O Lord, How Do My Woes Increase

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Composer
Orlando Gibbons
Arranger
Crawford R. Thoburn
Difficulty
Moderate radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked
Season
Lent Holy Week
Voicing(s)
SATB
Instruments
Unaccompanied [a cappella]
Psalm
3
Category
Anthems Psalms and Canticles
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

SATB. It's a beautiful piece. Orlando Gibbons had way with polyphony, even when he was contemplating his own abasement. A paraphrase of Psalm 3:1-2. No uplifting message here, but a perfect piece for Holy Week.

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Lyrics

O Lord, how do my woes increase,
How many are my miseries,
my troubles rise and never cease.
All judge, thou wilt not hear my cries.