Asperges me Domine

General information

Antiphon during the sprinkling of believers with holy water at the start of the Mass on Sunday through the whole liturgical year, except during Eastertide when Vidi aquam is used instead.
Source of text is Psalm 50:8,1 (Vulgate).

Settings by composers

Ambrosian chant Gregorian chant (optional SATB arr. as well as org. accompaniment available) Anonymous STT Anton Bruckner SATB, with organ Manuel Cardoso SATB Claudio Casciolini à 4 SATB à 2 SA Johann Joseph Fux SATTB Joseph Gruber op. 35-1 SATB op. 35-2 SATB

Michael Haller SATB Heinrich Isaac SATB Duarte Lobo SATB All editions withdrawn Filipe de Magalhães SATB Cristóbal de Morales SATB Oreste Ravanello SSA Julije Skjavetić SATBB Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB

Text and translations

Latin text 50:8  Asperges me Domine hyssopo et mundabor: lavabis me et super nivem dealbabor. 50:1  Miserere mei Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.   Italian translation Cospargimi, Signore, con la Tua grazia e sarò puro: Mi laverai e sarò più candido della neve.

English translation 51:7  Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 51:1  Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.