Illumina faciem tuam

General information

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

Settings by composers

• Carlo Gesualdo SATTB
• Heinrich Isaac SATB

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: