The cantata was performed on the occasion of the consecration of the new organ in Störmthal (s. Dok II, No. 163). The movements 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 were borrowed from BWV 194.1, the chorales no. 6 and 12 were composed for that occasion.
Lyrics
author unknown; mvt. 6: stanzas 6 and 7 from 'Treuer Gott, ich muss dir klagen' (1630) by Johann Heermann (1607–1676); mvt. 12: stanzas 9 and 10 from 'Wach auf, mein Herz, und singe' (1647/1653) by Paul Gerhardt (1585–1647); first libretto printing: Leipzig 1723 Link to lyrics
Edition
BG 29, S.101 (P. Graf Waldersee, 1881);
NBA I/31, S. 145 (Frieder Rempp, 1987) – Critical report (1988), S. 98
