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Psalterium Romanum rather than the Vulgate Bible. The incipit is "Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes" (As the deer desires the fountains) followed by a second part
(fourth or fifth century AD), in which the actual phrasing is Igitur quī dēsīderat pācem, præparet bellum ("Therefore let him who desires peace prepare for
Ad fontes
42 of the Latin Vulgate: Quemadmodum desiderat cervus (or Sicut cervus desiderat) ad fontes aquarum ita desiderat anima mea ad te Deus. (As a hart longs
Prayer of Saint Francis
ille qui amat, et non desiderat amari: beatus ille qui timet, et non desiderat timeri: beatus ille qui servit, et non desiderat sibi serviri: beatus ille
the optional introduction of the Versio Piana in 1945) is Quemadmodum desiderat cervus; but Sicut cervus in the Psalterium Romanum. It begins "As pants