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Exspectans exspectavi
Staff Notation • Sacred, Mass propers, Offertory Hymns
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
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Exspectans exspectavi by Valentin Rathgeber — Lyrics
In finem. Psalmus ipsi David.
Exspectans exspectavi Dominum, et intendit mihi.
Et exaudivit preces meas, et eduxit me de lacu miseriae et de luto faecis.
Et statuit super petram pedes meos, et direxit gressus meos.
Et immisit in os meum canticum novum, carmen Deo nostro.
Videbunt multi, et timebunt, et sperabunt in Domino.
Beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus, et non respexit in vanitates
et insanias falsas.
Multa fecisti tu, Domine Deus meus, mirabilia tua; et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis
sit tibi.
Annuntiavi et locutus sum: multiplicati sunt super numerum.
Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti; aures autem perfecisti mihi.
Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti;
tunc dixi: Ecce venio.
In capite libri scriptum est de me,
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About Exspectans exspectavi
Valentin Rathgeber's setting of the Latin Offertory text Exspectans exspectavi is suitable for services in Ordinary Time or Advent. The SATB voicing allows for rich harmonic possibilities as the choir proclaims, "I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me. And heard my supplication, and brought me out of the pit of misery, and from the mire of the clay."
The text continues with the singer's gratitude for deliverance and deliverance, and the composer captures the spiritual journey from darkness to light, culminating in a "new song" of praise. The music reflects the hope and trust expressed in the words, as the singer declares, "Blessed is the man whose hope is in the Lord." This is a powerful and uplifting motet for SATB choir.
