Inter vestibulum et altare

General information

Source of text Joel 2:17. (Vulgate)

Settings by composers

• Inter vestibulum (José Maurício Nunes Garcia)José Maurício Nunes Garcia SATB
• Cristóbal de Morales 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 text 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.