Verbum iniquum et dolosum

General information

Source of text is Proverbs 30:7-8, slightly altered from the Vulgate.

Settings by composers

• Cristóbal de Morales SAATB
• Jan Tollius SATTB (v.8 only)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Giovanni Matteo Asola — Verbum iniquum et dolosum a 8
• Jacobus Clemens non Papa — Verbum iniquum et dolosum

Text and translations

Latin text 8  Verbum iniquum et dolosum, longe fac a me: Domine: Divitias et paupertatem ne dederis mihi, sed tantum victui meo tribue necessaria. 7  Duo rogavi te: ne deneges mihi antequam moriar.

English translation 8  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me. 7  Two things have I required of thee: deny me them not before I die. (KJV)