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Trois Psaumes

Song Cycle by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)

1. Psaume XXXIV
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Jamais ne cesserai de magnifier le Seigneur
En ma bouche aurait son honneur tant que vivant serai
Mon cœur plaisir n'aura qu'avoir son Dieu glorifié
Dont maint bon coeur humilié l'oyant s'éjouira.

Text Authorship:

  • by Théodore de Béze (1519 - 1605) [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 33 (34)"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "Psalm XXXIV", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

2. Psaume CXL
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
O Dieu donne-moi délivrance
de cet homme pernicieux
Préserve-moi de la nuisance
de cet homme malicieux.

Text Authorship:

  • by Théodore de Béze (1519 - 1605) [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 139 (140)"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Rodney Sones) , "Psalm 140", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

3. Psaume CXXXVIII
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Il faut que de tous mes esprits 
Ton los et pris, j'exalte et prise
Devant les grands me présenter
pour te chanter j'ai fait emprise

Et ton saint temple adorerai
Célèbrerai ta renommée
Pour l'amour de ta grand' bonté 
Et féauté tant estimée.

Text Authorship:

  • by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544) [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 137 (138)"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "Psalm CXXXVIII", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 91
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