Sabbato Quattuor Temporum Quadragesimæ

Psalmus 50

In thy good will, O Lord, * deal favourably with Sion.

Have mercy on me, O God, * according to thy great mercy.

2. Et secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum, * dele iniquitátem meam.

And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies * blot out my iniquity.

3. Amplius lava me ab iniquitáte mea: * et a peccáto meo munda me.

Wash me yet more from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.

4. Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco: * et peccátum meum contra me est semper.

For I know my iniquity, * and my sin is always before me.

5. Tibi soli peccávi, et malum coram te feci: * ut justificéris in sermónibus tuis, et vincas cum judicáris.

To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: * that thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art judged.

6. Ecce enim in iniquitátibus concéptus sum: * et in peccátis concépit me mater mea.

For behold I was conceived in iniquities; * and in sins did my mother conceive me.

7. Ecce enim veritátem dilexísti: * incérta et occúlta sapiéntiæ tuæ manifestásti mihi.

For behold thou hast loved truth: * the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.

8. Aspérges me hyssópo, et mundábor: * lavábis me, et super nivem dealbábor.

Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

9. Audítui meo dabis gáudium et lætítiam: * et exsultábunt ossa humiliáta.

To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: * and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.

10. Avérte fáciem tuam a peccátis meis: * et omnes iniquitátes meas dele.

Turn away thy face from my sins, * and blot out all my iniquities.

11. Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: * et spíritum rectum ínnova in viscéribus meis.

Create a clean heart in me, O God: * and renew a right spirit within my bowels.

12. Ne projícias me a fácie tua: * et spíritum sanctum tuum ne áuferas a me.

Cast me not away from thy face; * and take not thy holy spirit from me.

13. Redde mihi lætítiam salutáris tui: * et spíritu principáli confírma me.

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, * and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.

14. Docébo iníquos vias tuas: * et ímpii ad te converténtur.

I will teach the unjust thy ways: * and the wicked shall be converted to thee.

15. Líbera me de sanguínibus, Deus, Deus salútis meæ: * et exsultábit lingua mea justítiam tuam.

Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: * and my tongue shall extol thy justice.

16. Dómine, lábia mea apéries: * et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: * and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

17. Quóniam si voluísses sacrifícium, dedíssem útique: * holocáustis non delectáberis.

For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: * with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.

18. Sacrifícium Deo spíritus contribulátus: * cor contrítum et humiliátum, Deus, non despícies.

A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: * a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

19. Benígne fac, Dómine, in bona voluntáte tua Sion: * ut ædificéntur muri Jerúsalem.

Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; * that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.

20. Tunc acceptábis sacrifícium justítiæ, oblatiónes, et holocáusta: * tunc impónent super altáre tuum vítulos.

Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: * then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.

21. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

22. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

In thy good will, O Lord, * deal favourably with Sion.

Psalmus 91

The Lord our God is righteous * and there is no iniquity in him.

It is good to give praise to the Lord: * and to sing to thy name, O most High.

2. Ad annuntiándum mane misericórdiam tuam: * et veritátem tuam per noctem.

To shew forth thy mercy in the morning, * and thy truth in the night:

3. In decachórdo, psaltério: * cum cántico, in cíthara.

Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the psaltery: * with a canticle upon the harp.

4. Quia delectásti me, Dómine, in factúra tua: * et in opéribus mánuum tuárum exsultábo.

For thou hast given me, O Lord, a delight in thy doings: * and in the works of thy hands I shall rejoice.

5. Quam magnificáta sunt ópera tua, Dómine! * nimis profúndæ factæ sunt cogitatiónes tuæ.

O Lord, how great are thy works! * thy thoughts are exceeding deep.

6. Vir insípiens non cognóscet: * et stultus non intélliget hæc.

The senseless man shall not know: * nor will the fool understand these things.

7. Cum exórti fúerint peccatóres sicut fenum: * et apparúerint omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem.

When the wicked shall spring up as grass: * and all the workers of iniquity shall appear:

8. Ut intéreant in sǽculum sǽculi: * tu autem Altíssimus in ætérnum, Dómine.

That they may perish for ever and ever: * but thou, O Lord, art most high for evermore.

9. Quóniam ecce inimíci tui, Dómine, † quóniam ecce inimíci tui períbunt: * et dispergéntur omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem.

For behold thy enemies, O Lord, for behold thy enemies shall perish: * and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

10. Et exaltábitur sicut unicórnis cornu meum: * et senéctus mea in misericórdia úberi.

But my horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn: * and my old age in plentiful mercy.

11. Et despéxit óculus meus inimícos meos: * et in insurgéntibus in me malignántibus áudiet auris mea.

My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: * and my ear shall hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me.

12. Justus, ut palma florébit: * sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur.

The just shall flourish like the palm tree: * he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.

