Expend, O Lord, my plaint of word

Translation by Matthew Parker, Archbishop (1504 - 1575)

Language: English after the Latin

Expend, O Lord, my plaint of word
In grief that I do make.
My musing mind recount most kind;
Give ear for thine own sake.
O hark my groan, my crying moan;
My King, my God thou art.
Let me not stray from thee away,
To thee I pray in heart.

Authorship:

by Matthew Parker, Archbishop (1504 - 1575), first published 1567 [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 5"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Thomas Tallis (c1505 - 1585), "Expend, O Lord, my plaint of word", 1567 [chorus], from [Nine] Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter, no. 6 [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532 - 1589) , written 1573 [an adaptation] DUT ENG ; composed by François-Eustache Du Caurroy.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-09-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 51