Justorum animae

General information

Offertory for the Feast of All Saints. Source of text is Wisdom 3:1-2a,3b.

Settings by composers

Anonymous (D-Ju MS 33) SATB Johann Kaspar Aiblinger SATTB(B) Moritz Brosig SATTBB William Byrd SSATB Christoph Dalitz SATB, SSAA, or TTBB Robert Führer SATB & orchestra Nobuaki Izawa SATB Orlando di Lasso SSATB

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB Paolo Pandolfo SATB (organ colla parte ad lib.) Markus Pfandler TTBB Camille Saint-Saëns SATB & organ Charles Villiers Stanford SATB with SSATTBB divisi Samuel Webbe S solo & organ

A longer portion of Wisdom 3 is set in Iustorum animae (Augustin Pfleger) S, 4 viols, bc

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Mariano Garau — Justorum animae
• Giovanni Maria de Rossi — Justorum animae

Text and translations

Latin text Justorum animae in manu Dei sunt, et non tanget illos tormentum mortis. Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, illi autem sunt in pace.

English translation The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die; but they are in peace. Translation by Douay-Rheims American Edition 1899

German translation Der Gerechten Seelen sind in Gottes Hand, und nicht rührt sie die Qual des Todes. Sie scheinen den Augen der Törichten gestorben, doch sie ruhen in Frieden.

Hungarian translation Az igazak lelkei Isten kezében vannak, s a halál kínja nem éri őket. Úgy látszott a balgák szemében, hogy meghaltak, ők azonban békességben vannak.

Esperanto translation La animoj de la justuloj estas en la mano de Dio kaj turmento nepre ne tuŝos ilin. Al la stultuloj ŝajnas ke ili mortis, sed ili estas en paco. Translation by Ludvik Zamenhof External links add links here