Justus ut palma

Justus ut palma, from Psalm 91:13 (Vulgate), is used in a number of the minor propers of the Mass. In the Liber usualis the Offertory (p. 1021) appears under the Common of Doctors, the Gradual (p. 1029) and Introit (p. 1032) under the Common of Confessors, and an Alleluia (p. 1035) at the Common of Abbots. There is also a versicle.

Settings

Besides the following vocal settings there is an organ offertory by John Redford.

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger with orchestra Giovanni Paolo Cima BB & bc (vv.13-14) Carl Ludwig Drobisch SATB with orchestra (vv.13,3) L. B. Est SAB with strings Cesar Franck Solo bass with choir & organ Michael Haller SATB Heinrich Isaac (gradual & alleluia verse in Choralis Constantinus III)

Wilhelm Meyer Lutz SATB (vv.13-14) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Justus ut palma I SATTB Offertory for John the Evangelist Justus ut palma II SATTB Offertory for John the Baptist Josef Rheinberger Opus 58 No. 5 (a 4) Ludwig Senfl

Original text and translations

Latin text 13  Justus ut palma florebit, sicut cedrus quae in Libano est, multiplicabitur. 3  ad annuntiandum mane misericordiam tuam, et veritatem tuam per noctem, 14  Plantatus in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri. Alleluia. 2  Bonum est confiteri Domino, et psallere nomini tuo, Altissime.

English translation 11  The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree: and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus. 2  To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning : and of thy truth in the night-season; 12  Such as are planted in the house of the Lord : shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. 1