Benedixisti Domine

General information

Offertory for Advent III.
Source of text is Psalm 84:2-3a (Vulgate)

Settings by composers

• Ludovico Balbi SATB
• J. E. Eberlin (a model for Misericordias Domini, KV 222 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart))
• Johann Joseph Fux SATB (includes v. 3b)
• Giovanni Gabrieli ATBarBarBarBB (includes v. 3b)
• Orlando di Lasso SATTB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SAATB
• Oreste Ravanello SSA
• Josef Rheinberger SATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Giovanni Gabrieli — Benedixisti Domine a 7
• Valentin Rathgeber — Benedixisti Domine
• Oreste Ravanello — Benedixisti Domine, op. 66/3
• Josef Rheinberger — 9 Advent-Motetten op. 176

Text and translations

Latin text 84:2  Benedixisti, Domine, terram tuam, avertisti captivitatem Jacob. 84:3a  Remisisti iniquitatem plebis tuae; 84:3b  operuisti omnia peccata eorum.   Hungarian translation 84:2  Megáldottad, Uram, a te földedet; elfordítottad Jákob fogságát, 84:3a  megbocsátottad a te néped gonoszságát.

English translation 85:1  Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. 85:2a  Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people: 85:2b  and covered all their sins.