6. Lob sei Gott, dem Vater, g’tan

German text	English translation
Lob sei Gott, dem Vater, ton,	Praise be given to God the Father;
Lob sei Gott, sein’m eingen Sohn,	Praise be to God his only Son [Jesus];
Lob sei Gott, dem Heilgen Geist,	Praise be to God the Holy Spirit;
Immer und in Ewigkeit!	Ever [here on earth], and [there] in eternity!
	transl. Michael Marissen and Daniel R. Melamed

About the text

Author: Unknown
“Based exclusively on Martin Luther’s hymn of 1524 and hence on its model, the Latin hymn Veni redemptor gentium” (Dürr 2005, 78).
Text references: eighth verse of Martin Luther’s hymn of 1524 (verbatim)
Scripture readings for the day: Romans 13:11–13:14; Matthew 21:1–21:9

Full score: Neue Bach-Ausgabe I/1, p. 98
Background: Alfred Dürr, Cantatas of J. S. Bach (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 77
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