Illumina oculos meos

General information

Offertory for Pentecost IV (Ordinary Time10). Text from Psalm 12:4b-5a (Vulgate).

Settings by composers

• Orlando di Lasso SATB
• Ivo de Vento SATB

Original text and translations

Latin text 4b  Illumina oculos meos, ne unquam obdormiam in morte, 5a  Ne quando dicat inimicus meus. Praevalui adversus eum.

English translation 3b  Lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death. 4a  Lest my enemy say "I have prevailed against him."