Dextera Domini

The Right Hand of the Lord

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → General Ordinary Time

Publication Information:
Arista — AE 579 (1987)

Text Information:
Reference: Psalm 118:16, 17

Lyrics:

Dextera Domini fecit virtutem,
dextera Domini exaltavit me,
non moriar, sed vivam,
et narrabo opera Domini.

English translation:
The right hand of the Lord has wrought strength,
the right hand of the Lord has exalted me.
I shall not die, but live,
and shall declare the works of the Lord.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: May 20, 2022