Feria Quarta Hebdomadæ Sanctæ

Psalmus 50

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

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.

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

Psalmus 64

I received * injuries and terrors from them: but the Lord is with me as a strong warrior.

A hymn, O God, becometh thee in Sion: * and a vow shall be paid to thee in Jerusalem.

2. Exáudi oratiónem meam: * ad te omnis caro véniet.

O hear my prayer: * all flesh shall come to thee.

3. Verba iniquórum prævaluérunt super nos: * et impietátibus nostris tu propitiáberis.

The words of the wicked have prevailed over us: * and thou wilt pardon our transgressions.

4. Beátus quem elegísti et assumpsísti: * inhabitábit in átriis tuis.

Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken to thee: * he shall dwell in thy courts.

5. Replébimur in bonis domus tuæ, sanctum est templum tuum: * mirábile in æquitáte.

We shall be filled with the good things of thy house; holy is thy temple, * wonderful in justice.

6. Exáudi nos, Deus salutáris noster: * spes ómnium fínium terræ et in mari longe.

Hear us, O God our saviour, * who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and in the sea afar off.

7. Prǽparans montes in virtúte tua, accínctus poténtia: * qui contúrbas profúndum maris sonum flúctuum ejus.

Thou who preparest the mountains by thy strength, being girded with power: * who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves.

8. Turbabúntur Gentes, et timébunt qui hábitant términos a signis tuis: * éxitus matutíni, et véspere delectábis.

The Gentiles shall be troubled, and they that dwell in the uttermost borders shall be afraid at thy signs: * thou shalt make the outgoings of the morning and of the evening to be joyful.

9. Visitásti terram, et inebriásti eam: * multiplicásti locupletáre eam.

Thou hast visited the earth, and hast plentifully watered it; * thou hast many ways enriched it.

10. Flumen Dei replétum est aquis; parásti cibum illórum: * quóniam ita est præparátio ejus.

The river of God is filled with water, thou hast prepared their food; * for so is its preparation.

11. Rivos ejus inébria multíplica genímina ejus: * in stillicídiis ejus lætábitur gérminans.

Fill up plentifully the streams thereof, multiply its fruits; * it shall spring up and rejoice in its showers.

12. Benedíces corónæ anni benignitátis tuæ: * et campi tui replebúntur ubertáte.

Thou shalt bless the crown of the year of thy goodness: * and thy fields shall be filled with plenty.

13. Pinguéscent speciósa desérti: * et exsultatióne colles accingéntur.

The beautiful places of the wilderness shall grow fat: * and the hills shall be girded about with joy.

14. Indúti sunt aríetes óvium et valles abundábunt fruménto: * clamábunt, étenim hymnum dicent.

The rams of the flock are clothed, and the vales shall abound with corn: * they shall shout, yea they shall sing a hymn.

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

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

16. 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.

I received * injuries and terrors from them: but the Lord is with me as a strong warrior.

Psalmus 100

But thou, O Lord, * knowest all their plans to put me to death.

Mercy and judgment * I will sing to thee, O Lord:

2. Psallam, et intélligam in via immaculáta, * quando vénies ad me.

I will sing, and I will understand in the unspotted way, * when thou shalt come to me.

3. Perambulábam in innocéntia cordis mei: * in médio domus meæ.

I walked in the innocence of my heart, * in the midst of my house.

4. Non proponébam ante óculos meos rem injústam: * faciéntes prævaricatiónes odívi.

I did not set before my eyes any unjust thing: * I hated the workers of iniquities.

5. Non adhǽsit mihi cor pravum: * declinántem a me malígnum non cognoscébam.

The perverse heart did not cleave to me: * and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.

6. Detrahéntem secréto próximo suo, * hunc persequébar.

The man that in private detracted his neighbour, * him did I persecute.

7. Supérbo óculo, et insatiábili corde, * cum hoc non edébam.

With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, * I would not eat.

8. Oculi mei ad fidéles terræ ut sédeant mecum: * ámbulans in via immaculáta, hic mihi ministrábat.

My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: * the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me.

9. Non habitábit in médio domus meæ, qui facit supérbiam: * qui lóquitur iníqua, non diréxit in conspéctu oculórum meórum.

He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: * he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.

10. In matutíno interficiébam omnes peccatóres terræ: * ut dispérderem de civitáte Dómini omnes operántes iniquitátem.

In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: * that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.

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

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

12. 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.

But thou, O Lord, * knowest all their plans to put me to death.

