Confitebor tibi (Offertory)

General information

Offertory for Passion Sunday (now called Lent V). The text may be drawn mostly from Psalm 118 (119):7,17,25b (as the Gregorian Missal suggests). The opening line, however, does not correspond to Psalm 118 in the Vulgate or other versions (see WP for more on Latin Psalters); the opening line's exact wording is found in other psalms, e.g. Psalm 110 (111) or Psalm 137 (138).

There is another Offertory for Feast of the Most Holy Name, Confitebor tibi, Domine Deus meus.

Settings by composers

• Giovanni Battista Casali SATB
• Giovanni Paolo Cima SATB with bc.
• Orlando di Lasso SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB
• Josef Rheinberger SATTB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Heinrich Biber — Confitebor, C. 14
• Gregorian chant — Confitebor tibi
• Jeffrey Quick — Confitebor tibi Domine

Text and translations

Latin text 110:1a  Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo. 118:17  Retribue servo tuo, ut vivam et custodiam sermones tuos. 118:25b  Vivifica me secundum verbum tuum, Domine.

English translation 111:1a  I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart, 119:17  O do well unto thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word: 119:25b  Quicken me according to thy word, O Lord.