Tenebrae factae sunt

General Information

Fifth of the nine responsories for Matins of Good Friday.

A responsory is a sung response to a Scripture reading. It has two parts: a respond and a versicle. After the versicle (indicated below by V. and usually sung by a single voice or a smaller group), the second part of the respond (indicated below by a bullet) is repeated.

Original text and translations

Latin text Tenebrae factae sunt, dum crucifixissent Jesus Judaei:
et circa horam nonam exclamavit Jesus voce magna:
Deus meus, ut quid me dereliquisti?

Et inclinato capite, emisit spiritum.

V. Exclamans Jesus voce magna ait: Pater, in manus tuas commendo spiritum meum.

Et inclinato capite, emisit spiritum.

English translation There was darkness over the earth when the Jews crucified Jesus:
and about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice:
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

And he bowed his head and gave up the ghost.

V. Jesus cried with a loud voice and said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

And he bowed his head and gave up the ghost.

Polish translation Ciemnosc zapadla nad Ziemia, gdy ukrzyzowano Jezusa
okolo godziny dziewiatej Jezus zawolal wielkim glosem:
Boze moj, Boze, czemus mnie opuscil?

I sklonil glowe i oddal ducha.

V. Jezus zawolal wielkim glosem i powiedzial, Ojcze, w Twe rece powierzam ducha mojego.

I sklonil glowe i oddal ducha.

Settings by composers

• Ambrosian chant
• Blasius Ammon
• Anonymous
• Franz Joseph Haydn
• Johann Michael Haydn
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri
• Joseph G. Stephens
• Tomas Luis de Victoria

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