13. Plantáti in domo Dómini, * in átriis domus Dei nostri florébunt.

They that are planted in the house of the Lord * shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

14. Adhuc multiplicabúntur in senécta úberi: * et bene patiéntes erunt, ut annúntient:

They shall still increase in a fruitful old age: * and shall be well treated, that they may shew,

15. Quóniam rectus Dóminus, Deus noster: * et non est iníquitas in eo.

That the Lord our God is righteous, * and there is no iniquity in him.

16. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

17. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

The Lord our God is righteous * and there is no iniquity in him.

Psalmus 63

Deliver my soul, * O Lord, from the fear of the enemy.

Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: * deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

2. Protexísti me a convéntu malignántium: * a multitúdine operántium iniquitátem.

Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; * from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

3. Quia exacuérunt ut gládium linguas suas: * intendérunt arcum rem amáram, ut sagíttent in occúltis immaculátum.

For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; * they have bent their bow a bitter thing, to shoot in secret the undefiled.

4. Súbito sagittábunt eum, et non timébunt: * firmavérunt sibi sermónem nequam.

They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: * they are resolute in wickedness.

5. Narravérunt ut abscónderent láqueos: * dixérunt: Quis vidébit eos?

They have talked of hiding snares; * they have said: Who shall see them?

6. Scrutáti sunt iniquitátes: * defecérunt scrutántes scrutínio.

They have searched after iniquities: * they have failed in their search.

7. Accédet homo ad cor altum: * et exaltábitur Deus.

Man shall come to a deep heart: * and God shall be exalted.

8. Sagíttæ parvulórum factæ sunt plagæ eórum: * et infirmátæ sunt contra eos linguæ eórum.

The arrows of children are their wounds: * and their tongues against them are made weak.

9. Conturbáti sunt omnes qui vidébant eos: * et tímuit omnis homo.

All that saw them were troubled; * and every man was afraid.

10. Et annuntiavérunt ópera Dei, * et facta ejus intellexérunt.

And they declared the works of God: * and understood his doings.

11. Lætábitur justus in Dómino, et sperábit in eo: * et laudabúntur omnes recti corde.

The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: * and all the upright in heart shall be praised.

12. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

13. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Deliver my soul, * O Lord, from the fear of the enemy.

Canticum: Canticum Moysis [4]

The Lord will judge * his servants, and will have mercy on the people of his land.

Hear, O ye heavens, the things I speak, * let the earth give ear to the words of my mouth.

2. Concréscat ut plúvia doctrína mea, * fluat ut ros elóquium meum.

Let my doctrine gather as the rain, * let my speech distill as the dew,

3. Quasi imber super herbam, et quasi stillæ super grámina. * Quia nomen Dómini invocábo.

As a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass. * Because I will invoke the name of the Lord:

4. Date magnificéntiam Deo nostro. * Dei perfécta sunt ópera, et omnes viæ ejus judícia:

Give ye magnificence to our God. * The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments:

5. Deus fidélis, et absque ulla iniquitáte, justus et rectus. * Peccavérunt ei, et non fílii ejus in sórdibus:

God is faithful and without any iniquity, he is just and right. * They have sinned against him, and are none of his children in their filth:

6. Generátio prava atque pervérsa. * Hǽccine reddis Dómino, pópule stulte et insípiens?

They are a wicked and perverse generation. * Is this the return thou makest to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people?

7. Numquid non ipse est pater tuus, * qui possédit te, et fecit, et creávit te?

Is not he thy father, * that hath possessed thee, and made thee, and created thee?

8. Meménto diérum antiquórum, * cógita generatiónes síngulas:

Remember the days of old, * think upon every generation:

9. Intérroga patrem tuum, et annuntiábit tibi: * majóres tuos, et dicent tibi.

Ask thy father, and he will declare to thee: * thy elders and they will tell thee.

10. Quando dividébat Altíssimus Gentes: * quando separábat fílios Adam.

When the Most High divided the nations: * when he separated the sons of Adam,

11. Constítuit términos populórum * juxta númerum filiórum Israël.

He appointed the bounds of people * according to the number of the children of Israel.

12. Pars autem Dómini, pópulus ejus: * Jacob funículus hereditátis ejus.

But the Lord’s portion is his people: * Jacob the lot of his inheritance.

13. Invénit eum in terra desérta, * in loco horróris et vastæ solitúdinis:

He found him in a desert land, * in a place of horror, and of vast wilderness:

14. Circumdúxit eum, et dócuit: * et custodívit quasi pupíllam óculi sui.

He led him about, and taught him: * and he kept him as the apple of his eye.

15. Sicut áquila próvocans ad volándum pullos suos, * et super eos vólitans,

As the eagle enticing her young to fly, * and hovering over them,

16. Expándit alas suas, et assúmpsit eum, * atque portávit in húmeris suis.

He spread his wings, and hath taken him * and carried him on his shoulders.

