Poulenc, Francis: Exultate Deo


Exultate Deo (1941)

Exultate Deo, adjutori nostro,
jubilate Deo Jacob.
Sumite psalmum, et date tympanum,
psalterium jucundum cum cythara.
Buccinate in neomenia tuba
insigni die solemnitatis vestræ.

Sing aloud unto God our strength:
make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel,
the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon,
in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

Words: Psalm 81
Music: Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)