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Jacta cogitatum in Domino, MH 488
Staff Notation • Sacred, Responsorial Psalms
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Jacta cogitatum in Domino, MH 488 by Johann Michael Haydn — Lyrics
In finem, in carminibus. Intellectus David.
Exaudi, Deus, orationem meam, et ne despexeris deprecationem meam:
intende mihi, et exaudi me. Contristatus sum in exercitatione mea, et conturbatus sum
a voce inimici, et a tribulatione peccatoris. Quoniam declinaverunt in me iniquitates,
et in ira molesti erant mihi.
Cor meum conturbatum est in me, et formido mortis cecidit super me.
Timor et tremor venerunt super me, et contexerunt me tenebrae.
Et dixi: Quis dabit mihi pennas sicut columbae, et volabo, et requiescam?
Ecce elongavi fugiens, et mansi in solitudine.
Exspectabam eum qui salvum me fecit a pusillanimitate spiritus, et tempestate.
Praecipita, Domine; divide linguas eorum: quoniam vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem in civitate.
Die ac nocte circumdabit eam super muros ejus iniquitas; et labor in medio ejus,
et injustitia: et non defecit de plateis ejus usura et dolus.
Quoniam si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi, sustinuissem utique.
Et si is qui oderat me super me magna locutus fuisset,
abscondissem me forsitan ab eo.
Tu vero homo unanimis, dux meus, et notus meus:
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About Jacta cogitatum in Domino, MH 488
Johann Michael Haydn's Jacta cogitatum in Domino is a sacred setting for SATB choir, sung in Latin. The text, drawn from the Psalms, opens with a plea for God to hear a prayer amidst distress and the threat of enemies. It describes a heart troubled by fear and the shadow of death, a soul longing for escape and peace like a dove taking flight. The composer captures the deep anxiety and hope of the psalmist, moving from turmoil to a reliance on divine deliverance. This responsorial psalm offers a powerful reflection on faith and supplication, suitable for liturgical settings.
