Septième lecture | Mon souffle deviendra faible, mes jours s'abrègeront

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by Bible or other Sacred Texts

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Lectio Septima

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG FRE

Spiritus meus attenuabitur, dies mei breviabuntur,
et solum mihi superest sepulcrum.
Non peccavi, et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus.
Libera me Domine, et pone me juxta te,
et cujusvis manus pugnet contra me.
Dies mei transierunt; cogitationes meae dissipatae sunt,
torquentes cor meum. Noctem verterunt in diem,
et rursum post tenebras spero lucem.
Si sustinuero, infernus domus mea est,
et in tenebris stravi lectulum meum.
Putredini dixi: Pater meus es, mater mea,
et soror mea, verminibus.
Ubi est ergo nunc praestolatio mea,
et patientiam meam quis considerat? 
Tu es Domine Deus meus.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Job 17: 1-3, 11-15 [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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Lectio Septima", published 1582, from Lectiones sacrae novem, ex libris Hiob excerptae, no. 7. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Septième lecture", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Seventh lesson", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-04-05
Line count: 15
Word count: 92

Septième lecture

Language: French (Français) after the Latin

Mon souffle deviendra faible, mes jours s'abrègeront,
et pour moi seule reste la tombe.
Je n'ai pas péché et mon œil s'attarde sur des amertumes.
Libère-moi, Seigneur, et place-moi près de toi,
et que la main de quiconque combatte contre moi.
Mes jours sont passés ; mes pensées se sont dissipées,
tordant mon cœur. Elles ont changé la nuit en jour,
et à nouveau après les ténèbres j'espère la lumière.
Si je supporte, ma maison est enfer
et dans les ténèbres j'ai fait mon lit.
J'ai dit à la pourriture : tu es mon père, ma mère,
et ma sœur, je l'ai dit aux vers.
Où est donc maintenant mon attente,
et qui considère ma patience ?
Tu es, Seigneur, mon Dieu.

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a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Job 17: 1-3, 11-15
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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-13
Line count: 15
Word count: 119