Populum humilem

General information

Offertory for Pentecost VIII
Source is Psalm 17:28,32 (Vulgate).

Settings by composers

• Orlando di Lasso SATB - "Quoniam quis deus praeter te Domine?"
• Giovanni Battista Martini SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Valentin Rathgeber — Populum humilem

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.

English translation The humble people thou wilt save, O Lord, and cast down the eyes of the proud; for who is God but thee, O Lord? Translation by St Ann choir