Ad te levavi animam meam

General information

Offertory for Advent I and Pentecost X. Source of text is Psalm 24:1-2a. The rarely set Introit for Advent I adds the verse "Vias tuas…" (Ps. 24:3).

Settings by composers

Ambrosian chant introit with "Vias tuas…" Johann Kaspar Aiblinger SATB Pedro Aranaz y Vides SATB Ludovico Balbi SATB Stefano Bernardi SSAT.AATB Frédéric Debons SAB Johann Joseph Fux SATB Carlo Gesualdo SSATTB (v. 1 to erubescam only) Robert Hugill with introit verse "Vias tuas…." SATB Heinrich Isaac, introit with "Vias tuas…" SATB

Orlando di Lasso Ad te Domine levavi SATTB Ad te levavi animam meam SSATTB Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB Josef Rheinberger: Op. 176 No. 3 SATB Roeckl "Offertorium pro omne tempore" SATB & orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti ("…Domine…") SATB Samuel Webbe ("…Domine…") solo bass & organ, also arr. as verse anthem adding SATB Franz Xaver Witt SATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Johann Kaspar Aiblinger — Ad te levavi, Op. 9, No. 10
• Gregorian chant — Ad te Domine

Text and translations

Latin text 24:1  Ad te [Domine] levavi animam meam, Deus meus, in te confido: non erubescam neque irrideant me inimici mei. 24:2a  Etenim universi qui te expectant non confundentur. Versus: 24:3  Vias tuas, Domine, demonstra mihi: et semitas tuas edoce me. Hungarian translation Tehozzád emelem föl lelkemet, én Istenem, tebenned bízom, meg ne pirúljak, és ne nevessenek ki engem az én ellenségeim; mert mindazok, kik téged várnak, meg nem szégyenűlnek.

English translation 25:1  Unto thee, O Lord, will I lift up my soul; my God, I have put my trust in thee: O let me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me. 25:2a  For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed. Introit verse: 25:3  Shew me thy ways, O Lord : and teach me thy paths. Book of Common Prayer French translation Vers toi j'élève mon âme,mon Dieu, en toi je mets ma confiance; je n'aurai pas à en rougir. Que mes ennemis ne se moquent pas de moi, car tous ceux qui t'attendent ne seront pas confondus. Seigneur, fais-moi connaître tes voies, enseigne-moi tes sentiers.