Justus ut palma

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Justus ut palma, from Psalm 91:13-14 (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.

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

Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

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

14  Plantatus in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri. Alleluia.

English.png English translation

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

12  Such as are planted in the house of the Lord : shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.