Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! (Watch! Pray! Pray! Watch!) is the title of two church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed a first version, BWV 70a, in Weimar for the second Sunday in Advent of 1716 and expanded it in 1723 in Leipzig to BWV 70, a cantata in two parts for the 26th Sunday after Trinity.

Original Name Wachet, betet, seid bereit allezeit!
Librettist Salomo Franck (Nos.1, 3, 5, 8, 10) ; Christoph Demantius (No.7) Christian Keymann (No.11) ; Anonymous (Nos.2, 4, 6, 9) (based on 70a)
Date of composition 1723 (rev. 1731)
Premiered 1723, November 21st in Leipzig, Germany
First published 1868 (BGA)
Type Sacred Cantata
Tonality C Major
Catalogue BWV 70
Spoken language German
Arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach: Watch! Pray! Pray! Watch! in C major, BWV 70a
Instruments 4x Voice
Chorus/Choir
Orchestra
Links
Autotranslations beta Jean-Sébastien Bach: Watch! pray! pray! watch! en do majeur, BWV 70
Johann Sebastian Bach: Watch! pray! pray! watch! in do maggiore, BWV 70
Johann Sebastian Bach: Watch! pray! pray! watch! C-dur, BWV 70