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Confitebor Domino a5
Staff Notation • Sacred, Mass propers
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Confitebor Domino a5 by Franz Xaver Witt — Lyrics
In finem. Psalmus David.
Deus, laudem meam ne tacueris, quia os peccatoris et os dolosi
super me apertum est.
Locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa,
et sermonibus odii circumdederunt me: et expugnaverunt me gratis.
Pro eo ut me diligerent, detrahebant mihi; ego autem orabam.
Et posuerunt adversum me mala pro bonis, et odium pro dilectione mea.
Constitue super eum peccatorem, et diabolus stet a dextris ejus.
Cum judicatur, exeat condemnatus; et oratio ejus fiat in peccatum.
Fiant dies ejus pauci, et episcopatum ejus accipiat alter.
Fiant filii ejus orphani, et uxor ejus vidua.
Nutantes transferantur filii ejus et mendicent, et ejiciantur de habitationibus suis.
Scrutetur foenerator omnem substantiam ejus, et diripiant alieni labores ejus.
Non sit illi adjutor, nec sit qui misereatur pupillis ejus.
Fiant nati ejus in interitum; in generatione una deleatur nomen ejus.
In memoriam redeat iniquitas patrum ejus in conspectu Domini,
et peccatum matris ejus non deleatur.
Fiant contra Dominum semper, et dispereat de terra memoria eorum:
pro eo quod non est recordatus facere misericordiam,
et persecutus est hominem inopem et mendicum, et compunctum corde, mortificare.
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About Confitebor Domino a5
Witt’s Confitebor Domino is a substantial five-part setting for SATTB voices. The Latin text, drawn from Psalm 109, offers a dramatic plea for divine justice against enemies. The composer responds to this intense spiritual struggle with rich, imitative vocal textures and a powerful declamatory style. The five voices are often treated homophonically, creating moments of imposing gravitas, before dissolving into more intricate contrapuntal passages that reflect the anguish and supplication of the text. This is a deeply devotional motet, well-suited to a choir seeking a challenging and emotionally resonant liturgical work.
