Aestimatus sum

General information

The Eighth Responsory of the Office of Tenebrae on Holy Saturday. Taken from Psalm 87:5-7; Luke 1:79.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Giovanni Croce — Aestimatus sum  Latin SATB.ATTB
• Carlo Gesualdo — Aestimatus sum  Latin SSATTB
• Johann Michael Haydn — Aestimatus sum  Latin SATB
• Orlando di Lasso — Aestimatus sum  Latin SATB
• Pomponio Nenna — Æstimatus sum  Latin SATB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Aestimatus sum  Latin SSAT,TTBB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Aestimatus sum, ZWV 55:26  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Holy Saturday, ZWV 55:19-27  Latin SATB
• Annibale Zoilo — Aestimatus sum  Latin ATTB,SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Æstimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum: Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio, inter mortuos liber. Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori, in tenebrosis, et in umbra mortis. Factus sum... Portuguese translation Contado entre aqueles destinados ao abismo: Tornei-me homem abandonado: largado entre os mortos. Eles colocaram-me no mais fundo poço, em meio às trevas e sob a sombra da morte. Tornei-me...

English translation I am numbered with them who descend into the pit: I am become as a man without help, free among the dead. They have laid me in the lower pit, in the darkness, and in the shadow of death. I am become...