Movement 1 and 3 are models for BWV 236/1 and 5; mvt. 5 is model for BWV 234/4.
Lyrics
author unknown; mvt. 1: Jesus Sirach 1:34; mvt. 6: stanza 1 from ‘Ich armer Mensch, ich armer Sünder’ (1663) by Christian Tietze (1641–1703). Link to lyrics
Edition
NBA I/20, S. 55 (Klaus Hofmann, 1986) – Critical report (1985), S. 58;
BG 35, S.275 (A. Dörffel, 1888)