Though I composed this short 3-voice motet for the wedding of two of our dear friends, it nonetheless is dedicated especially to my wife, Megan, and for the special occasion of the birth of our second daughter, Lucy. Our many thanks to Christin, who photographed the birth (and some of which is featured here), and Eileen, our midwife from Immanuel Birth Co. in Topeka. Their information, plus the text of the Psalm and its translation are given below.
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Uxor tua sicut viti abundans in lateribus domus tuae;
filii tui sicut novellae olivarum in circuitu mensae tuae.
Et videas filios filiorum tuorum: pacem super Israel.
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Thy wife as a fruitful vine in the walls of thy house.
Thy children as olive p...