Domine secundum actum meum

General information

8th responsory for the Office of the Dead.

Setting by composers

• William Byrd STTBBB
• Orlando di Lasso SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  • a 4, TTBB
  • a 5, SATTB
• Jacob Regnart SATB (2nda pars "Amplius lava me")
• Andrea Rota SATTBB

Text and translations

Latin text Domine, secundum actum meum noli me iudicare: nihil dignum in conspectu tuo egi. Ideo deprecor maiestatem tuam, ut tu Deus deleas iniquitatem meam.

English translation O Lord, judge me not according to my acts: there is nothing worthy in thy sight that I have done. Wherefore I beseech thy majesty, that thou, O God, blot out my transgressions.