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Domine probasti
Staff Notation • Sacred, Vespers
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Domine probasti by Johann Melchior Gletle — Lyrics
In finem, Psalmus David. Domine, probasti me, et cognovisti me;
tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam.
Intellexisti cogitationes meas de longe;
semitam meam et funiculum meum investigasti:
et omnes vias meas praevidisti,
quia non est sermo in lingua mea.
Ecce, Domine, tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua.
Tu formasti me, et posuisti super me manum tuam.
Mirabilis facta est scientia tua ex me; confortata est, et non potero ad eam.
Quo ibo a spiritu tuo? et quo a facie tua fugiam?
Si ascendero in caelum, tu illic es; si descendero in infernum, ades.
Si sumpsero pennas meas diluculo, et habitavero in extremis maris,
etenim illuc manus tua deducet me, et tenebit me dextera tua.
Et dixi: Forsitan tenebrae conculcabunt me; et nox illuminatio mea in deliciis meis.
Quia tenebrae non obscurabuntur a te, et nox sicut dies illuminabitur:
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About Domine probasti
The opening verses of Psalm 139 are set in this motet by Johann Melchior Gletle. The text, taken from the Vulgate Bible, expresses profound theological ideas about God's omniscience and omnipresence. The composer explores the psalmist's awe at God's knowledge, which encompasses all thoughts, actions, and the entirety of human existence from beginning to end. The Latin lyrics ponder the impossibility of escaping divine scrutiny, whether ascending to heaven or descending to the deepest abyss. Gletle's SSATB setting of this sacred text offers a rich contrapuntal texture, suitable for Vespers services or other liturgical occasions.
