Johann Sebastian Bach: God is living, God is here

God is living, God is here: Wherefore despair? God the Lord is everywhere. God is good and with compassion gives to all on earth his aid; his strong arm, in powerful fashion, all good things for us hath made. In his mystic ways progressing turns he every want to blessing. So my soul, now do not fear; God is living, God is here. Shall he sleep when shadows darken, he who made the eye so clear? When we cry, shall he not hearken, he who made the listening ear? God is God the Lord, all-seeing when despair torments our being. So my soul…