About This Song
About "S.S. Wesley: Psalm 58 "Si vere utique"" by Andrew Lucas
S.S. Wesley's Psalm 58 is a storm wrapped in ecclesiastical velvet. The choir's forceful declamation—'Si vere utique'—strikes like a hammer on anvil, yet the organ's undercurrent of chromatic unease suggests the psalmist's righteous anger is also a wound. Fierce, unflinching, and strangely beautiful.