O God, the rock of my whole strength (John Wilbye)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-08-22). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 55 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.
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Title: O God, the rock of my whole strength
Composer: John Wilbye
Lyricist: William Leighton
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Sacred, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule (1614)
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Original text and translations
English text
O God, the rock of my whole strength,
Let thy sweet mercy soothe mine anguish;
And grant me help, O Lord, at length,
Lest that I faint, despair, and languish.