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Non nobis Domine is usually sung as a three-part perpetual canon with the two following voices entering at the lower fourth and lower octave in relation to the lead melody (dux). This is the version given in most of the early sources, but many other solutions are technically possible, a fact which has perhaps contributed much to its enduring ...
Non nobis Domine: Not to us (oh) Lord: Christian hymn based on Psalm 115. non nobis nati 'Born not for ourselves' Motto of St Albans School (Hertfordshire) non nobis solum: not for ourselves alone: Appears in Cicero's De Officiis Book 1:22 in the form non nobis solum nati sumus (we are not born for ourselves alone).
The Latin hymn "Non nobis" is based on Psalm 115. Several clergymen chose the beginning for their motto as an expression of humility, including the Italian archbishop Giuseppe Siri [10] and the Filipino archbishop José S. Palma. [11] The first verse in Latin, "Non Nobis Domine" became the motto of the Knights Templar. [12] [13]
Knights Templar: Non nobis Domine, non nobis; sed Nomini tuo da gloriam (Not to us, Lord, not to us; but your name give glory) Lajna Imaillah: No nation can progress without educating their women; Philippine Independent Church: Pro Deo Et Patria (For God and country) Pontificate of Pope Pius XII: opus iustitiae pax (peace is the fruit of justice)
In legal contexts, this quotation is used with the opposite meaning: defamation of a deceased person is not a crime. In other contexts, it refers to taboos against criticizing the recently deceased. de nobis fabula narratur: About us is the story told: Thus: "their story is our story". Originally it referred to the end of Rome's dominance.
tu autem Domine miserere nobis: But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us: Phrase said at the end of biblical readings in the liturgy of the medieval church. Also used in brief, "tu autem", as a memento mori epitaph. tuitio fidei et obsequium pauperum: Defence of the faith and assistance to the poor
Pax, Domine: peace, lord: lord or master; used as a form of address when speaking to clergy or educated professionals pax et bonum: peace and the good: Motto of St. Francis of Assisi and, consequently, of his monastery in Assisi; understood by Catholics to mean 'Peace and Goodness be with you,' as is similar in the Mass; translated in Italian ...
Psalm 130 is the 130th psalm of the Book of Psalms, one of the penitential psalms and one of 15 psalms that begin with the words "A song of ascents" (Shir Hama'alot). The first verse is a call to God in deep sorrow, from "out of the depths" or "out of the deep", as it is translated in the King James Version of the Bible and the Coverdale translation (used in the Book of Common Prayer ...