Gustate et videte

General information

Communion Motet for Pentecost VIII. Source of text is Psalm 33:9 (Vulgate).

Settings by composers

• Giovanni Matteo Asola SAT or TTB
• Heinrich Isaac SATB

Original text and translations

Latin text 33:9  Gustate et videte quoniam suavis est Dominus; beatus vir qui sperat in eo. 33:10  Timete Dominum, omnes sancti ejus, quoniam non est inopia timentibus eum.

English translation 34:9  O taste, and see, how gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 34:10  O fear the Lord, ye that are his saints : for they that fear him lack nothing.