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Exspectans exspectavi Dominum
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  FRE
1  [In finem. Psalmus ipsi David.]
2  Exspectans exspectavi Dominum,
   et intendit mihi.
3  Et exaudivit preces meas,
   et eduxit me de lacu miseriæ et de luto fæcis.
   Et statuit super petram pedes meos,
   et direxit gressus meos.
4  Et immisit in os meum canticum novum,
   carmen Deo nostro.
   Videbunt multi, et timebunt,
   et sperabunt in Domino.
5  Beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus,
   et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.
6  Multa fecisti tu, Domine Deus meus, mirabilia tua;
   et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi.
   Annuntiavi et locutus sum:
   multiplicati sunt super numerum.
7  Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti;
   aures autem perfecisti mihi.
   Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti;
8  tunc dixi: Ecce venio.
   In capite libri scriptum est de me,
9  ut facerem voluntatem tuam.
   Deus meus, volui,
   et legem tuam in medio cordis mei.
10 Annuntiavi justitiam tuam in ecclesia magna;
   ecce labia mea non prohibebo: Domine, tu scisti.
11 Justitiam tuam non abscondi in corde meo;
   veritatem tuam et salutare tuum dixi;
   non abscondi misericordiam tuam et veritatem tuam a concilio multo.
12 Tu autem, Domine, ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me;
   misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me.
13 Quoniam circumdederunt me mala quorum non est numerus;
   comprehenderunt me iniquitates meæ, et non potui ut viderem.
   Multiplicatæ sunt super capillos capitis mei,
   et cor meum dereliquit me.
14 Complaceat tibi, Domine, ut eruas me;
   Domine, ad adjuvandum me respice.
15 Confundantur et revereantur simul,
   qui quærunt animam meam ut auferant eam;
   convertantur retrorsum et revereantur,
   qui volunt mihi mala.
16 Ferant confestim confusionem suam,
   qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge!
17 Exsultent et lætentur super te omnes quærentes te;
   et dicant semper: Magnificetur Dominus, qui diligunt salutare tuum.
18 Ego autem mendicus sum et pauper;
   Dominus sollicitus est mei.
   Adjutor meus et protector meus tu es;
   Deus meus, ne tardaveris.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   I. Stravinsky 

I. Stravinsky sets lines 2-4

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Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 39 (40)" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), "Expectans expectavi Dominum", 1930, lines 2-4 [ chorus and orchestra ], from Симфония псалмов (Simfonija psalmov) = Symphony of Psalms, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2013-06-30
Line count: 50
Word count: 311

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