Anima nostra

General Information

Offertory for the feast of Holy Innocents. Source of text is Psalm 123 vv. 7

Settings by composers

Nicolas Gombert ATTTB Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB

Franz Xaver Witt SATB Mikolaj Zielenski SAA.TTBB

Text and translations

Latin text Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est, de laqueo venantium; laqueus contritus est, et nos liberati sumus. Adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit caelum et terram. Sit nomen Domini benedictum, ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum.

English translation Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler: the snare is broken and we are delivered. Our help standeth in the Name of Lord: who hath made heaven and earth. Blessed be the name of the Lord: from this time forth for evermore.