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BWV 102 "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben" is a church cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig for the Tenth Sunday after Trinity. First performed in 1726, it is part of his third cantata cycle. The work is notable for its complex opening chorus, which Bach later reworked into the Kyrie of his Missa in G minor. The cantata text draws from Jeremiah 5:3 and a hymn by Johann Heermann, addressing themes of repentance and divine judgment.