Lord, in thy wrath reprove me not severely (Giovanni Croce)
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- (Posted 2020-10-03) CPDL #60782:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2020-10-03). Score information: A4, 13 pages, 415 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Lord, in thy wrath reprove me not severely
Composer: Giovanni Croce
Lyricist: Psalm 6
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SATTTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1608 in Musica Sacra to Six Voices, no. 1
Description: A contrafact of Croce's Deus ne me objurga. Croce's Sette sonetti penitentiali were first published in 1596. They arrived in England a decade later as "Musica Sacra: to Six Voyces. Composed in the Italian tongue by GIOVANNI CROCE. Newly Englished. In London Printed by Thomas Este, the assigne of William Barley. 1608."
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Original text and translations
English text
Lord, in thy wrath reprove me not severely,
Nor punish me in thy deserv'd displeasure:
Have mercy on my sins exceeding measure,
For full of fears, my soul is vexed drearly.
Save it (O Lord) Almighty - most supernal,
Save it (alas) from th'ever-never dying:
For who in deep hell (and fierce torments frying)
Shall sing thy praise, or can extoll th'eternal?
Long have I languish'd in my grievous sorrows,
My bed and bosom with my tears I water;
My foes' despite hath ploughed my face with furrows.
But (now my soul) let the ungodly scatter:
Hence ye wicked, sith God (so gracious for us)
Hath heard my moan, and doth regard my matter.
Psalm 6, paraphrased in sonnet by Francesco Bembo, english'd by R.H.