O Lord, how long wilt thou forget - Byrd, William

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⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Sacred songs

♯ Key G major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATTB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range F#2 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 42

Texture mixed texture

Parts 5

Instruments A cappella

Pages 4

CPDL # 8720

Editor David Fraser

Posted 2004-12-11

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

D4 – G5

Alto

G3 – D5

Tenor The first singing part

G3 – G4

Tenor

C3 – F4

Bass

F#2 – A3

¶Lyrics / Text

O Lord, how long wilt thou forget, to send mee some relife, For ever wilt thou hide thy face, and so increase my griefe? How long shall I with vexed heart, seeke counsell in my spirit? How long shall my malicious foes, triumph and mee despite? O Lord my God, heare my complaint, uttered with wofull breath: Lighten mine eyes, defend my lyfe, that I sleep not in death. Least that mine enemie say, I have against him loe prevayl’d: At my downefall they will rejoyce, that thus have mee assayl’d. But in thy mercie Lord I trust, for that shall mee defend: My heart doth joye, to see the help, which thou to mee wilt send. Unto the Lord therefore I sing, and do lift up my voyce: And for his goodnesse shew’d to mee, I will alway rejoyce. (Anonymous metrical version of Psalm 13)