LESSONS & DEVOTIONS


Transliteration English translation Vulgate 
1 Haleluyah. 
Halelu avdei adoshem;
halelu et shem adoshem.
2 Yehi shem adoshem mevorakh 
me'atah ve'ad olam.
3 Mimizrah shemesh
ad mevo'o, mehulal  shem adoshem.
4 Ram al kol goyim adoshem; 
al hashamayim kevodo.
5 Mi kadoshem elokeinu, 
hamagbihi lashavet.
6 Hamashpili lir'ot 
bashamayim uva'arets.
7 Meqimi me'afar dal; .
me'ashpot yarim evyon
8 Lehoshivi im nedivim,
im nedivei amo.
9 Moshivi aqeret habayit
em habanim semeha. 
Haleluyah.

1 Praise the Lord! Praise, servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!

2 May the Lord's name be blessed 
from now on and for ever.
3 From the rising of the sun until its setting, the Lord's name is to be praised.
4 High above all nations is the Lord; above the heavens is his glory.
5 Who is like the Lord our God, who dwells on high, 
6 Who humbles himself 
to look upon heaven and earth?
7 He raises the poor from the dust,  lifts the needy from  the dunghill,
8 to set him with princes, with the princes of his people.
9 He settles the barren woman of the  house as a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Lord!

1 Alleluia. 
Laudate pueri Dominum;
laudate nomen Domini.
2 Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum.
3 A solis ortu usque ad occasum, 
laudabile nomen Domini.
4 Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus,  et super caelos gloria eius.
5 Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat, 
6 et humilia respicit
in caelo et in terra?
7 Suscitans a terra inopem; 
et de stercore erigens pauperem:
8 ut collocet eum cum principibus, 
cum principibus populi sui.
9 Qui habitare facit
sterilem in domo, matrem filiorum laetantem. Alleluia.

MOTETS


Calvin's translation [Goudimel]
5 Qui est pareil à notre Dieu, lequel fait sa demeure au lieu le plus haut que l'on sçauroit querre?
6 Et puis en bas veut devaler pour toutes choses speculer qui se font au ciel et en terre.


Luther's translation [Schütz]
3 Von Aufgang der Sonnen bis zu ihrem Niedergang, sei gelobet der Name des Herren.
4 Der Herr is hoch über alle Heiden, seine Ehre gehet so weit der Himmel ist.
5 Wer ist wie der Herr unser Gott, der sich so hoch gesetzet hat
6 und siehet auf das Niedrige im Himmel und auf Erden;
7 der den Geringen aufrichtet aus dem Staub und erhöhet den Armen aus dem Kot,
8 dass er ihn setze neben die Fürsten, neben die Fürsten seines Volks;
9 der die Unfruchtbare im Hause wohnen machet, dass sie eine fröhliche Kindmutter wird. Alleluja.

VENETIAN CANTATAS (excerpts)


Transliteration English translation Vulgate 
1 Haleluyah. 
Halelu avdei adoshem;
halelu et shem adoshem.
2 Yehi shem adoshem mevorakh 
me'atah ve'ad olam.
3 Mimizrah shemesh
ad mevo'o, mehulal  shem adoshem.
4 Ram al kol goyim adoshem; 
al hashamayim kevodo.
5 Mi kadoshem elokeinu, 
hamagbihi lashavet.
6 Hamashpili lir'ot 
bashamayim uva'arets.
7 Meqimi me'afar dal; .
me'ashpot yarim evyon
8 Lehoshivi im nedivim,
im nedivei amo.
9 Moshivi aqeret habayit
em habanim semeha. 
Haleluyah.

1 Praise the Lord! Praise, servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!

2 May the Lord's name be blessed 
from now on and for ever.
3 From the rising of the sun until its setting, the Lord's name is to be praised.
4 High above all nations is the Lord; above the heavens is his glory.
5 Who is like the Lord our God, who dwells on high, 
6 Who humbles himself 
to look upon heaven and earth?
7 He raises the poor from the dust,  lifts the needy from  the dunghill,
8 to set him with princes, with the princes of his people.
9 He settles the barren woman of the  house as a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Lord!

1 Alleluia. 
Laudate pueri Dominum;
laudate nomen Domini.
2 Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum.
3 A solis ortu usque ad occasum, 
laudabile nomen Domini.
4 Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus,  et super caelos gloria eius.
5 Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat, 
6 et humilia respicit
in caelo et in terra?
7 Suscitans a terra inopem; 
et de stercore erigens pauperem:
8 ut collocet eum cum principibus, 
cum principibus populi sui.
9 Qui habitare facit
sterilem in domo, matrem filiorum laetantem. Alleluia.