Expert: Maria - 9/3/2006

Question
Can you put this verse in english

   Non nobis domine
   Sed nomine   
   tuo da gloriam.
It's a prayer chant and I KNOW someone will want a translation
for it
Thank You,
Bev


Answer
Hello,

First of all the correct Latin text of this song based on Psalm 113:9 is the following:

“Non nobis, Domine,
sed nomini tuo
da gloriam”.

Here’s its meaning:

“Not to us, o Lord,
but to your name
give the glory ( i.e. ‘be glory ever given’)

Best regards,
Maria

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-NON = not
-NOBIS (dative plural) = to us
-DOMINE(vocative) = o Lord
-SED= but
-NOMINI (not ‘nomine’ as it is a dative of NOMEN)=to.. name
-TUO (dative agreed with NOMINI) = your
-DA (imperative, 2nd.person sing. of the verb DO) = give
-GLORIAM (accusative) = the glory