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In exitu Israel de Aegypto
Staff Notation • Sacred, Vesper Psalms
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In exitu Israel de Aegypto — Lyrics
Alleluja. In exitu Israël de Aegypto, domus Jacob de populo barbaro,
facta est Judaea sanctificatio ejus; Israël potestas ejus.
Mare vidit, et fugit; Jordanis conversus est retrorsum.
Montes exsultaverunt ut arietes, et colles sicut agni ovium.
Quid est tibi, mare, quod fugisti? et tu, Jordanis, quia conversus es retrorsum?
montes, exsultastis sicut arietes? et colles, sicut agni ovium?
A facie Domini mota est terra, a facie Dei Jacob:
qui convertit petram in stagna aquarum, et rupem in fontes aquarum.
Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam:
super misericordia tua et veritate tua;
nequando dicant gentes: Ubi est Deus eorum?
Deus autem noster in caelo; omnia quaecumque voluit fecit.
Simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, opera manuum hominum.
Os habent, et non loquentur; oculos habent, et non videbunt.
Aures habent, et non audient; nares habent, et non odorabunt.
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About In exitu Israel de Aegypto
This unison chant sets a vivid biblical text recounting the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. The words paint a powerful scene of liberation, with the Red Sea parting and the Jordan River turning back. Mountains leap and hills skip like lambs, personifying the joyful response of creation to God's might. The text reflects on the wonders God has wrought, turning rock into water, and concludes with a prayer that glory be given to God's name, not to us, lest the nations question God's presence.
