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Domine probasti me
Staff Notation • Sacred, Vesper Psalms
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Domine probasti me by Horatio Colombano — 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
This setting of Psalm 139 (138) is a powerful exploration of divine omniscience and omnipresence. The text begins by addressing God, acknowledging that He has searched and known the singer's heart, his comings and goings, his thoughts even from afar. The psalmist contemplates God's intimate knowledge of his life's path and His foresight of all his ways. The composer's SATTB voicing creates a rich sonic environment for this profound meditation. The Latin text grapples with the awe-inspiring realization that there is nowhere to hide from God's spirit, from the highest heavens to the depths of hell, and even to the farthest reaches of the sea, His hand is ever-present and guiding.
