Passer invenit

Communion for Lent III, also an option in new lectionaries for Ordinary Time 15 and Dedication of a Church. The source is Psalm 84:3-4 (LXXXIII:4-5); in the King James Version and later translations the turtle dove became a swallow.

Settings on CPDL

• Carlotta Ferrari (through "…nidum." only) SATB
• Heinrich Isaac SATB
• Nobuaki Izawa SATB
• Matthieu Le Maistre SATB
• John Reager SATB

Text and Translations

Latin text Passer invenit sibi domum, et turtur nidum, ubi reponat pullos suos: altaria tua Domine virtutum, Rex meus, et Deus meus: beati qui habitant in domo tua, in saeculum saeculi laudabunt te.

English translation The sparrow has found herself a home, and the turtle dove a nest where she may keep her young: at thine altars, Lord of hosts, my King and my God; blessed are they that dwell in thy house, they shall praise thee for ever and ever.