may we find salvation
And gain the liberation
On Christian souls conferred
5. Recitativo (Basso, Coro): Doch weil der Feind bei Tag und Nacht
Assails us in his might
To persecute and domineer us?
Yet Thou, indeed, O mighty God, will hear us
When we, in reverence assembled, pray Thee
Do Thou, Lord, beat down Satan under our feet
So teach us, by Thy grace divine
To sanctify Thy holy shrine
And vision, after grief and sorrow
The glorious splendor of tomorrow
6. Choral (Coro): Dein ist allein die Ehre
To Thee alone be praise
In trouble teach us patience
And govern all our ways
Until at last in Heaven
From care and trouble free
In peace and joy and gladness
We may be one with Thee
Thy bounty to us measure
According to Thy pleasure
And so Thy people bringing
To Thee their faith sincere
With trusting hearts are singing
"Lord bless the coming the year"
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