Non nobis Domine

Non nobis is a short Latin hymn used as a prayer of thanksgiving and expression of humility. The Latin text derives from Psalm 113:9 (according to the Vulgate numbering), which corresponds to Psalm 115:1a in the Masoretic Text (MT). The English translation of Psalm 115:1a from the King James Version (KJV) is provided for comparison.

In addition to the difference in numbering, the Vulgate and the MT break the verse differently. The KJV follows the MT. The Vulgate's Psalm 113:9 correpsonds to the MT's (and KJV's) Psalm 115:1a. The Vulgate's Psalm 113:10a corresponds to the MT's (and KJV's) Psalm 115:1b.

Psalm 113:9 in the Vulgate and Psalm 115:1a in the KJV and MT read:

Nōn nōbīs, Domine, nōn nōbīs,
sed nōminī tuō dā glōriam.

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us,
but to thy name give the glory.

לֹ֤א לָ֥נוּ יְהוָ֗ה לֹ֫א לָ֥נוּ
כִּֽי־לְ֭שִׁמְךָ תֵּ֣ן כָּבֹ֑וד

Lō lānū Yahweh lō lānū
kî-ləšimḵā tên kāḇōḏ

It was often associated with the Knights Templar during the Crusades. As part of Psalm 113 (In exitu Israel) it was also recited liturgically as part of the Paschal vigil, the celebrants kneeling in a gesture of self-abasement when this verse was reached. According to legend Henry V ordered it to be recited along with the Te Deum in thanksgiving for the English victory at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 (see below). Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522) composed a motet to a text beginning with the Non nobis to celebrate the birth of a daughter to Louis XII and Anne of Brittany in 1510.

Non nobis Domine is now known in the form of a 16th-century canon derived from two passages in the motet Aspice Domine (a5) by the South Netherlandish lutenist and composer Philip van Wilder, who worked at the English court from c. 1520 until his death in 1554. Van Wilder's motet contains both the two related motifs which were apparently extracted from the motet by a later musician during the reign of Elizabeth I to form the canon subject. Although the two passages are not heard consecutively, they are linked as they both set the text phrase non est qui consoletur ("there is none to console"), which was presumably the text to which the canon was originally sung.

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