Meditabor in mandatis tuis

General information

Offertory for Lent II, in the modern 3-year lectionaries also assigned to Ordinary Time 29. Source of text is Psalm 118:47,48a (Vulgate).
N.B.: The Vulgate uses the past tense: "meditabar" and "levavi".

Notes on selected settings

• Gregorian chant
• Johann Kaspar Aiblinger SATB (basso seguente ad lib.)
• Giovanni Matteo Asola SATTT or STTTB
• Orlando di Lasso SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB
• Georg von Pasterwitz SATB (basso seguente ad lib.)
• Josef Rheinberger (Op. 133 No. 3) SSATTB (also in 11 Motteten)
• Franz Xaver Witt SATB

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Johann Kaspar Aiblinger — Meditabor in mandatis tuis, Op. 9, No. 8  Latin SATB
• Gregorian chant — Meditabor  Latin unison
• Jens Klimek — Meditabor  Latin SATB
• Orlando di Lasso — Meditabor in mandatis tuis  Latin SATB
• Rupert Ignaz Mayr — Meditabor in mandatis tuis  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Meditabor in mandatis  Latin SATTB
• Georg von Pasterwitz — Meditabor  Latin SATB
• Josef Rheinberger — Carmina sacra - 11 Motetten  Latin SATB, SSATTB, SATTB,SSAATTB,SATB.SATB
• Josef Rheinberger — Vier Motetten, Op. 133  2 SSATTB
• Franz Xaver Witt — Meditabor  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text 118:47  Meditabor in mandatis tuis, quae dilexi valde: 118:48a  et levabo manus meas ad mandata tua, quae dilexi.

English translation 119:47  I will meditate on thy commandments, which I have loved exceedingly: 119:48a  and I will lift up my hands to thy commandments, which I have loved.