De profundis

Out of the Depths

Josquin des Prez, [Josquin] (c. 1450–1521)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Lenten Season → General Lenten Season
Proper of Time → Lenten Season → Fifth Sunday of Lent → Cycle A
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle B

Publication Information:
Arista — AE 733 (2010)

Text Information:
Reference: Psalm 130 (129); Part I: vss. 1–5; Part II: vss. 6–8.

Lyrics:

Part I:

De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine ;
Domine, exaudi vocem meam. 
Fiant aures tuæ intendentes in vocem deprecationis meæ.
Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine, Domine, quis sustinebit ?
Quia apud te propitiatio est ; et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine. Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus :
speravit anima mea in Domino.


Part II:

A custodia matutina usque ad noctem, 
speret Israël in Domino.
Quia apud Dominum misericordia, 
et copiosa apud eum redemptio.
Et ipse redimet Israël ex omnibus iniquitatibus ejus.

Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto,
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper,
et in saecula saeculorum, amen.

English translation:
Part I:

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; 
Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive to the sound of my pleadings. 
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
But with you is found forgiveness,
that you may be revered.
I long for you, O Lord,
my soul longs for his word.

Part II:

More than watchmen for daybreak, 
let Israel hope for the Lord. 
For with the Lord there is mercy, 
in him is plentiful redemption. 
It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end, amen.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Feb 19, 2022 Last updated: Feb 19, 2022