Canticum: Canticum Annæ [4]

All my enemies have heard of my evil, * they have rejoiced that thou, O Lord, hast done it.

My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, * and my horn is exalted in my God:

2. Dilatátum est os meum super inimícos meos: * quia lætáta sum in salutári tuo.

My mouth is enlarged over my enemies: * because I have joyed in thy salvation.

3. Non est sanctus, ut est Dóminus: † neque enim est álius extra te, * et non est fortis sicut Deus noster.

There is none holy as the Lord is: for there is no other beside thee, * and there is none strong like our God.

4. Nolíte multiplicáre loqui sublímia, * gloriántes:

Do not multiply to speak lofty things, * boasting:

5. Recédant vétera de ore vestro: † quia Deus scientiárum, Dóminus est, * et ipsi præparántur cogitatiónes.

Let old matters depart from your mouth: for the Lord is a God of all knowledge, * and to him are thoughts prepared.

6. Arcus fórtium superátus est, * et infírmi accíncti sunt róbore.

The bow of the mighty is overcome, * and the weak are girt with strength.

7. Repléti prius, pro pánibus se locavérunt: * et famélici saturáti sunt.

They that were full before have hired out themselves for bread: * and the hungry are filled,

8. Donec stérilis péperit plúrimos: * et quæ multos habébat fílios, infirmáta est.

So that the barren hath borne many: * and she that had many children is weakened.

9. Dóminus mortíficat et vivíficat, * dedúcit ad ínferos et redúcit.

The Lord killeth and maketh alive, * he bringeth down to hell and bringeth back again.

10. Dóminus páuperem facit et ditat, * humíliat et súblevat.

The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, * he humbleth and he exalteth.

11. Súscitat de púlvere egénum, * et de stércore élevat páuperem:

He raiseth up the needy from the dust, * and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill:

12. Ut sédeat cum princípibus, * et sólium glóriæ téneat.

That he may sit with princes, * and hold the throne of glory.

13. Dómini enim sunt cárdines terræ, * et pósuit super eos orbem.

For the poles of the earth are the Lord’s, * and upon them he hath set the world.

14. Pedes sanctórum suórum servábit, † et ímpii in ténebris conticéscent: * quia non in fortitúdine sua roborábitur vir.

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness, * because no man shall prevail by his own strength.

15. Dóminum formidábunt adversárii ejus: * et super ipsos in cælis tonábit:

The adversaries of the Lord shall fear him: * and upon them shall he thunder in the heavens.

16. Dóminus judicábit fines terræ, † et dabit impérium regi suo, * et sublimábit cornu Christi sui.

The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth, and he shall give empire to his king, * and shall exalt the horn of his Christ.

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

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

18. 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.

All my enemies have heard of my evil, * they have rejoiced that thou, O Lord, hast done it.

Psalmus 145

The Lord helpeth them * to right that suffer wrong, but as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down.

Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: * I will sing to my God as long as I shall be.

2. Nolíte confídere in princípibus: * in fíliis hóminum, in quibus non est salus.

Put not your trust in princes: * in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.

3. Exíbit spíritus ejus, et revertétur in terram suam: * in illa die períbunt omnes cogitatiónes eórum.

His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: * in that day all their thoughts shall perish.

4. Beátus, cujus Deus Jacob adjútor ejus, † spes ejus in Dómino Deo ipsíus: * qui fecit cælum et terram, mare et ómnia, quæ in eis sunt.

Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God: * who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.

5. Qui custódit veritátem in sǽculum, † facit judícium injúriam patiéntibus: * dat escam esuriéntibus.

Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: * who giveth food to the hungry.

6. Dóminus solvit compedítos: * Dóminus illúminat cæcos.

The Lord looseth them that are fettered: * the Lord enlighteneth the blind.

7. Dóminus érigit elísos: * Dóminus díligit justos.

The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: * the Lord loveth the just.

8. Dóminus custódit ádvenas, † pupíllum et víduam suscípiet: * et vias peccatórum dispérdet.

The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: * and the ways of sinners he will destroy.

9. Regnábit Dóminus in sǽcula, Deus tuus, Sion, * in generatiónem et generatiónem.

The Lord shall reign for ever: thy God, O Sion, * unto generation and generation.

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

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

11. 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 helpeth them * to right that suffer wrong, but as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down.

Canticum: Canticum Zachariæ

Simon, do you sleep? * Could you not watch one hour with me?

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.

Simon, do you sleep? * Could you not watch one hour with me?

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.