de profundis

[ dey proh-foon-dis ]

Latin.

1. out of the depths (of sorrow, despair, etc.).

de profundis

/ deɪ prɒˈfʊndɪs /

adverb

1. out of the depths of misery or dejection

Word History and Origins

Origin of de profundis¹

from the first words of Psalm 130

Example Sentences

Daniil Trifonov, a welcome fixture at David Geffen Hall, will join for a program of Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto, as well as selections from Sibelius’s “Lemminkäinen Suite” and Raminta Šerkšnytė’s “De Profundis,” from 1998.

From New York Times

In his misery Wilde eventually penned a many-paged cri de coeur to Douglas, “De Profundis,” which bitterly retraced the history of their stormy relationship.

From Washington Post

With that he was able to complete “De Profundis,” a lengthy letter to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, that included some more optimistic messages.

From New York Times

The program began with a darkly soulful piece for strings, “De Profundis,” by Grazinyte-Tyla’s fellow Lithuanian, Raminta Serksynte, that suited these intense times.

From Los Angeles Times

The Christmas Symphony had its longueurs, but Penderecki was a very devotional man, and the St Luke Passion he completed in 1966 suggested that his focus could be sharpened by the constraints of text – as the devotional works that followed, Canticum Canticorum Salomonis, Polish Requiem and De Profundis, proved.

From The Guardian