Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Friday, December 15, 2023

"Out of the Deep I Call"

Recently, I recorded "Southwell" from The Lutheran Hymnal (#327), and I noticed a couple connections between the tune and the corresponding text "Out of the Deep I Call," an adaptation of Psalm 130.

Here's the third phrase of "Southwell":


In the first verse, the text here is "Before Thy throne of grace I fall," and the text in the fourth verse is very similar:  "Before Thy throne of grace I bow."  As if to reflect this "fall[ing]" and "bow[ing]," the musical phrase generally descends.