Translation possibly by William Byrd (1542?3? - 1623)
Attend mine humble prayer
Language: English after the Latin
Attend mine humble prayer Lord, with thine attentive eare, even in thy truth and justice Lord, vouchsafe my sute to heare, And into judgement enter not, with thy poore servant heere, because none shalbe justified and stand before thee cleere.
Text Authorship:
- possibly by William Byrd (1542?3? - 1623), from lines 1-2 [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 142 (143)"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by William Byrd (1542?3? - 1623), "Attend mine humble prayer", published 1589 [SAT chorus a cappella], from Songs of sundrie natures, no. 7. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 40