Populum humilem

General information

Offertory for Pentecost VIII
Source is Psalm 17 (Vulgate 16) vv. 28 & 32, with some differences in the text.

Settings by composers

• Orlando di Lasso SATB
• Giovanni Battista Martini SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB

Original text and translations

Latin text Populum humilem salvum facies, Domine, et oculos superborum humiliabis. Quoniam non est Deus praeter te, Domine.

English translation You will save the humble nation, O Lord, and bring down the eyes of the proud. For none is God other than you, Lord.