IV. classis
Commemoratio ad Laudes tantum: Ss. Marii, Marthæ, Audifacis, et Abachum Martyrum
1. Our limbs refreshed with slumber now, And sloth cast off, in prayer we bow; And while we sing thy praises dear, O Father, be thou present here. 2. To thee our earliest morning song, To thee our hearts full powers belong; And thou, O Holy One, prevent Each following action and intent. 3. As shades at morning flee away, And night before the star of day; So each transgression of the night Be purged by thee, celestial Light! 4. Cut off, we pray thee, each offense, And every lust of thought and sense: That by their lips who thee adore Thou mayst be praised forevermore. 5. Grant this, O Father ever One With Christ, thy sole-begotten Son, And Holy Ghost, whom all adore, Reigning and blest forevermore. Amen.
The Lord hath looked down from heaven * upon the children of men.
The fool hath said in his heart: * there is no God.
They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their ways: * there is none that doth good, no not one.
The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, * to see if there be any that understand and seek God.
They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: * there is none that doth good: no not one.
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they acted deceitfully: * the poison of asps is under their lips.
Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; * their feet are swift to shed blood.
Destruction and unhappiness in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: * there is no fear of God before their eyes.
Shall not all they know that work iniquity, * who devour my people as they eat bread?
They have not called upon the Lord: * there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.
For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man; * but the Lord is his hope.
Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? * when the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The Lord hath looked down from heaven * upon the children of men.
He who worketh justice * may rest on thy holy mountain, O Lord.
Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? * or who shall rest in thy holy hill?
He that walketh without blemish, * and worketh justice:
He that speaketh truth in his heart, * who hath not used deceit in his tongue:
Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: * nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.
In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: * but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord:
He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not; * He that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent:
He that doth these things, * shall not be moved for ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
He who worketh justice * may rest on thy holy mountain, O Lord.
O Lord, incline * thy ear to me, and hear my voice, my Lord.
Hear, O Lord, my justice: * attend to my supplication.
Give ear unto my prayer, * which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.
Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: * let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.
Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, * thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.
That my mouth may not speak the works of men: * for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.
Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: * that my footsteps be not moved.
I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: * O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.
Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; * thou who savest them that trust in thee.
From them that resist thy right hand keep me, * as the apple of thy eye.
Protect me under the shadow of thy wings. * from the face of the wicked who have afflicted me.
My enemies have surrounded my soul: They have shut up their fat: * their mouth hath spoken proudly.
They have cast me forth, and now they have surrounded me: * they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.
They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; * and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.
Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; * deliver my soul from the wicked one; thy sword from the enemies of thy hand.
O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: * their belly is filled from thy hidden stores.
They are full of children: * and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.
But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: * I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
O Lord, incline * thy ear to me, and hear my voice, my Lord.
I will love thee, * O Lord, who art my strength.
I will love thee, O Lord, my strength: * The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer.
My God is my helper, * and in him will I put my trust.
My protector, and the horn of my salvation, * and my support.
Praising, I will call upon the Lord: * and I shall be saved from my enemies.
The sorrows of death surrounded me: * and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
The sorrows of hell encompassed me: * and the snares of death prevented me.
In my affliction I called upon the Lord, * and I cried to my God:
And he heard my voice from his holy temple: * and my cry before him came into his ears.
The earth shook and trembled: * the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: * coals were kindled by it.
He bowed the heavens, and came down, * and darkness was under his feet.
And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; * he flew upon the wings of the winds.
And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: * dark waters in the clouds of the air.
At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, * hail and coals of fire.
And the Lord thundered from heaven, * and the Highest gave his voice: * hail and coals of fire.
And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: * he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
Then the fountains of waters appeared, * and the foundations of the world were discovered:
At thy rebuke, O Lord, * at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
I will love thee, * O Lord, who art my strength.
The Lord will reward me * according to my justice.
He sent from on high, and took me: * and received me out of many waters.
He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: * for they were too strong for me.
They prevented me in the day of my affliction: * and the Lord became my protector.
And he brought me forth into a large place: * he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; * and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; * and have not done wickedly against my God.
For all his judgments are in my sight: * and his justices I have not put away from me.
And I shall be spotless with him: * and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: * and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
With the holy thou wilt be holy; * and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent:
And with the elect thou wilt be elect: * and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
For thou wilt save the humble people; * but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: * O my God, enlighten my darkness.
For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; * and through my God I shall go over a wall.
As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire-tried: * he is the protector of all that trust in him.
For who is God but the Lord? * or who is God but our God?
God, who hath girt me with strength; * and made my way blameless.
Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: * and who setteth me upon high places.
Who teacheth my hands to war: * and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The Lord will reward me * according to my justice.
The Lord liveth, * and blessed be my God, my salvation.
Thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: * and thy right hand hath held me up:
And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: * and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; * and my feet are not weakened.
I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: * and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: * they shall fall under my feet.
And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; * and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.
And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, * and hast destroyed them that hated me.
They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: * but he heard them not.
And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; * I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.
Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people; * thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
A people which I knew not, hath served me: * at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
The children that are strangers have lied to me, * strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, * and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, * my deliverer from my enraged enemies.
