Omnes amici mei

General Information

The First Responsory of the Office of Tenebrae on Good Friday. Taken from Job 16:10, 19:14; Psalm 68:22 (Variant 1 from Psalm 26:12).

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Jacob Handl — Omnes amici mei  Latin SATTB
• Pomponio Nenna — Omnes amíci mei  Latin SATB
• Ottavio Vernizzi — Omnes amici mei  Latin SATB.ATTB
• Ludovico da Viadana — Omnes amici mei  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Omnes amici mei, ZWV 55:10  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Good Friday, ZWV 55:10-18  Latin SATB
• Vlad Zoborovski — Omnes amici mei  Latin SATB, TTBB

Text and translations

Latin text Omnes amici mei dereliquerunt me, et prævaluerunt insidiantes mihi: tradidit me, quem diligebam: Et terribilibus oculis plaga crudeli percutientes, aceto potabant me. Inter iniquos projecerunt me, et non pepercerunt animæ meæ. Et terribilibus...

English translation All my friends have forsaken me, and they who lay in ambush for me have prevailed: he whom I loved has betrayed me. And, with terrible looks, striking me with cruel blows, they gave me vinegar to drink. They cast me out among the wicked, and they spared not my soul. And, with terrible looks...