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Psalmus 41 (42)
Language: Latin 
1  [In finem. Intellectus filiis Core.]
2  Quemadmodum desiderat cervus ad fontes aquarum,
   ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus.
3  Sitivit anima mea ad Deum fortem, vivum;
   quando veniam, et apparebo ante faciem Dei?
4  Fuerunt mihi lacrimæ meæ panes die ac nocte,
   dum dicitur mihi quotidie: Ubi est Deus tuus?
5  Hæc recordatus sum, et effudi in me animam meam,
   quoniam transibo in locum tabernaculi admirabilis, usque ad domum Dei,
   in voce exsultationis et confessionis, sonus epulantis.
6  Quare tristis es, anima mea? 
   et quare conturbas me?
   Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor illi, 
   salutare vultus mei,
7  et Deus meus. Ad meipsum anima mea conturbata est:
   propterea memor ero tui de terra Jordanis et Hermoniim a monte modico.
8  Abyssus abyssum invocat, in voce cataractarum tuarum;
   omnia excelsa tua, et fluctus tui super me transierunt.
9  In die mandavit Dominus misericordiam suam, 
   et nocte canticum ejus;
   apud me oratio Deo vitæ meæ.
10 Dicam Deo: Susceptor meus es; quare oblitus es mei?
   et quare contristatus incedo, 
   dum affligit me inimicus?
11 Dum confringuntur ossa mea, 
   exprobraverunt mihi qui tribulant 
   me inimici mei, dum dicunt mihi per singulos dies: Ubi est Deus tuus?
12 Quare tristis es, anima mea?
   et quare conturbas me?
   Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor illi,
   salutare vultus mei, et Deus meus.

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Like as the hart desireth
 (Sung text for setting by F. Allitsen)
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Language: English  after the Latin 
1  To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.
2  Like as the hart desireth the water brooks, 
   so longeth my soul after thee, O God.
3  My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God; 
   when shall I come into the presence of God?
4  My tears have been my meat day and night, 
   while they daily say unto me, "Where is now thy God?"
5  Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself; 
   for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God, 
   in the voice of praise and thanksgiving, among such as keep holy-day.
6  Why art thou so full of heaviness,  ...  my soul, 
   and why art thou so disquieted within me?
    ... 
   O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, 
   who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Composition:

    Set to music by Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "Like as the hart desireth", subtitle: "Sacred Song. Words from Psalm XLII", published 1898 [ voice, piano, and cello ], London & New York: Boosey & Co. ; also published in 1908 for alto or bass, SATB chorus, and organ

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This text was added to the website: 2012-04-14
Line count: 30
Word count: 317