 Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit, BWV 14

Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (Were God not with us at this time), , in Leipzig in 1735 for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on 30 January 1735, a few weeks after his "Christmas Oratorio".The cantata, in Bach's chorale cantata format, is based on Martin Luther's hymn "Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit".