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Dieu tout puissant
Staff Notation • Sacred, Psalms
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Dieu tout puissant by Claude Goudimel — Lyrics
1. Dieu toutpuissant, toi que je nomme Père,
De mes péchés, ne me tiens pas rigueur.
Pardonnemoi d'avoir, Dieu de lumière,
En moi terni l'éclat de ta splendeur.
2. Tu lis, Seigneur, jusqu'au fond de ma vie :
Tous mes secrets pour toi sont dévoilés ;
Tu te souviens de ce que l'homme oublie :
Tu vois mon cœur, tu vois tous mes péchés.
3. Je n'osais pas dans ma grande misère,
Dieu juste et saint, même te supplier.
Puisque tu veux que je t'appelle "Père",
C'est comme un fils que je viens te prier.
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About Dieu tout puissant
Claude Goudimel was a prolific French composer of the Renaissance, known for his sacred music and arrangements of psalms. This setting of a French psalm text is for SATB choir. The lyrics express a profound plea for divine forgiveness, acknowledging human frailty and sin. The text opens with a direct address to God as a powerful, all-knowing Father, seeking mercy and pardon for tarnishing divine light. It continues with the singer's awareness of God's omniscience, who sees all secrets and remembers what humanity forgets. The prayer then shifts to a humble supplication, invoking God's fatherly nature and approaching Him like a child, offering only sin and weariness but trusting in God's welcoming grace.
