Unam petii

General information

Gradual for the feast of the Holy Family and communion for Pentecost V.
Source of text is Psalm 26:4 (Vulgate).

Notes on selected settings

• Gallus Dressler SSATB, v.4-5.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Giovanni Francesco Anerio — Unam petii  Latin TTBB,SATB, AATB
• William Byrd — Unam petii a Domino  Latin SSATB
• Nobuaki Izawa — Unam petii  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text 26:4  Unam petii a Domino, hanc requiram, ut inhabitem in domo Domini omnibus diebus vitae meae; ut videam voluptatem Domini, et visitem templum ejus. 27:5  Quoniam abscondit me in tabernaculo in die malorum; protexit me in abscondito tabernacoli sui.

English translation 27:4  One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require: even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple.