Justus ut palma

Justus ut palma, a verse from Psalm 92 (91), 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
• Justus ut palma florebit (Giovanni Paolo Cima) 2 basses & bc
• Justus ut palma (Offertorium) (Carl Ludwig Drobisch) with orchestra
• 4 Offertorien (L. B. Est) SAB with strings
• Cesar Franck Solo bass with choir & organ
• Heinrich Isaac (gradual & alleluia verse in Choralis Constantinus III)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (both a 5)
  • Justus ut palma I (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) off. for John the Evangelist
  • Justus ut palma II (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) off. for John the Baptist
• Josef Rheinberger Opus 58 No. 5 (a 4)
• Ludwig Senfl

Original text and translations

Latin text Justus ut palma florebit, sicut cedrus quae in Libano est, multiplicabitur.

English translation The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree: and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus.