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O Domine adjuva me (William Byrd)
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General Information
Title: O Domine adjuva me
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: ATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Published: Cantiones sacrae I (1589), no.5
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Original text and translations
Latin text
O Domine adjuva me, et salvus ero: et libera me de laqueo mortis æternæ, ne me surripiat hostis astutus, set vigilantem semper reperiat, quia peccavi nimis. Et si commisi unde me damnare potes, non amisisti quo me salvare potes: nec gaudes perditione morientium, sed ut viverent tu mortuus es, et mors tua peccatorum mortem, occidit in sæcula.
English translation
O Lord, help me, and I shall be saved: and deliver me from the snare of eternal death. Let not the crafty foe steal me away, but always find me vigilant, for I have sinned exceedingly. And if I have committed that which can damn me, thou hast not lost that which can save me. Thou dost not rejoice in the damnation of the dying, but hast died that they might live, and thy death hath slain the death of sinners for ever.
