1 [Canticum graduum.]
  De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine;
2 Domine, exaudi vocem meam.
  Fiant aures tuæ intendentes 
  in vocem deprecationis meæ.
3 Si iniquitates observaveris,
  Domine, Domine, quis sustinebit?
4 Quia apud te propitiatio est;
  et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine.
  Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus:
5 Speravit [anima mea in Domino]1.
6 A custodia matutina usque ad noctem,
  speret Israël in Domino.
7 Quia apud Dominum misericordia,
  et copiosa apud eum redemptio.2
8 Et ipse redimet Israël 
  ex omnibus iniquitatibus ejus.3

F. Schmitt sets lines 1-2, 5, 7
S. Wesley sets line 3
L. Madetoja sets lines 1-3, 5, 7

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¹ Schmitt: "in Domino anima mea"
² Schmitt adds "Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine/ et lux perpetua luceat eis."
³ Josquin des Prez adds "Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine / et lux perpetua luceat eis./ Kyrie eleyson, / Christe eleyson, / Kyrie eleyson. / Pater noster."

Text Authorship:

• by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 129 (130)" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in Hebrew (עברית) by Bible or other Sacred Texts
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875 - 1911), "Choral: De profundis", 1899-1900 [ chorus and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714 - 1787), "De profundis clamavi" [ voices and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "De profundis clamavi" [ chorus ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Leevi Antti Madetoja (1887 - 1947), "De Profundis", op. 56, lines 1-3,5,7 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711 - 1772), "De profundis", published 1748 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Thomas Morley (1557 - 1602), "De profundis clamavi" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (1870 - 1949), "De profundis clamavi", op. 67 (1941) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Arvo Pärt (b. 1935), "De Profundis", 1980 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (1952 - 2024), "Psalm (Anfang)", subtitle: "129 canticum graduum", 2015/2016 [ soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra ], from oratorio Requiem-Strophen, no. 5a [sung text not yet checked]
• by León Schidlowsky (b. 1931), "De profundis", published 1963 [ vocal trio for soprano, alto, and tenor with instrumental ensemble (flute, oboe, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, strings) ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Florent Schmitt (1870 - 1958), "De Profundis", op. 60 no. 3 (1917), published 1918, lines 1-2,5,7 [ men's chorus and organ ], from Five Motets with Accompaniment, no. 3, Paris: Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Virgil Garnett Thomson (1896 - 1989), "De profundis clamavi", 1920 [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Samuel Wesley (1766 - 1837), "Si iniquitates observaveris", line 3 [ TBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Uit de diepten", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Des profondeurs j'ai crié", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-12
Line count: 17
Word count: 89

Des profondeurs j'ai crié vers toi, Seigneur ;
Seigneur, écoute ma voix. 
Que tes oreilles soient attentives
À la voix de mes supplications.
Si tu tiens compte des iniquités, Seigneur, 
Seigneur, qui sera retenu ?
Parce que près de toi il y a le pardon, 
Et à cause de ta loi,
Je t'ai attendu, Seigneur ;
Mon âme s'est reposée sur sa parole, 
mon âme a espéré en le Seigneur
De la garde matinale la jusqu'à la nuit. 
Qu'Israël espère en le Seigneur,
Parce que près du Seigneur est la miséricorde,
Et avec lui la rédemption complète.
Et lui-même il rachètera Israël 
de toutes ses iniquités.