Out Of The Depths

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Composer
Camille Saint-Saëns
Arranger
Mark Schweizer
Difficulty
Moderately Easy radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked
Season
Lent Holy Week Epiphany (day and season) Season After Pentecost General
Voicing(s)
2-part
Instruments
Keyboard [organ/piano]
Psalm
130
Category
Anthems
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

Psalm 130:1-3 (De Profundis). In English.
Two-part (equal) choir and organ. Dramatic and pathos-laden as only French Romantic music can be.

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Lyrics

Out of the depths I cry unto thee, O Lord hear my voice! Hear thou my supplications. If thou, O Lord, should mark my iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?