Tui sunt caeli

General information

Offertory for the feast of Circumcision. Source of text is Psalm 88 (Vulgate) vv. 12, 15a

Settings by composers

William Byrd AATB Josef Cainer SATB Carlo Carturan SSA Josef von Eybler SATB Max Filke SATB

Josef Güttler SATB Michael Haller SATTB Orlando di Lasso SATB.SATB Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB Arthur Sullivan SATB with T solo Mikolaj Zielenski SSAT.ATTB

Text and translations

Latin text 12  Tui sunt caeli et tua est terra, Orbem terrarum et plenitudinem ejus tu fundasti. 15a  Justitia et judicium praeparatio sedis tuae. Hungarian translation 12  Tieid az egek, és tied a föld; a föld kerekségét, s a mi azt betölti, te alapítottad. 15a  Jog és igazság a te széked alapja

English translation 12  Thine are the heavens and thine is the earth, the world and the fullness thereof thou hast founded. 15a  Justice and judgement are the preparation of thy throne.