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Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? | Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? | ||
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away; | The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away; even as it hath pleased the Lord, so cometh things to pass. | ||
Blessed be the name of the Lord. | Blessed be the name of the Lord. | ||
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CPDL #25728: 
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2012-03-10). Score information: A4, 11 pages, 131 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: Si bona suscepimus
Composer: Hans Leo Hassler
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSAATTTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: Hassler's setting of a text from the Office of the Dead.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Si bona suscepimus de manu Domini, mala autem quare non sustineamus?
Dominus dedit, Dominus abstulit; sicut Domino placuit, ita factum est:
Sit nomen Domini benedictum.
English translation
Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away; even as it hath pleased the Lord, so cometh things to pass.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
(Job, ch.1, v.21; ch.2, v.10)