Seigneur à ton honneur et par ta grace aussi
J'ai parfait ce Livre ainsi Seigneur ainsi
Pour ne faire oncques* rien au monde qui ne duise
Ton Saint Esprit toujours en ce sentier humain
Assure, ouvre, redresse, illumine, conduise,
Mon coeur, mon oeil, mon pied, mon esprit et ma main.

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^* oncques: archaic (with 'ne') for 'never'

Text Authorship:

• by Esther Inglis (1571 - 1624) [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 Sheena Phillips (b. 1958), "Prière à Dieu", copyright © 2019 [ soprano, clarinet ], from Un Petit Psaultier = A Little Psalter, no. 3
      Publisher: Sheena Phillips [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

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