Tenor Solo, Male Voices (TBarB) Unaccompanied
Text: Psalm 51: 1–4, 12, 13 (Latin and English)
Duration: ca. 4 minutes
Publisher: C. F. Peters Corporation, Edition Peters 67783
Miserere mei, Deus, secundum misericordiam tuam;
et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum dele iniquitatem meam.
Ámplius lava me ab iniquitate mea, et a peccato meo mundo me.
Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco, et peccatum meum contra me est semper.
Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram feci.
Ne proicias me a facie tua, et spiritum sanctum tuum auferas a me.
Redde mihi lætitiam salutaris tui, et spiritu promptissimo confírma me.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving kindness;
in your great compassion blot out my offenses.
Wash me through and through from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
Against you only have I sinned, and have done what is evil in your sight.
Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your holy Spirit from me.
Give me the joy of your saving help again, and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit.