Libera me Domine de viis inferni

General information

This responsory is sung in place of Libera me Domine de morte aeterna when only the third nocturn is said during Matins of the Office of the Dead.

Notes on selected settings

• Andrea Gabrieli ATTBB (only first part)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Andrea Gabrieli — Libera me Domine  Latin ATTBB
• Teodoro Riccio — Libera me Domine de viis inferni  Latin SATTB

Text and translations

Latin text Libera me, Domine, de viis inferni, qui portas æreas confregisti, et visitasti infernum, et dedisti eis lumen, ut viderent te: Qui erant in pœnis tenebrarum. Clamantes et dicentes: Advenisti, Redemptor noster. Qui erant... Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Qui erant... German translation Erlöse mich, Herr, von den Pfaden der Hölle, der du die erzenen Pforten zerbrochen hast und die Hölle besucht hast, und jenen Licht gabst, damit sie dich sähen, Die in den Qualen der Finsternis waren. sie schrien und riefen: Du bist gekommen, unser Erlöser, Die in den Qualen... Herr, gib ihnen die ewige Ruhe und das ewige Licht leuchte ihnen. Die in den Qualen... Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation Deliver me, O Lord, from the paths of hell, Who shattered the brazen gates, and visited hell, and gave them light, that they might see Thee, Who were in the pains of darkness. Crying out and saying: Thou hast come, our Redeemer: Who were... Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Who were...