Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen
1844 motet by Felix Mendelssohn / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (For He shall give His angels charge),[1] MWV B 53,[2] is the incipit of a motet for an eight-part choir a cappella by Felix Mendelssohn. He wrote it in 1844 for the Berlin Cathedral, setting verses 11 and 12 from Psalm 91. Later, Mendelssohn made the motet with accompaniment part of his oratorio Elijah. It was published in 1844, and by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1875 in the complete edition of the composer's works.