Taedet animam meam

General information

Source of text is Job 10:1-7.

Settings by composers

• Orlando di Lasso SATB
• Orlando di Lasso SAATB (vv. 1-2a)
• José de Torres SATB.SATB & STTB.STTB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB (Lectio from Office of the Dead).

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Tanmoy Laskar — Taedet animam meam
• Orlando di Lasso — Taedet animam meam (1582)

Text and translations

Latin text (Job 10, 1-7) 1  Taedet animam meam vitae meae; dimittam adversum me eloquium meum, loquar in amaritudine animae meae. 2  Dicam Deo: Noli me condemnare; indica mihi cur me ita judices. 3  Numquid bonum tibi videtur, si calumnieris me, et opprimas me opus manuum tuarum, et consilium impiorum adjuves? 4  Numquid oculi carnei tibi sunt? aut sicut videt homo, et tu videbis? 5  Numquid sicut dies hominis dies tui, et anni tui sicut humana sunt tempora, 6  ut quaeras iniquitatem meam, et peccatum meum scruteris, 7  et scias quia nihil impium fecerim, cum sit nemo qui de manu tua possit eruere.

English translation 1  My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2  I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. 3  Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? 4  Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? 5  Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, 6  That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? 7  Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. ( KJV)

Hungarian translation 1  Megúnta lelkem életemet,     megeresztem ellenem beszédemet,     szólok lelkem keserűségében. 2a  Mondom az Istennek: Ne kárhoztass el engem!   Spanish translation 1  Mi alma se hastía de mi propia vida. Daré rienda suelta a mis palabras aun en mi contra. Hablaré desde la amargura de mi alma. 2  Diré a Dios: "No me condenes. Muéstrame por qué me sometes a juicio de esta manera. 3  ¿Acaso te parece bien calumniarme y maltratarme a mí, que soy hechura de tus manos, y favorecer el designio de los impíos? 4  ¿Es que tienes ojos carnales? ¿Acaso juzgas las cosas como lo hace el hombre? 5

German translation 1  Meine Seele verdreußt mein Leben;     ich will meine Klage bei mir gehen lassen     und reden von Betrübnis meiner Seele 2a  und zu Gott sagen: Verdamme mich nicht.