| Lyrics: | Note: the 's' between square brackets is sung, but that is incorrect Latin.
Diligite justitiam,
o judices terrae,
o judices terrae.
Justorum animae
in manu Dei sunt,
et non tanget illos tormentum mortis.
Visi sunt oculis
insapientium mori,
et aestimata est afflictio exi[s]tus illorum
-- illi autem sunt in
pace.
Tyrannus impius non habet spem:
et si quidem longae vitae
erit,
in nihilum computabitur.
Princeps autem justus,
princeps autem
justus,
illi autem sunt in pace
-- in pace.
At peace
Cherish
righteousness,
o judges of the earth,
o judges of the earth.
The souls
of the righteous are in the hands of God,
and the torment of death will not touch
them.
In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die,
and their departure is
taken for misery
-- but they are at peace.
The ungodly ruler has no
hope,
and even if he lives long,
he shall be regarded as nothing.
But the
just prince,
the just prince,
he is at peace
-- at peace |
