Translation by Jean de La Ceppède (c1548 - 1623)
De l'abîme profond
Language: French (Français) after the Latin
De l'abîme profond de ces calamités Que ta justice ordonne à mes iniquités À Toi, Seigneur, je crie: ois mon cri lamentable. Permets que ton oreille, ô grand Dieu, désormais Attentive à ma voix te dispose à ma paix, Je ne puis plus porter ce faix insupportable.
Text Authorship:
- by Jean de La Ceppède (c1548 - 1623) [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 129 (130)"
Based on:
- a text in Hebrew (עברית) by Bible or other Sacred Texts
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jacques Leguerney (1906 - 1997), "De l'abîme profond", 1950, first performed 1950 [ vocal duet for soprano and baritone with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalm 129 (130)" ; composed by John Milford Rutter, CBE, Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir.
- Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Alan Hovhaness.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , from lines 1-2 ; composed by William Byrd.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Lili Boulanger.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Philippe Desportes (1545 - 1606) , appears in Soixante Pseaumes de David mis en vers français, Rouen, Raphael Du Petit Val, first published 1591 [an adaptation] ; composed by François-Eustache Du Caurroy.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Andreas Kramer [an adaptation] ; composed by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) , "Psalm 129 (130)" ; composed by George Henschel, Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus, Robert Radecke, Heinrich Schütz.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Philippe Hersant, Robert Radecke.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) , "Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir" ; composed by Felix Mendelssohn.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2013-05-28
Line count: 6
Word count: 47