Afflicti pro peccatis

Settings by composers

• William Byrd ATTBBB (two-part motet)
• Crisostomo Rondini SATTTB (adds variant 1)

Text and translations

Latin text Afflicti pro peccatis nostris, quotidie cum lacrimis expectemus finem nostrum: Dolor cordis nostri ascendat ad te Domine Ut eruas nos a malis qui innovantur in nobis. Variant 1 Domine de Israel exaudi preces nostras auribus percipe dolorem cordis nostri.

English translation Afflicted by our sins, each day with tears we look forward to our end: The sorrow in our hearts rises to thee, O Lord, That you may deliver us from those evils that originate within us. Variant 1 O Lord God of Israel hear our prayers, and in your ears take heed to the sorrow in our hearts.