AUS TIEFER NOT

Stanza Arc

The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: From human despair and sinfulness (Law) through God's pardoning grace (Gospel) to confident hope in God's redemption

Associated Hymn Texts (6)

De Profundis — Martin Luther (1524)
From Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee — Martin Luther (1524)
From Depths of Woe I Cry to You — Martin Luther (1524)
From Depths of Woe, Lord God, I Cry — Martin Luther (1523)
Out of the Deep I Call — Martin Behm (1602)
Out of the Depths I Cry to You — Martin Luther; tr. Gracia Grindal (1524)

Bach Cantatas Using This Tune (1)

BWV 38 — Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir ("Out of deep need I cry to you") (1724)

Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity

SATB soloists, chorus, trombones, oboes, strings

Luther's paraphrase of Psalm 130. Six-voice motet opening. Deeply penitential.