Out of the depths I cry to thee

Out of the depths I cry to thee. Martin Luther* (1483-1546), translated by Catherine Winkworth* (1827-1878). The German text, ‘Aus tiefer Noth schrei ich zu dir’*, was Luther’s paraphrase of Psalm 130, a psalm that he greatly loved. Winkworth made two translations, the first for Lyra Germanica I (1855), the second for The Chorale Book for England (1863). The second was written in Luther’s metre, with double rhymes at lines 2 and 4, shown here in stanza 1: 18551863 Out of the depths I cry to Thee, Lord God! oh hear my prayer! Incline a gracious ear to me, And bid me not despair: If Thou rememberest each misdeed, If each should have its rightful meed, Lord, who shall stand before...