Credo quod redemptor

General information

Job 19:25-26. Responsory for First Lesson at the Matins of the Dead.

Settings by composers

• George Frideric Handel S solo (English KJV, from Messiah)
• Alonso Lobo SATB
• Robert Parsons SSAATB, AATTBarB or AATBarBarB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Pompeo Cannicciari — Credo quod Redemptor
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Missa Pro defunctis a 4
• Scott Villard — Credo quod redemptor

Text and translations

Latin text Credo quod Redemptor meus vivit et in novissimo die de terra surrecturus sum et in carne mea videbo Deum salvatorem meum.   Portuguese translation Creio que meu Redentor vive e que da terra ressuscitarei no último dia: E em minha própria carne verei a Deus, meu Salvador.

English translation For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that on the latter day I shall be resurrected from the earth: and in my flesh shall I see God, my Saviour.   King James version 25  For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26  And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: