This psalm has a varied history of usage in many traditions. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. Penitential psalms is the embodiment of a hopeful wait for a. Henry purcell plungd in the confines of despair z 142. In 1891 wilde began an intimate friendship with lord alfred douglas wilde was 41. Psalm 101 the fifth penitential psalm hear, o lord, my prayer. Find a frassati group start a frassati group frassati worldwide frassati. He wrote the work in 1980, a setting of psalm in latin for a fourpart mens choir, percussion ad. Domine, exaudi vocem meam out of the depths have i cried unto thee, o lord. Psalm niv bible out of the depths i cry to you, lord.
Composed in salzburg in the summer of 1771 to the words of psalm a penitential psalm used in litur. Let your ears be attentive to the sound of my cry for mercy. In this psalm we hear of the pearl of redemption, ps. The cry of the apostles in the boat, as the waves crash over. Praise the lord, o my soul, and forget not all his benefits who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion. Psalm is the th psalm of the book of psalms, one of the penitential psalms. Prayer of praise praised be the god and father of our lord jesus. It was an incomplete version, excised of its autobiographical elements and references to the queensberry family. The list below includes all pages in the category pieces with text from psalm. Walford davies text from the coverdale psalter, found in the. This psalm belongs to the group of fifteen psalms called psalms of ascents or goings up. This version of psalm is very simplified from the first to lines of the psalm.
Fiant aures tuae intendentes in vocem deprecationes meae. Ilb 14 key bflat minor movementssections movtssecs. There is a story told of a young man whose fiveyearold son was very sick in a hospital. Lucas 18681938 claimed to have suggested the title. It plays on the distinctiveness of the male voice, while at the same time bespeaking the conviction that music has the capacity to reveal the profound, that which is concealed within our own depths. The first verse is a call to god in deep sorrow, from out of the depths or out of the deep, as it is translated in the king james version of the bible and the coverdale translation used in the book of common prayer respectively. Out of the depths out of the depths i have called to you, o lord. If you, lord, kept a record of guilt, o lord, who could stand. As the two grew closer, family and friends on both sides urged wilde and douglas to lessen their.
Wikipedia article, commons category, wikidata item. Composed in salzburg in the summer of 1771, to the words of psalm, a penitential psalm used in liturgical prayers for the faithful departed in western liturgical tradition. Jun 25, 2006 psalm begins with the words, out of the depths, i have cried to you, o lord. Choral setting of psalm for satb voices, piano and organ. Psalm tells us the lord himself will redeem his people from all their sins. Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
It is a psalter within the psalter, and may possibly have originally formed a separate hymnbook. It was first performed at the martinskirche, kassel on 25 april 1981, conducted by klaus martin ziegler. Psalm out of the depths headinga song of the ascents. The book was published in multiple languages including spanish, consists of 188 pages and is available in paperback format. When our lives have bottomed out, when we are lost and at the end of our strength, we turn to god. The mother and father took turns being at the boys side. The psalm takes its name from the first two words of the psalm in its latin phrasing see below. The first edition of the novel was published in february 1905, and was written by oscar wilde.