This is part of an ongoing series of equal-voice fauxbourdons designed to accompany antiphons and psalmody for both the Mass and the Divine Office. This particular setting uses the psalm formula for the Divine Office.
These are easily adaptable for a schola of any size. Sing a few verses with the Gloria Patri or all the verses depending on the time needed for the distribution of communion and its procession. The antiphonal nature along with the mix of plainchant and polyphony are sure to make any liturgy all the more solemn and prayerful.
The recording below is set to a different text, but the music sounds the same.
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Tone 6 à 3: Regem venturum_Qui regis Israel | 2022
The Lord our King is coming, O come let us adore him.
1. O shepherd of Israel, hear us, * you who lead Joseph like a flock:
2. Enthroned on the cherubim, shine forth * upon Ephraim, Benjamin, Manasseh.
3. Rouse up your might * and come to save us.
4. Bring us back, O God; * Let your face shine forth, and we shall be saved.
5. How long, O Lord, God of hosts, * will you be angry at the prayer of your people?
6. You have fed them with tears for their bread, * an abundance of tears for their drink.
7. You have made us the taunt of our neighbors; * our foes mock us among themselves.
8. Bring us back, O God of hosts; * let your face shine forth, and we shall be saved.
9. You brought a vine out of Egypt; * you drove out the nations and planted it.
10. Before it you cleared the ground; * it took root and filled the land.
11. The mountains were covered with its shadow, * the cedars of God with its boughs.
12. It stretched out its branches to the sea; * to the River it stretched out its shoots.
13. Then why have you broken down its walls? * It is plucked by all who pass by the way.
14. It is ravaged by the boar of the forest, * devoured by the beasts of the field.
15. God of hosts, turn again, we implore; * look down from heaven and see.
16. Visit this vine and protect it, † the stock your right hand has planted, * the son you have
claimed for yourself.
17. They have burnt it with fire and cut it down. * May they perish at the frown of your face.
18. May your hand be on the man at your right hand, * the son of man you have confirmed
as your own.
19. And we shall never forsake you again; * give us life that we may call upon your name.
20. Bring us back, O Lord God of hosts; * let your face shine forth, and we shall be saved.
21. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son* and to the Holy Spirit.
22. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.