O bone Jesu, illumina oculos meos

General information

Based on Psalm 13 vv. 4-5

Settings by composers

• Loyset Compère SATB
• Ferdinand di Lasso SSATB
• Claudio Monteverdi SAT
• Robert Parsons AATBarBB (This text forms part of a larger setting).

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Juan de Anchieta — O bone Jesu

Text and translations

Latin text O bone Jesu! Illumina oculos meos, ne unquam obdormiam in morte, nequando dicat inimicus meus praevalui adversus eum. O Adonai! In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum; redemisti nos, Domine, Deus veritatis.

English translation O good Jesus! Illuminate my eyes, lest I sleep in death, lest my enemy say that I prevailed against him. O Lord! Into thy hands, Lord, do I commend my spirit; thou hast redeemed me, Lord, God of truth. Translation supplied by The St. Ann Choir, directed by William Mahrt