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Text for BWV 305 (Chorale)
Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott
Have mercy on me, O Lord God
nach deiner gross'n Barmherzigkeit,
according to your great mercifulness,
wasch' ab, mach' rein mein' Missethat,
cleanse, make clean my misdeeds,
ich kenn' mein' Sünd' und ist mir leid.
I know my sins, and I am pained.
Allein ich dir gesündigt hab,
I alone have sinned against you,
das ist wider mich stetiglich;
this is ever against me;
das Bös' vor dir nicht mag bestah'n,
evil cannot exist before you,
du bleibst gerecht, ob man urtheile dich.
you remain just, by anyone's decree.
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COMPOSED: date unknown, Chorale 33 from the J. P. Kirnberger & C. P. E. Bach Collection
LIBRETTO: Johann Walter Gesangbuch 1524
TRANSLATION: Tobin Schmuck, 2011 © Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, NYC
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