Credo quod redemptor

General information

Source of text is Job 19:25-26

Settings by composers

• George Frideric Handel S solo (English KJV, from Messiah)
• Alonso Lobo SATB
• Robert Parsons SSAATB, AATTBarB or AATBarBarB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Pompeo Cannicciari — Credo quod Redemptor
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Missa Pro defunctis a 4
• Scott Villard — Credo quod redemptor

Texts and Translations

Latin text Credo quod Redemptor meus vivit et in novissimo die de terra surrecturus sum et in carne mea videbo Deum salvatorem meum. Portuguese translation Creio que meu Redentor vive e que da terra ressuscitarei no último dia: E em minha própria carne verei a Deus, meu Salvador.

English translation For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that on the latter day I shall be resurrected from the earth: and in my flesh shall I see God, my Saviour. King James version 25  For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26  And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: