Improperium expectavit

General information

Offertory for Palm Sunday.
Source of text is Psalm 68:21b-22 (Vulgate).

Settings by composers

Julius André SATB Pompeo Cannicciari SATB Giovanni Battista Casali SATB Giovanni Giorgi SATB Orlando di Lasso SATB

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina AATTB or SSATB Oreste Ravanello SSA Franz Xaver Witt SATB Giovanni Bernardo Zucchinetti SATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Gregorian chant — Improperium
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Office of Palm Sunday - II
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Office of Palm Sunday I
• Jeffrey Quick — Improperium exspectavit

Text and translations

Latin text Improperium expectavit cor meum et miseriam et sustinui qui simul mecum contristaretur et non fuit; consolantem me quæsivi et non inveni. et dederunt in escam meam fel, et in siti mea potaverunt me aceto. Czech translation Mé srdce očekávalo nářek a bídu, toužil jsem po někom, kdo by se mnou sdílel smutek, a nebylo ho, hledal jsem, kdo by mě utěšil, a nenalezl.

English translation My heart expected reproach and misery and I desired one who would grieve with me and there was none: I sought one to console me, and I found none: and they gave me gall as my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. French translation Mon cœur supporta l'injure et la souffrance. Je cherchai quelqu'un qui s’attristerait avec moi mais en vain : un consolateur, et je n'en trouvais pas. Ils me donnèrent du fiel comme nourriture et dans ma soif, ils m'abreuvèrent de vinaigre.