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Domine probasti me
Staff Notation • Sacred, Vesper Psalms
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Domine probasti me by Giovanni Bernardo Colombi — 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 me
Giovanni Bernardo Colombi’s Domine probasti me is a sacred work for SATTB choir, setting a Latin text drawn from Psalm 139. The music opens with a close, imitative texture, reflecting the intimate and searching nature of the psalm. Colombi explores the text’s contemplation of divine omniscience – God’s knowledge of our thoughts, actions, and innermost being – with rich harmonies and contrapuntal interplay. The five voices are treated with a skilled hand, creating moments of profound introspection and soaring affirmation as the psalmist grapples with God’s omnipresence and inescapable knowledge. This setting offers a powerful musical reflection on profound theological themes, suitable for a contemplative moment in a service.
