Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts;
shut not thy merciful ears unto our [pray'r]1;
But spare us, Lord most holy,
O God most mighty,
O holy and most merciful Saviour,
Thou most worthy Judge eternal,
Suffer us not at our last hour
for any pains [of death to fall from Thee.
Amen]2.

H. Purcell sets stanza 1 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

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¹ Purcell Z. 58: "pray'rs"
² omitted by Purcell in Z. 58.

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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 Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts", Z. 58b, published 1695?, stanza 1. [
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• by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Thou knowest Lord", Z. 58..
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• SPA Spanish (Español) (Elena María Accinelli) , title 1: "Tú conoces, Señor", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2005-01-11
Line count: 9
Word count: 57