Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230

Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Praise the Lord, all ye nations),[1] BWV 230, is a motet by Johann Sebastian Bach.

A couple of Bach's other motets are known to have been composed for funerals in Leipzig and set texts such as the Epistle to the Romans.

The celebratory text of Lobet den Herrn does not suggest a farewell to the world, indicating that it was composed for a different type of occasion.

[2][3] In the twentieth century the authoritative Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis catalogue included it in a set of motets (listed as BWV 225–231).

[citation needed] In 1892 it was published with other motets in volume 39 of the Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausgabe, the first edition of the composer's complete works.