Inter vestibulum et altare

General information

Source of text Joel 2:17. (Vulgate). For other settings of the text, see Parce Domine and Juxta vestibulum.

Settings by composers

• Rodrigo de Ceballos SATB
• Cristóbal de Morales SATB
  • see also his Juxta vestibulum et altare SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia SATB (alternative last line)
• Giacomo Antonio Perti SATB

Original text and translations

Latin text Inter vestibulum et altare plorabunt sacerdotes ministri Domini, dicentes: Parce, Domine parce populo tuo: et ne des hereditatem tuam in opprobrium ut non dominentur eis nationes. Alternative last line et ne claudas ora canentium te, Domine.

English translation Between the porch and the altar the priests, the Lord's ministers, shall weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people: and give not thy inheritance to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. Alternative last line and shut not the mouths of them that sing to you, O Lord.