Unam petii

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General information

Gradual for the feast of the Holy Family and communion for Pentecost V.
Source of text is Psalm 26:4 (Vulgate).

Settings by composers

Giovanni Francesco Anerio TTBB
William Byrd SSATB
Gallus Dressler SSATB, v.4-5.
Nobuaki Izawa SATB

Text and translations

Latin text

26:4 Unam petii a Domino, hanc requiram,
ut inhabitem in domo Domini omnibus diebus vitae meae;
ut videam voluptatem Domini, et visitem templum ejus.
27:5 Quoniam abscondit me in tabernaculo in die malorum;
protexit me in abscondito tabernacoli sui.

English translation

27:4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require:
even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple.