Suscepimus

From Psalm 48 (xlvii) vv. 10-11. The Introit (Candlemas & Pentecost VIII) adds verse 2, and the Gradual (Candlemas & Ordinary Time 31) verse 9. There are also an Antiphon and a Tract.

Notes on selected settings

Anonymous Gregorian chant (Introit) Lyons 1528 (introit) ATTB

William Byrd Suscepimus Deus - Justitia - Magnus Dominus Suscepimus Deus - Sicut audivimus SATTB, edited with Gradual verse

Corteccia Robert Hugill (Introit) SATTB Heinrich Isaac (Introit) 4vv. Walther

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Anonymous — Suscepimus Deus (Lyon 1528)  Latin ATTB
• Heinrich Isaac — Suscepimus Deus  Latin SATB
• James Turle — Suscepimus (Graduel)  Latin SATB

Original text and translations

Latin text Suscepimus, Deus, misericordiam tuam in medio templi tui: secundum nomen tuum, Deus: ita et laus tua in fines terrae: justitia plena est dextera tua. (Introit:) Magnus Dominus, et laudabilis nimis: in civitate Dei nostri, in monte sancto ejus. Gloria Patri… (Gradual:) Sicut audivimus, ita et vidimus in civitate Dei nostri, in monte sancto ejus.

English translation We have received Thy mercy, O God, in the midst of Thy temple, according to Thy Name, O God, so also is Thy praise unto the ends of the earth; Thy right hand is full of justice. Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised, in the city of God, in His holy mountain. As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.