17. Dóminus solus dux ejus fuit: * et non erat cum eo deus aliénus.

The Lord alone was his leader: * and there was no strange god with him.

18. Constítuit eum super excélsam terram: * ut coméderet fructus agrórum,

He set him upon high land: * that he might eat the fruits of the fields,

19. Ut súgeret mel de petra, * oleúmque de saxo duríssimo.

That he might suck honey out of the rock, * and oil out of the hardest stone,

20. Butýrum de arménto, et lac de óvibus * cum ádipe agnórum, et aríetum filiórum Basan:

Butter of the herd, and milk of the sheep * with the fat of lambs, and of the rams of the breed of Basan:

21. Et hircos cum medúlla trítici, * et sánguinem uvæ bíberet meracíssimum.

And goats with the marrow of wheat, * and might drink the purest blood of the grape.

22. Incrassátus est diléctus, et recalcitrávit: * incrassátus, impinguátus, dilatátus,

The beloved grew fat, and kicked: * he grew fat, and thick and gross,

23. Derelíquit Deum, factórem suum, * et recéssit a Deo, salutári suo.

He forsook God who made him, * and departed from God his saviour.

24. Provocavérunt eum in diis aliénis, * et in abominatiónibus ad iracúndiam concitavérunt.

They provoked him by strange gods, * and stirred him up to anger, with their abominations.

25. Immolavérunt dæmóniis, et non Deo, * diis, quos ignorábant:

They sacrificed to devils and not to God: * to gods whom they knew not:

26. Novi recentésque venérunt, * quos non coluérunt patres eórum.

That were newly come up, * whom their fathers worshipped not.

27. Deum qui te génuit dereliquísti, * et oblítus es Dómini, creatóris tui.

Thou hast forsaken the God that beget * and hast forgotten the Lord that created thee.

28. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

29. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

The Lord will judge * his servants, and will have mercy on the people of his land.

Psalmus 150

Praise ye the Lord * according to the excellence of his greatness.

Praise ye the Lord in his holy places: * praise ye him in the firmament of his power.

2. Laudáte eum in virtútibus ejus: * laudáte eum secúndum multitúdinem magnitúdinis ejus.

Praise ye him for his mighty acts: * praise ye him according to the multitude of his greatness.

3. Laudáte eum in sono tubæ: * laudáte eum in psaltério, et cíthara.

Praise him with sound of trumpet: * praise him with psaltery and harp.

4. Laudáte eum in týmpano, et choro: * laudáte eum in chordis, et órgano.

Praise him with timbrel and choir: * praise him with strings and organs.

5. Laudáte eum in cýmbalis benesonántibus: † laudáte eum in cýmbalis jubilatiónis: * omnis spíritus laudet Dóminum.

Praise him on high sounding cymbals: praise him on cymbals of joy: * let every spirit praise the Lord.

6. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

7. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Praise ye the Lord * according to the excellence of his greatness.

Canticum: Canticum Zachariæ

Jesus took His disciples, * and went up into a mountain, and was transfigured before them.

Blessed be the Lord + God of Israel; * because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people:

2. Et eréxit cornu salútis nobis: * in domo David, púeri sui.

And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, * in the house of David his servant:

3. Sicut locútus est per os sanctórum, * qui a sǽculo sunt, prophetárum ejus:

As he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, * who are from the beginning:

4. Salútem ex inimícis nostris, * et de manu ómnium, qui odérunt nos.

Salvation from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us:

5. Ad faciéndam misericórdiam cum pátribus nostris: * et memorári testaménti sui sancti.

To perform mercy to our fathers, * and to remember his holy testament,

6. Jusjurándum, quod jurávit ad Abraham patrem nostrum, * datúrum se nobis:

The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, * that he would grant to us,

7. Ut sine timóre, de manu inimicórum nostrórum liberáti, * serviámus illi.

That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, * we may serve him without fear,

8. In sanctitáte, et justítia coram ipso, * ómnibus diébus nostris.

In holiness and justice before him, * all our days.

9. Et tu, puer, Prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis: * præíbis enim ante fáciem Dómini, paráre vias ejus:

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: * for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:

10. Ad dandam sciéntiam salútis plebi ejus: * in remissiónem peccatórum eórum:

To give knowledge of salvation to his people, * unto the remission of their sins:

11. Per víscera misericórdiæ Dei nostri: * in quibus visitávit nos, óriens ex alto:

Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, * in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:

12. Illumináre his, qui in ténebris, et in umbra mortis sedent: * ad dirigéndos pedes nostros in viam pacis.

To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: * to direct our feet into the way of peace.

13. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

14. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Jesus took His disciples, * and went up into a mountain, and was transfigured before them.

Pater

« Pater Noster » dicitur totum secreto.
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: et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem: sed líbera nos a malo. Amen.