You Who Guide the Stars | You who guide the stars, gracious God

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Translation © by Grant Hicks

Siderum rector

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Siderum rector, Deus alme, nostris
Parce iam culpis, vitia remittens:
Quo tibi puri resonemus almum
Pectoris hymnum.

Gloria patri, genitaeque proli,
Et tibi, compar utriusque semper,
Spiritus alme, Deus unus omni
Tempore saecli. Amen.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , liturgical text [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by William Byrd (1542?3? - 1623), "Siderum rector", published 1575, from Cantiones Sacrae, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "You Who Guide the Stars", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

You Who Guide the Stars

Language: English after the Latin

You who guide the stars, gracious God,
Have mercy now upon our offenses, pardoning our sins:
That we may raise to you the gracious hymn
Of a pure heart.

Glory to the Father, and to the begotten Son, 
And to you, ever the equal of both, 
O gracious Spirit, one God for every 
Age of the world. Amen.

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a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , liturgical text
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 58