Improperium Expectavit Cor Meum

Improperium expectavit cor meum, et miseriam:

et sustinui qui simul mecum constristaretur, et non fuit:

consolantem me quaesivi, et non inveni:

et dederunt in escam meam fel, et in

siti mea potaverunt me aceto.

My heart hath expected reproach and misery;

and I looked for one that would grieve together with Me, but there was none:

I sought for one that would comfort Me, and I found none;

and they gave Me gall for My food, and in My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink.

P S A L M  6 8 : 2 1 - 2 2

This polyphic setting by Lassus for Palm Sunday's offertory verse is my favorite. Lenten. song. ever.