This edition was prepared by Klaas Spijker — free to download, print, rehearse and perform.
Domine exaudi orationem meam
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
Preview
0
0
Subscribed as
Want Sunday picks sent to another address too?
Free weekly email
Your choir should not be left out in what's trending
Sunday mass selections, psalms, and trending songs in your area — straight to your inbox.
Domine exaudi orationem meam by Alexander Utendal — Lyrics
Psalmus David, quando persequebatur eum Absalom filius ejus.
Domine, exaudi orationem meam; auribus percipe obsecrationem meam in veritate tua; exaudi me in tua justitia.
Et non intres in judicium cum servo tuo, quia non justificabitur in conspectu tuo omnis vivens.
Quia persecutus est inimicus animam meam; humiliavit in terra vitam meam; collocavit me in obscures, sicut mortuos saeculi.
Et anxiatus est super me spiritus meus; in me turbatum est cor meum.
Memor fui dierum antiquorum; meditatus sum in omnibus operibus tuis:
in factis manuum tuarum meditabar.
Expandi manus meas ad te; anima mea sicut terra sine aqua tibi. [diapsalma]
Velociter exaudi me, Domine; defecit spiritus meus. Non avertas faciem tuam a me, et similis ero descendentibus in lacum.
Read full lyrics
About Domine exaudi orationem meam
Alexander Utendal’s setting of Domine exaudi orationem meam opens with a plaintive, searching quality, the SATB voices weaving together in expressive counterpoint. The Latin text, drawn from Psalm 143, is a prayer of David, recalling times of persecution and despair. The music reflects the text’s plea for divine mercy and justice, moving from passages of deep introspection to urgent appeals. Utendal’s mastery of motet writing is evident in the careful balance of homophonic declamation and contrapuntal interplay, creating a powerful and moving sacred work for unaccompanied voices that powerfully conveys the human struggle for solace and divine favour.
