Deus in adjutorium

General information

This is used as the opening versicle of Vespers and is often set (with the doxology gloria Patri), sometimes beginning with the response Domine ad adjuvandum.
Source of text is Psalm 69:2 (Vulgate).

Settings by composers

Deus in adjutorium Costanzo Antegnati SATB.SATB Girolamo Ferrari da Mondondone SATB with continuo

Domine as adjuvandum Christoph Demantius SATB Isabella Leonarda SATB & 2 violins Giovanni Battista Martini SATB Johann Simon Mayr SATB Claudio Monteverdi SSATTB (the first part of the Vespers (1610)) Pergolesi (S solo, SSATB) Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB (see Domine ad adjuvandum under "Otras obras") Antonio Vivaldi SSAATTBB

See also complete Vespers settings.

Text and translations

Latin text Deus, in adiutorium meum intende: Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto: Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. Alleluja.

English translation Haste thee, O God, to deliver me: make haste to help me, O Lord. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Alleluia.