Hear us, O hear us Lord; to thee

    Hear us, O hear us Lord; to thee
A sinner is more music, when he prays, 
    Than spheres', or angels' praises be, 
In panegyric alleluias;
        Hear us, for till Thou hear us, Lord 
        We know not what to say; 
Thine ear to our sighs, tears, thoughts, gives voice and word; 
O Thou who Satan heard'st in Job's sick day, 
Hear Thyself now, for Thou in us dost pray.

by John Donne (1572-1631) , no title, from A Litany, no. 23

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-) , "Litanie XXIII", published 1965 [chorus a cappella], from Verses, no. 3.
by Cecil Cope , "Litanie XXIII", published 1962.
by Andrew Downes (1950-) , "Hear us, O Hear us, Lord", op. 11 no. 5 (1976), from Five Holy Songs, no. 5.
by Lee Hoiby (1926-) , "Litanie XXIII", published 1979. [anthem for mixed voices and organ]
by Ernst Křenek (1900-1991) , "Litanie XXIII", 1944, published 1954, from Five Prayers for Women's Voices over the Pater Noster as Cantus Firmus, no. ?
by Anthony Piccolo , "Litanie XXIII", published 1980.

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