Vir erat in terra

General information

Offertory for Pentecost XXI.

• Wilhelm Meyer Lutz SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Jeffrey Quick — Vir erat

Text and translations

Latin text Vir erat in terra Hus nomine Job simplex et rectus ac timens Deum: quem Satan petiit ut tentaret, et data est ei potestas a Domino in facultates, et in carnem ejus: perdiditque omnem substantiam ipsius et filios: carnem quoque ejus gravi ulcere vulneravit.

English translation There was a man in the land of Hus, simple and upright, and fearing God: whom Satan petitioned that he might test, and the Lord gave him power over both [Job’s] capabilities and his flesh: and [Satan] destroyed all his substance and his children: and inflicted his flesh with a grievous ulcer.