O Lord, how do my woes increase (Orlando Gibbons)

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Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2013-08-19).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 64 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Original key; note values halved. Editorial accidentals and slurs added.

General Information

Title: O Lord, how do my woes increase
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Lyricist: William Leighton

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule (London, 1614)

Description: This anthem for four voices is No. 24 in William Leighton's The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule; its text is a paraphrase of Psalm 3:1-2.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 3. English.png English text

O Lord, how do my woes increase,
how many are my miseries:
my troubles rise and never cease,
men judge Thou wilt not hear my cries.

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