Illumina oculos meos

General information

Offertory for Pentecost IV (Ordinary Time10). Text from Psalm 12:4b-5a (Vulgate).

Notes on selected settings

• Wilhelm Meyer Lutz SSTB (Adds Variant 2)
• Philippe de Monte SSAATB (Adds Variant 1)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SSS (v. 12:4b only)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Arjan van Baest — Illumina  Latin SATB
• Francesco Bianciardi — Illumina oculos meos  Latin SSTBB
• Johann Feldmayr — Illumina oculos meos  Latin ATB
• Orlando di Lasso — Illumina oculos meos  Latin SATB
• Leonhard Lechner — Illumina oculos meos  Latin SATB
• Wilhelm Meyer Lutz — Illumina oculos meos  Latin SSTB
• Philippe de Monte — Illumina oculos meos a 6  Latin SSAATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Illumina oculos meos a 3  Latin SSS
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Illumina oculos meos a 5  Latin SATTB
• Andreas de Silva — Illumina oculos meos  Latin SATTBB
• Ivo de Vento — Illumina oculos meos  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text 12:4b  Illumina oculos meos, ne unquam obdormiam in morte, 12:5a  Ne quando dicat inimicus meus. Praevalui adversus eum. Variant 1 12:5b  Qui tribulant me exultabunt si motus fuero. 12:6  Ego autem in misericordia tua speravi, Exultavit cor meum in salutary tuo.   Cantabo Domino qui bona tribuit mihi et psallam nomini Domini altissimi. Variant 2 Ps.17:3a  Dominus firmamentum meum, et refugium meum, et liberator meus, Deus meus, adjutor meus.

English translation 13:3b  Lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death. 13:4a  Lest my enemy say "I have prevailed against him." Variant 1 13:4b  for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it. 13:5  But my trust is in thy mercy : and my heart is joyful in thy salvation. 13:6  I will sing of the Lord, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me : yea, I will praise the Name of the Lord most highest. Variant 2 Ps.18:1b  The Lord is my stony rock, and my defence: my saviour, my God, and my might.