Justitiae Domini

General information

Offertory for Lent III and Pentecost IX. Source of text is Psalm 18:9a,11b-12a (Vulgate).

Settings by composers

• Felix Mendelssohn arr. by Wilhelm Meyer Lutz for SATB & keyboard
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  • I, for Lent III SATTB
  • II, for Pentecost IX SATTB
• Valentin Rathgeber SATB, continuo, optional instruments
• Ludwig Rotter SATB & orchestra (Justitia for Justitiae)
• Alessandro Scarlatti SATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Gregorian chant — Justitiae

Text and translations

Latin text 9a  Justitiae Domini rectae, laetificantes corda ; 11b  et judicia eius dulciora super mel et favum. 12a  Nam servus tuus custodit ea.

English translation 8a  The statutes of the Lord are right, and rejoice the heart 10b  his judgments sweeter also than honey, and the honey-comb. 11a  For thy servant keeps them.