Heinrich Schütz Ich freue mich des, das mir geredt ist

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.
Ps 122
Translation: King James Bible
Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Doxology

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Ich freu mich des, das mir geredt ist, dass wir werden ins Haus des Herren gehen und dass unsre Füße werden stehen, in deinen Toren, Jerusalem. Jerusalem ist gebauet, dass eine Stadt sei, da man zusammenkommen soll. Da die Stämme hinaufgehen sollen, nämlich die Stämme des Herren, zu predigen dem Volk Israel, zu danken dem Namen des Herren. Denn daselbst sitzen die Stühle zum Gerichte, Stühle des Hauses Davids. Wünschet Jerusalem Glück, es müsse wohl gehen denen, die dich lieben. Es müsse Friede sein inwendig deinen Mauern und Glück in deinen Palästen. Um meiner Brüder und Freunde willen will ich dir Friede wünschen. Um des Hauses Willen des Herren, unsers Gottes, will ich dein Bestes suchen. Ps 122
Ehre sei dem Vater und dem Sohn und auch dem Heilgen Geiste, wie es war im Anfang, jetzt und immerdar und von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Amen.
Doxologie

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Oliver Geisler
Translation: Elizabeth Robinson

“intended for singing”
The “Psalmen Davids” and the art of consolation Heinrich Schütz was fortunate. In the years around 1600 the number of portents of the end of the world increased. And this would also naturally affect the Dresden court, even if it sometimes seemed to be in a world of its own. Constellations of stars, curious events, cometary impacts – all these happenings were rapidly broadcast through the mass media of the Baroque – pamphlets and articles. And the more frequently there were signs giving cause for concern, the nearer the predicted end approached. In the mid-16th century, 2046 was marked out as the end. But at the time when Schütz took up his post in Dresden, the year 1625 was regarded as the point in time when the ‘last trumpet’ would sound. None of this happened – as stated, he was fortunate,

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