Job28: 12–15, 18, 20–21a, 23‐28 – 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. 23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; 25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. 26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: 27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job’s Tormentors, from William Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job (1793)
Psalm7:2 [Latin] – O Lord, my God, in Thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
Dómine Deus meus, in te sperávi: salvum me fac ex ómnibus persequéntibus me, et líbera me.
Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Folio 88r – Psalm VII the Musée Condé, Chantilly. (Image via Wikipedia)
Cantiones sacrae: Domine Deus meus in te speravi, SwWV 175, composed by Jan Sweelinck (1562-1621). The scripture text has been used for the Second Sunday after Pentecost.
Cantiones sacrae: Domine Deus meus in te speravi, SwWV 175
Jeremiah31:16a,10b,17b,13b [Latin] – Let thy voice cease from weeping, and thy eyes [from] tears. He that scattered Israel will gather him: and he will keep him as the shepherd doth his flock. The children shall return to their own borders, I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them joyful after their sorrow.
Quiescat vox tua a ploratu et oculi tui a lacrimis. Qui dispersit Israel congregabit eum, et custodiet sicut pastor gregem suum.
Revertentur filii tui ad terminos suos, convertam luctum eorum in gaudium, et consolabor eos, et lætificabo a dolore suo.
The prophets Jeremiah and Baruch – oil painting by Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti (1571–1639)
Acts2:2,4 [Latin] –2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak.
Et factus est repente de caelo sonus, tamquam advenientis spiritus vehementis, et replevit totam domum ubi erant sedentes. Et repleti sunt omnes Spiritu Sancto, et coeperunt loqui variis linguis, prout Spiritus Sanctus dabat eloqui illis.
Descent of the Spirit – by Gustave Doré. Acts 2:3 – “And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them”
Factus est repente (from “The Strathclyde Motets”) – a communion motet for Pentecost, published in 2008 and composed by James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Coro Giovanile Italiano - Factus est repente by James Macmillan
Sung by Coro Giovanile Italiano, Director Davide Benetti
