{"id":515,"date":"2026-02-20T23:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harmenvandenberg.nl\/?page_id=515"},"modified":"2026-06-13T15:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T13:19:22","slug":"uit-diepten","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/harmenvandenberg.nl\/en\/composities\/uit-diepten\/","title":{"rendered":"Uit Diepten (From Depths)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Uit Diepten (From Depths)<\/strong> is based on the text and melody of Psalm 130 from the translation of 1773. It's a prayer <em>from depths<\/em>. The depths are a metaphore for the feeling that God doesn't listen. Despite this, the writer of this psalm asks God to hear him, because he knows that God is good and forgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Instrumentation<\/strong><\/td><td>Mezzo-Soprano, Bass, Organ,<br>Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Duration<\/strong><\/td><td>6 minutes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Year of composition<\/strong><\/td><td>2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Premiere<\/strong><\/td><td>26 March 2024<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recording<\/strong> \u2013 26 March 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Uit diepten - Harmen van den Berg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yw1k54y6WuI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Text<br><\/strong>Uit diepten van ellenden<br>Roep ik, met mond en hart,<br>Tot U, die heil kunt zenden;<br>O HEER, aanschouw mijn smart;<br>Wil naar mijn smeekstem horen;<br>Merk op mijn jammerklacht;<br>Verleen mij gunstig&#8217; oren,<br>Daar &#8216;k in mijn druk versmacht.<br><br>Zo Gij in &#8217;t recht wilt treden,<br>O HEER, en gadeslaan<br>Onz&#8217; ongerechtigheden,<br>Ach, wie zal dan bestaan?<br>Maar neen, daar is vergeving<br>Altijd bij U geweest;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Translation (English)<br><\/strong>From depths of misery<br>I cry, with mouth and heart,<br>To You, who can send salvation;<br>O LORD, behold my sorrow;<br>Hear my pleading voice;<br>Mark my lamentation;<br>Grant me favorable ears,<br>As I faint in my oppression.<br><br>If Thou wilt stand in judgment,<br>O LORD, and regard<br>Our iniquities,<br>Oh, who can stand?<br>But no, there is forgiveness<br>It has always been with You;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I first wrote this piece for Mezzo-Soprano, Bass, Organ and String Quartet. When I critically looked back on this, I discovered that the music didn't need the text itself to express the text. That's why I rewrote the piece to a String Quartet. With this, I don't mean to say that I discard the version with voice and organ, they're both valuable to me. You can find the version for String Quartet <a href=\"https:\/\/harmenvandenberg.nl\/en\/composities\/uit-diepten-strijkkwartet\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"787\">here<\/a> .<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uit Diepten is gebaseerd op de tekst en melodie van Psalm 130 in de berijming uit 1773. Het is een gebed uit de diepten. De diepten zijn een metafoor voor het gevoel dat God niet luistert. Toch vraagt de schrijver van deze psalm of God hem wil horen, omdat hij weet dat God goed en [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":534,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-515","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmenvandenberg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmenvandenberg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmenvandenberg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmenvandenberg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmenvandenberg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/harmenvandenberg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/harmenvandenberg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/515\/revisions\/881"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmenvandenberg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmenvandenberg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}