Description
Instrumental version of the choir and orchestra setting by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714), based on the melody published in Johannes Kugelmann’s 1540 collection.
The translation is literal (rather than poetic) and is intended for reference only.
Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, Gott Vater Sohn und Heil’gem Geist.
Give praise and honour to God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Der wolle in uns mehren, was er aus Gnaden uns verheisst:
May he increase in us what he has promised us in his mercy:
Daß wir ihm fest vertrauen, uns gründen ganz auf ihm,
that we trust firmly in him and establish ourselves on him,
Von Herzen auf ihn bauen, daß unser Mut und Sinn
from our hearts we build on him so that our courage and mind
ihm alle Zeit anhangen, drauf singen wir zur Stund.
depend on him at all times, and this is now our song.
Amen, wir werd’n’s erlangen, glaub’n wir von Herzensgrund.
Amen, we shall attain it if we believe from the depths of our hearts.