Bach adapted this cantata from Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 190, for the 200th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. It uses a text by Picander, published in 1732 in Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte part 3, in Leipzig. The first movement adapts words from Psalms 149 and 150. The second movement is based on the beginning of Martin Luther's German Te Deum, "Herr Gott, dich loben wir".

Librettist (lost)
Date of composition 1730
Type Secular Cantata
Tonality D Major
Catalogue BWV 190a
Autotranslations beta Jean-Sébastien Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied en ré majeur, BWV 190a
Johann Sebastian Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied in re maggiore, BWV 190a
Johann Sebastian Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied D-dur, BWV 190a