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Bach composed the cantata in his third year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig for Christmas Day, the first day of a Christmas celebration which lasted for three days. [1] The prescribed readings for the feast day were from the Epistle of Titus, "God's mercy appeared" (Titus 2:11–14) or from Isaiah, "Unto us a child is born" (Isaiah 9:2–7), and from the Gospel of Luke, the Nativity, Annunciation ...
Come To My Mercy; Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain; Comfort, Comfort Ye My People; ... There's a Wideness in God's Mercy; They'll Know We Are Christians;
"Mercy" is a piano-driven song, [6] composed in the key of A with a tempo of 62 beats per minute, and a musical time signature of 4 4. [7] The lyrics of the song are testimonial, [8] as the singer affirms "that Jesus is alive in us and that He has rescued us from the grave."
"There is no peace on earth," I said; "For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!" Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The Wrong shall fail, The Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men."
The song's lyrics were inspired by the question "Why does God look our way?", which the band's lead singer Bart Millard's pastor used to ask to his congregation. [2] Millard could not get this idea out of his head, and wanted to create a song around this idea. [2] "God with Us" was designed for the church, [2] as well as to be used in worship. [1]
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Nas used the line in his song "You're Da Man" from his 2001 album Stillmatic. The line also appears in "Drunk Daddy" by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, and in "F.I.F.A." by Pusha T. This line is also used in Dumbfoundead's song, "Korean Jesus" with the lyrics "Buddha blessed, with Muhammad, trying to hotbox with Gods."
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