Aestimatus sum
General information
8th of the Responsories for Holy Saturday
Source: Vulgate, Psalm 87.
The English translation is from King James version of Psalm 88. The final line is altered in the translation from the Latin original. "Posuerunt me" means "They have laid me," not "Thou hast laid me."
Settings by composers
- Carlo Gesualdo SSATTB
- Orlando di Lasso SATB
- Tomás Luis de Victoria SSAT & TTBB
- Annibale Zoilo SATB
Text and translations
Latin text Aestimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum, |
English translation I am counted with them that go down into the pit: |