Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 38, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in Leipzig in 1724 for the 21st Sunday after Trinity and first performed on 29 October 1724. It is base
Luther's hymn, the basis for the cantata, in a 1524 print
"Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir", originally "Aus tieffer not schrey ich zu dir", later also "Aus tiefer Noth schrei' ich zu dir", is a Lutheran hymn of 1524. Its lyrics were written by Martin Luthe
Etlich Cristlich lider, title page of the Achtliederbuch, 1524
First page of Bach's original print of BWV 686 from his Clavier-Übung III