Justorum animae [The souls of the righteous] (Wisdom 3:1-3) – William Byrd

Wisdom 3:1-3 [Latin]

¹ Justorum autem animae in manu Dei sunt, et non tanget illos tormentum mortis.

² Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, et aestimata est afflictio exitus illorum,

³ et quod a nobis est iter exterminium; illi autem sunt in pace:

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¹ The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,
    and no torment shall touch them.
² They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead;
    and their passing away was thought an affliction
³     and their going forth from us, utter destruction.
But they are in peace.

Justorum animae, from Gradualia I, no. 31 (1605), composed by William Byrd (1539/40-1623)

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