Complex sentence: The cantata is a chorale cantata based on the hymn in 18 stanzas attributed to Martin Moller (1587), a paraphrase of the Latin "", a medieval hymn attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, meditating on Jesus as comforter and helper in distress.
Split into simpler sentences: The cantata is a chorale cantata based on the hymn in 18 stanzas attributed to Martin Moller (1587). It is a paraphrase of the Latin "", a medieval hymn attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, a meditation on Jesus as a comforter and helper in distress.