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In te, Domine, speravi
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATTB · James Gibb
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In te, Domine, speravi by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck — Lyrics
In finem. Psalmus David, pro extasi.
In te, Domine, speravi; non confundar in aeternum: in justitia tua libera me.
Inclina ad me aurem tuam; accelera ut eruas me.
Esto mihi in Deum protectorem, et in domum refugii, ut salvum me facias:
quoniam fortitudo mea et refugium meum es tu; et propter nomen tuum deduces me et enutries me.
Educes me de laqueo hoc quem absconderunt mihi, quoniam tu es protector meus.
In manus tuas commendo spiritum meum; redemisti me, Domine Deus veritatis.
Odisti observantes vanitates supervacue; ego autem in Domino speravi.
Exsultabo, et laetabor in misericordia tua, quoniam respexisti humilitatem meam;
salvasti de necessitatibus animam meam.
Nec conclusisti me in manibus inimici: statuisti in loco spatioso pedes meos.
Miserere mei, Domine, quoniam tribulor; conturbatus est in ira oculus meus,
anima mea, et venter meus.
Quoniam defecit in dolore vita mea, et anni mei in gemitibus.
Infirmata est in paupertate virtus mea, et ossa mea conturbata sunt.
Super omnes inimicos meos factus sum opprobrium, et vicinis meis valde, et timor notis meis; qui videbant me foras fugerunt a me.
Oblivioni datus sum, tamquam mortuus a corde; factus sum tamquam vas perditum:
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About In te, Domine, speravi
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer and organist active in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. His sacred motets often draw on biblical texts, and this setting of Psalm 21 (or 22 in some numbering) is a powerful example. The Latin text expresses fervent trust in God's protection and mercy, beginning with the declaration 'In you, Lord, have I put my trust'. Sweelinck’s SATTB voicing allows for rich harmonic textures and imitative counterpoint, characteristic of the motet tradition. The music vividly portrays the psalmist’s plea for deliverance and ultimate reliance on divine justice and strength.
