Vultum tuum

General information

An introit proper to a number of different feasts: Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin from Christmas to the Presentation; the Annunciation; the Vigil of the Assumption.
Source of text is Psalm 44:13,14,16,2 (Vulgate).

Settings by composers

• William Byrd SATTB

Text and translations

Latin text 44:13b  Vultum tuum deprecabuntur omnes divites plebis: 44:15  adducentur Regi virgines post eam: proximae ejus 44:16  adducentur tibi in laetitia et exultatione, alleluia. 44:2  Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum, dico ego opera mea Regi. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

English translation All the rich among the people shall entreat thy countenance: after her shall virgins be brought to the King: her neighbours shall be brought to thee in gladness and rejoicing. Alleluia. My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the King. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.