William Byrd - Justorum animae. Worcester Cathedral choir

William Byrd's Justorum animae - a setting of Wisdom 3 1 - 3 for SSATB choir a cappella. For the Offertory in All Saints mass. From 'Cantiones sacræ'.

Worcester Cathedral Choir
Director Donald Hunt.

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

But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,
and no torment will ever touch them.
In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died,
but they are at peace.
Wisdom 3, 1 - 3, NRSV
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