Multae tribulationes

General information

Psalm 33 (34), vv. 20-21. The Introit for the Common of Martyrs uses Psalm 33:2 as the verse.

Notes on selected settings

• Orlando di Lasso SATTBB, only verse 20
• Jacob Meiland SSATB, only verse 20

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Anonymous — Multae tribulationes  Latin ATTB
• Philipp Avenarius — Multae tribulationes  Latin SATTB
• Jacob Handl — Multae tribulationes  Latin SATTB
• Orlando di Lasso — Multae tribulationes justorum  Latin SATTBB
• Jacob Meiland — Multae tribulationes  Latin SSATB

Texts and Translations

The text is used with some slight variants, as shown below. The Psalm verse (33:2) is used in Introits.

Latin text 20  Multae tribulationes justorum; et de omnibus his/iis liberabit/liberavit eos Dominus. 21  Custodit Dominus omnia ossa eorum, unum ex his non conteretur. Ps. Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore: semper laus ejus in ore meo.

German translation 20  Viele sind die Leiden der Gerechten, und aus all ihnen wird/hat sie der Herr befreien/befreit. 21  Er bewahrt alle ihre Gebeine, dass nicht eines von ihnen zerbrochen wird. Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation 20  Many are the troubles of the just, and from all of them the Lord will make/has made them free. 21  The Lord preserves all of their bones, so that none of them may be broken. Translation by Gerhard Weydt