Let the wicked man give up (Bible or other Sacred Texts, set by Thomas Tallis) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Bible or other Sacred Texts

Translation © by David Wyatt

Derelinquant impius

Language: Latin

Available translation(s): ENG

Derelinquat impius viam suam, 
et vir iniquus cogitationes suas, 
et revertatur ad Dominum, 
et miserebitur eius, 
quia benignus et misericors est, 
et praestabilis super malitia Dominus Deus noster.

Authorship

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Isaiah [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 Thomas Tallis (c1505 - 1585), "Derelinquant impius", published 1575, from the collection Cantiones Sacrae, no. 13. [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Let the wicked man give up", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: David Wyatt

Text added to the website: 2012-07-05 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:59
Line count: 6
Word count: 28

Let the wicked man give up

Language: English after the Latin

Let the wicked man give up his path, 
and the man who is unfair his thoughts, 
and let him turn back to the Lord, 
and he will have pity on him, 
because the Lord our God is kind and merciful, 
and pre-eminent over evils.

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a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Isaiah

Text added to the website: 2012-07-05 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:59
Line count: 6
Word count: 44