Psalm25: 1-3a [Latin] –Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Original Latin:
Ad te, Domine, levavi animam meam; Deus meus, in te confido; non erubescam; Neque irrideant me inimici mei; etenim qui te exspectant non confudentur.
Alessandro Scarlatti (Image via Wikipedia)
***
“Ad te Domine levavi animam meam,” a 4-voice, a cappella Offertory for Advent I, composed in 1705 by Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Psalm95:1-2 [Latin] – O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
Original Latin: Venite, exsultemus Domino; jubilemus Deo salutari nostro; praeoccupemus faciem ejus in confessione, et in psalmis jubilemus ei:
Detail of an 18th-century posthumous engraving of William Byrd by Gerard Vandergucht, after Niccolò Haym.
Ezekiel33: 11a [Latin] –Say unto them, As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Original Latin:
Vivo ego, dicit Dominus, nolo mortem peccatoris, sed ut magis convertatur et vivat.
The Prophet Ezekiel – painting by an anonymous artist, c. 1610-1615 (Image via Wikimedia Commons)
***
“Vivo ego dicit Dominus,” a sacred 4-voice (SATB) motet composed by Alonso Lobo (1555-1617), first appeared in Liber primus missarum (1602).
Alonso Lobo: Vivo ego dicit Dominus - Musica Ficta
![Quid retribuam Domino [What shall I render to the Lord?] - detail from sheet music in video.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/bibleasmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/quid-retribuam-domino-300x226.png?quality=100&f=auto)
_School_-_The_Prophet_Ezekiel_-_1430496.18_-_National_Trust.jpg)