And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: * from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, * and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David, his anointed: * and to his seed for ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The Lord liveth, * and blessed be my God, my salvation.
May the Lord hear * thee in the day of tribulation. ‡
Quæ non repetitur in Psalmo
May the Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation: * may the name of the God of Jacob protect thee.
May he send thee help from the sanctuary: * and defend thee out of Sion.
May he be mindful of all thy sacrifices: * and may thy whole burnt offering be made fat.
May he give thee according to thy own heart; * and confirm all thy counsels.
We will rejoice in thy salvation; * and in the name of our God we shall be exalted.
The Lord fulfil all thy petitions: * now have I known that the Lord hath saved his anointed.
He will hear him from his holy heaven: * the salvation of his right hand is in powers.
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: * but we will call upon the name of the Lord, our God.
They are bound, and have fallen: * but we are risen, and are set upright.
O Lord, save the king: * and hear us in the day that we shall call upon thee.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
May the Lord hear * thee in the day of tribulation. ‡
The king rejoices * in Thy strength, O Lord. ‡
Quæ non repetitur in Psalmo
The king rejoices in thy strength, O Lord; * and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire: * and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.
For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: * thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.
He asked life of thee: * and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.
His glory is great in thy salvation: * glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.
For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: * thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.
For the king hopeth in the Lord: * and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: * let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.
Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, * in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: * and their seed from among the children of men.
For they have intended evils against thee: * they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.
For thou shalt make them turn their back: * in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face.
Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: * we will sing and praise thy power.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The king rejoices * in Thy strength, O Lord. ‡
I will extol thee, * O Lord, for thou hast upheld me. ‡
Quæ non repetitur in Psalmo
I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: * and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.
O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, * and thou hast healed me.
Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: * thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.
Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: * and give praise to the memory of his holiness.
For wrath is in his indignation; * and life in his good will.
In the evening weeping shall have place, * and in the morning gladness.
And in my abundance I said: * I shall never be moved.
O Lord, in thy favour, * thou gavest strength to my beauty.
Thou turnedst away thy face from me, * and I became troubled.
To thee, O Lord, will I cry: * and I will make supplication to my God.
What profit is there in my blood, * whilst I go down to corruption?
Shall dust confess to thee, * or declare thy truth?
The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: * the Lord became my helper.
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: * thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:
To the end that my glory may sing to thee, and I may not regret: * O Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
I will extol thee, * O Lord, for thou hast upheld me. ‡
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:
Benedictióne perpétua benedícat nos Pater ætérnus.
Incípimus íterum nosmetípsos commendáre? aut numquid egémus (sicut quidam) commendatítiis epístolis ad vos, aut ex vobis? Epístola nostra vos estis, scripta in córdibus nostris, quæ scitur, et legitur ab ómnibus homínibus: Manifestáti quod epístola estis Christi, ministráta a nobis, et scripta non atraménto, sed Spíritu Dei vivi: non in tábulis lapídeis, sed in tábulis cordis carnálibus.
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you? You are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men: Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in the fleshly tables of the heart.
Unigénitus Dei Fílius nos benedícere et adiuváre dignétur.
Fidúciam autem talem habémus per Christum ad Deum: Non quod sufficiéntes simus cogitáre áliquid a nobis, quasi ex nobis: sed sufficiéntia nostra ex Deo est: Qui et idóneos nos fecit minístros novi Testaménti, non líttera, sed Spíritu: líttera enim occídit, Spíritus autem vivíficat. Quod si ministrátio mortis lítteris deformáta in lapídibus, fuit in glória, ita ut non possent inténdere fílii Israël in fáciem Móysi propter glóriam vultus eius, quæ evacuátur: Quómodo non magis ministrátio Spíritus erit in glória?
And such confidence we have, through Christ, towards God. Not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God. Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the letter, but in the spirit. For the letter killeth, but the spirit quickeneth. Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious; so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which is made void: How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory?
Spíritus Sancti grátia illúminet sensus et corda nostra.
Nam si ministrátio damnatiónis glória est: multo magis abúndat ministérium iustítiæ in glória. Nam nec glorificátum est, quod cláruit in hac parte, propter excelléntem glóriam. Si enim quod evacuátur, per glóriam est: multo magis quod manet, in glória est. Habéntes ígitur talem spem, multa fidúcia útimur: Et non sicut Móyses ponébat velámen super fáciem suam, ut non inténderent fílii Israël in fáciem eius, quod evacuátur, Sed obtúsi sunt sensus eórum. Usque in hodiérnum enim diem idípsum velámen in lectióne véteris Testaménti manet non revelátum, quóniam in Christo evacuátur.
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory. For even that which was glorious in this part was not glorified, by reason of the glory that excelleth. For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is in glory. Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence: And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made void. But their senses were made dull. For, until this present day, the selfsame veil, in the reading of the old testament, remaineth not taken away (because in Christ it is made void).
Orémus.
Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui cæléstia simul et terréna moderáris: † supplicatiónes pópuli tui cleménter exáudi; * et pacem tuam nostris concéde tempóribus.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: † qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Almighty and eternal God, as thou govern all things in heaven and on earth; in thy mercy hear the supplication of thy people, and grant thy peace in our times.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.