The souls of the righteous
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General information
Source of text is Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-2,3b,4,5b,7a,8a.
Settings by composers
- Henry Walford Davies SATB divisi with S solo. (vv. 1,3b only)
- James Nares SS
Texts and Translations
English text
1 ...The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.
2 In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,
3b ...but they are in peace.
4 For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality.
5b ..for God ...[hath] found them worthy for himself.
7a And in the ...[day] of (their) visitation they shall shine...
8a They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people...