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Confitebor Domino
Staff Notation • Sacred, Liturgical music
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Confitebor Domino by Michael Haller — Lyrics
In finem. Psalmus David.
Deus, laudem meam ne tacueris, quia os peccatoris et os dolosi
super me apertum est.
Locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa,
et sermonibus odii circumdederunt me: et expugnaverunt me gratis.
Pro eo ut me diligerent, detrahebant mihi; ego autem orabam.
Et posuerunt adversum me mala pro bonis, et odium pro dilectione mea.
Constitue super eum peccatorem, et diabolus stet a dextris ejus.
Cum judicatur, exeat condemnatus; et oratio ejus fiat in peccatum.
Fiant dies ejus pauci, et episcopatum ejus accipiat alter.
Fiant filii ejus orphani, et uxor ejus vidua.
Nutantes transferantur filii ejus et mendicent, et ejiciantur de habitationibus suis.
Scrutetur foenerator omnem substantiam ejus, et diripiant alieni labores ejus.
Non sit illi adjutor, nec sit qui misereatur pupillis ejus.
Fiant nati ejus in interitum; in generatione una deleatur nomen ejus.
In memoriam redeat iniquitas patrum ejus in conspectu Domini,
et peccatum matris ejus non deleatur.
Fiant contra Dominum semper, et dispereat de terra memoria eorum:
pro eo quod non est recordatus facere misericordiam,
et persecutus est hominem inopem et mendicum, et compunctum corde, mortificare.
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About Confitebor Domino
This setting of Psalm 108, Confitebor Domino, is written for two-part male voices (TB) and sung in Latin. It is a powerful sacred work, suitable for liturgical occasions. The text is a fervent prayer for deliverance from enemies, expressing deep distress and a plea for divine justice. The composer's musical setting would likely reflect the dramatic and emotional arc of the psalm, moving from a state of anguish to a resolute cry for help and vindication. The male voices would lend a particular gravitas to this deeply personal and often intense spiritual reflection.
