This choral setting for four-part male chorus takes the Latin version of the 130th Psalm as its text. It premiered in Kassel, Germany in April 1981, with Klaus Martin Ziegler conducting.
De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine;
Domine, exaudi vocem meam
Fiant aures tuæ intendentes
In vocem deprecationis meæ
Si iniquitates observaveris
Domine, Domine, quis sustinebit?
Quia apud te propitiatio est;
Et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine
Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus:
Speravit anima mea in Domino
A custodia matutina usque ad noctem
Speret Israël in Domino
Quia apud Dominum misericordia
Et copiosa apud eum redemptio
Et ipse redimet Israël
Ex omnibus iniquitatibus ejus
De Profundis was written by Arvo Pärt.
Arvo Pärt released De Profundis on Sat Apr 25 1981.