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Das ist mir lieb, Psalm 116, Op.34
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Das ist mir lieb, Psalm 116, Op.34 by Heinrich von Herzogenberg — Lyrics
Alleluja. Dilexi, quoniam exaudiet Dominus vocem orationis meae.
Quia inclinavit aurem suam mihi, et in diebus meis invocabo.
Circumdederunt me dolores mortis; et pericula inferni invenerunt me.
Tribulationem et dolorem inveni,
et nomen Domini invocavi: o Domine, libera animam meam.
Misericors Dominus et justus, et Deus noster miseretur.
Custodiens parvulos Dominus; humiliatus sum, et liberavit me.
Convertere, anima mea, in requiem tuam, quia Dominus benefecit tibi:
quia eripuit animam meam de morte, oculos meos a lacrimis, pedes meos a lapsu.
Placebo Domino in regione vivorum.
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About Das ist mir lieb, Psalm 116, Op.34
Heinrich von Herzogenberg's motet Das ist mir lieb sets Psalm 116. The text is a psalm of thanksgiving, beginning with an expression of love for God because He has heard the voice of prayer. The composer moves from the cry of distress, beset by the pains of death and finding tribulation and sorrow, to a fervent invocation of God's name for deliverance. The latter part of the psalm expresses deep faith and gratitude for God's mercy, His keeping of the simple, and the soul's return to rest because of His goodness. This SATB setting is in German and Latin, reflecting the multilingual context of sacred music composition and performance in the 19th century.
