For comments on William Chatterdon Dix, see [Hymn 78].

MUSIC. DIX is an abridgement of a melody written by Conrad Kocher and first published in his Stimmen aus dem Reiche Gottes, Stuttgart, 1838.

For comments on Kocher see [Hymn 51].

LENT

531. Out of the depths I cry to Thee

Martin Luther, 1483-1546

Tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78

1.

Aus tiefer Not schrei’ ich zu dir,

Herr Gott, erhör mein Rufen;