Justitiae Domini

General information

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

Notes on selected settings

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)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Gregorian chant — Justitiae  Latin unison
• Felix Mendelssohn — Justitiae Domini  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Justitiae Domini 1  Latin SATTB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Justitiae Domini 2  Latin SATTB
• Valentin Rathgeber — Justitiae Domini  Latin SATB
• Ludwig Rotter — Justitia Domini  Latin SATB
• Alessandro Scarlatti — Justitiae Domini  Latin SATB

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.