Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe (You people, glorify God's love),[1] BWV 167 in Leipzig for the Feast of St. John the Baptist (German: Fest Johannes des Täufers, also Johannistag) and first performed it on 24 June 1723.

Bach composed Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe in his first year in Leipzig for St. John's Day, soon after he had taken up his position as Thomaskantor.

The poetry follows the thought that Jesus, born of a woman (des Weibes Samen), is predicted to redeem sins, which are represented by the image of the serpent.

The poetry concludes with the request to sing praises like Zechariah, fulfilled in the closing chorale, the fifth stanza of Johann Gramann's "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren" (1549).

The following recitative, referring to St. John and Jesus in the course of redemption, ends in an arioso on the lines mit Gnad und Liebe zu erfreun und sie zum Himmelreich in wahrer Buß zu leiten (to delight with grace and love, and to lead to the kingdom of Heaven in true remorse).

The second part returns to the 3/4 but again in new material, endless jubilating runs and repetitions, expressing the joy that "we have, praise God, experienced".