Laudate Dominum, quia benignus est

General information

Offertory for Lent IV. Based on Psalm (Vulgate) 134:3, 6

Notes on selected settings

• Josef Rheinberger (Op. 133 No. 3) SSATTB

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Francesco Bianciardi — Laudate Dominum  Latin SATTB
• Moritz Brosig — Laudate Dominum  Latin SATB
• Caspar Ett — Laudate Dominum  Latin SATB
• Mariano Garau — Laudate Dominum  Latin SATB
• Rupert Ignaz Mayr — Laudate Dominum, quia benignus est  Latin SSATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Laudate Dominum  Latin SATTB
• Josef Rheinberger — Vier Motetten, Op. 133  2 SSATTB
• Francesco Stivori — Laudate dominum, quia benignus est  Latin SAATTB

Text and translations

Latin text Laudate Dominum, quia benignus est: psallite nomini ejus, quoniam suavis/suave1 est: omnia quaecumque voluit, fecit in coelo et in terra.

English translation Praise ye the Lord, for He is good: sing ye to His Name, for He is sweet: whatsoever He pleased, He hath done in heaven and in earth.

German translation Lobet den Herren, denn er ist freundlich, lobsingt seinem Namen, denn er ist lieblich. Was immer er will tut er im Himmel wie auf Erden.

¹; The common use seems to be to employ the male form "suavis", thus relating the adjective to "dominus", grammatically; but there is also the variant "suave", linking it to "nomen". The latter is consistent with Psalm 134 of the Vulgata, which the text is based on.