Illumina faciem tuam

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General information

Communion for Septuagesima.
Source of text is Psalm 30:17-18 (Vulgate).

Settings by composers

Ludovico Balbi SATB
Carlo Gesualdo SATTB
Heinrich Isaac SATB
Nobuaki Izawa SATB
Giovanni Maria Trabaci SATTB

Text and translations

Latin text

30:17 Illumina faciem tuam super servum tuum,
et salvum me fac in misericordia tua:
30:18a Domine, non confundar,
quoniam invocavi te.

English translation

31:18 Shew thy servant the light of thy countenance:
and save me for thy mercy's sake.
31:19a Let me not be confounded, O Lord,
for I have called upon thee:

English translation

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant,
and save me in thy mercy;
O Lord, let me not be confounded,
for I have called upon thee.
Translation by St Ann choir