Miserere mei, Deus

Conductor Notes:

from Miserere in D minor. Accompaniment is string orchestra. Written for the choirs of the Venetian ospedali.

Text:

Miserere mei, Deus,

Secundum magnam misericordiam tuam

Et secundum multitudinem

miserationum tuarum

dele iniquitateam.

Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea:

et a peccato meo munda me.

Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco:

et peccatum meum contra me est semper.

Translation:

Have mercy upon me, O God,

According to thy lovingkindness:

According unto the multitude

of thy tender mercies

blot out my transgressions.

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,

and clease me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my transgressions,

and my sin is ever before me.