O Lord, and Leader of the house of Israel

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Translation © by Valerie Luxieo

O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel,
qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,
et ei in Sina legem dedisti:
veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento.

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by Bible or other Sacred Texts [author's text checked 1 time 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 Paweł Łukaszewski (b. 1968), "O Adonai" [ chorus ], from O Antiphons, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Roderick Williams (b. 1965), "O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel" [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts ; composed by Arvo Pärt.
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ENG English (Valerie Luxieo) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-15
Line count: 4
Word count: 26

O Lord, and Leader of the house of...

Language: English after the Latin

O Lord, and Leader of the house of Israel,
who to Moses, as a burning bush, appeared,
and gave them, in the Sinai Desert, the law:
come and redeem us, [embraced] in your open arms.

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Translator's note for line 3: In this case, the word “law” refers to the Ten Commendments."

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a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts
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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-18
Line count: 4
Word count: 35