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Gott, dem alle Rach heimfällt, SWV 192
Staff Notation • Sacred, 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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Gott, dem alle Rach heimfällt, SWV 192 by Heinrich Schütz — Lyrics
Psalmus ipsi David, quarta sabbati. Deus ultionum Dominus; Deus ultionum libere egit.
Exaltare, qui judicas terram; redde retributionem superbis.
Usquequo peccatores, Domine, usquequo peccatores gloriabuntur;
effabuntur et loquentur iniquitatem; loquentur omnes qui operantur injustitiam?
Populum tuum, Domine, humiliaverunt, et haereditatem tuam vexaverunt.
Viduam et advenam interfecerunt, et pupillos occiderunt.
Et dixerunt: Non videbit Dominus, nec intelliget Deus Jacob.
Intelligite, insipientes in populo; et stulti, aliquando sapite.
Qui plantavit aurem non audiet? aut qui finxit oculum non considerat?
Qui corripit gentes non arguet, qui docet hominem scientiam?
Dominus scit cogitationes hominum, quoniam vanae sunt.
Beatus homo quem tu erudieris, Domine, et de lege tua docueris eum:
ut mitiges ei a diebus malis, donec fodiatur peccatori fovea.
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About Gott, dem alle Rach heimfällt, SWV 192
Schütz's Gott, dem alle Rach heimfällt, SWV 192, is a powerful setting of Psalm 94. Opening with stark, imitative textures, the music vividly depicts the text's dramatic pronouncements. The composer masterfully contrasts moments of forceful declamation with passages of profound sorrow and lament, all conveyed through the SATB choir. The text, presented in both Latin and German, begins with God's vengeance and judgment upon the proud, before moving to the lament of the oppressed and the ultimate assertion of divine knowledge and power over human actions. This motet offers a profound theological and emotional journey, suitable for liturgical settings or concert performance.
