Domine secundum actum meum

General information

The Eighth Responsory at Matins of the Office of the Dead. Paraphrased from Psalm 50.

Notes on selected settings

• Orlando di Lasso SATB
• Jacob Regnart SATB (2nda pars "Amplius lava me")

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• William Byrd — Domine secundum actum meum  Latin STTBBB
• Hernando Franco — Domine, secundum actum meum  Latin SATB
• Orlando di Lasso — Domine secundum actum meum  Latin SATB
• João de Deus Castro Lobo — Funeral responsories  Latin SATB
• Jacquet de Mantua — Domine secundum actum meum  Latin SATTB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Funeral Office - 1816  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Funeral Office for 8 voices  Latin SATB.SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Funeral Responsories  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Domine secundum actum meum a 5  Latin SATTB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Domine, secundum actum meum a 4  Latin TTBB
• Jacob Regnart — Domine secundum actum meum  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Maria de Rossi — Domine, secundum actum meum  Latin SATTB
• Andrea Rota — Domine secundum actum meum a 6  Latin SATTBB
• Ivo de Vento — Domine secundum actum meum  Latin SAATB

Text and translations

Latin text Domine, secundum actum meum noli me judicare: nihil dignum in conspectu tuo egi: ideo deprecor majestatem tuam, Ut tu, Deus, deleas iniquitatem meam. Amplius lava me, Domine, ab injustitia mea, et a delicto meo munda me. Ut tu, Deus...

English translation O Lord, judge me not according to my actions; I have done nothing worthy in Thy sight; therefore, I beseech Thy majesty, That Thou, O God, wouldst blot out my iniquity. Wash me yet more, O Lord, from my injustice, and cleanse me of my sin. That Thou, O God...