O Lord, I lift my heart to Thee (Orlando Gibbons)
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- Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2013-08-19). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 71 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Original pitch; note values halved. Editorial accidentals and slurs added.
General Information
Title: O Lord, I lift my heart to Thee
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Lyricist: William Leighton
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: AATTB
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. 36 in William Leighton's The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule; its text is a paraphrase of Psalm 25:1.
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 25. English text
O Lord, I lift my heart to Thee,
my soul in Thee doth ever trust:
O let me not confounded be,
but make me righteous with the just.