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Invitatorium

When you hear the voice of the Lord today * Do not harden your heart.

Hymnus

1. Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle Sing the last, the dread affray; O'er the cross, the victor's trophy, Sound the high triumphal lay: Tell how Christ, the world's Redeemer, As a victim won the day. 2. God, his Maker, sorely grieving That the first-made Adam fell, When he ate the fruit of sorrow, Whose reward was death and hell, Noted then this wood, the ruin Of the ancient wood to quell. 3. For the work of our salvation Needs would have his order so, And the multiform deceiver's Art by art would overthrow, And from thence would bring the med'cine Whence the insult of the foe. 4. Wherefore, when the sacred fullness Of the appointed time was come, This world's Maker left his Father, Sent the heav'nly mansion from, And proceeded, God Incarnate, Of the Virgin's holy womb. 5. Weeps the infant in the manger That in Bethlehem's stable stands; And his limbs the Virgin Mother Doth compose in swaddling bands, Meetly thus in linen folding Of her God the feet and hands. 6. To the Trinity be glory Everlasting, as is meet; Equal to the Father, equal To the Son, and Paraclete: Trinal Unity, whose praises All created things repeat. Amen.

Nocturnus I

Psalmus 44 (2,10)

Thou art beautiful * above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips.

My heart hath uttered a good word; * I speak my works to the King.

  1. Lingua mea cálamus scribæ: * velóciter scribéntis.

    2. My tongue is the pen of a scrivener * that writeth swiftly.

  2. Speciósus forma præ fíliis hóminum, † diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis: * proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.

    3. Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; * therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.

  3. Accíngere gládio tuo super femur tuum, * potentíssime.

    4. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, * O thou most mighty.

  4. Spécie tua et pulchritúdine tua: * inténde, próspere procéde, et regna.

    5. With thy comeliness and thy beauty * set out, proceed prosperously, and reign.

  5. Propter veritátem, et mansuetúdinem, et justítiam: * et dedúcet te mirabíliter déxtera tua.

    6. Because of truth and meekness and justice: * and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.

  6. Sagíttæ tuæ acútæ, pópuli sub te cadent: * in corda inimicórum Regis.

    7. Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, * into the hearts of the king’s enemies.

  7. Sedes tua, Deus, in sǽculum sǽculi: * virga directiónis virga regni tui.

    8. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: * the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.

  8. Dilexísti justítiam, et odísti iniquitátem: * proptérea unxit te, Deus, Deus tuus, óleo lætítiæ præ consórtibus tuis.

    9. Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: * therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

  9. Myrrha, et gutta, et cásia a vestiméntis tuis, a dómibus ebúrneis: * ex quibus delectavérunt te fíliæ regum in honóre tuo.

    10. Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: * out of which the daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory.

  10. Astitit regína a dextris tuis in vestítu deauráto: * circúmdata varietáte.

    11. The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; * surrounded with variety.

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

    12. 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.

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

Thou art beautiful * above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips.

Psalmus 44 (11,18)

Let people confess to thee, * O God, forever.

Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: * and forget thy people and thy father’s house.

  1. Et concupíscet Rex decórem tuum: * quóniam ipse est Dóminus Deus tuus, et adorábunt eum.

    2. And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; * for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.

  2. Et fíliæ Tyri in munéribus * vultum tuum deprecabúntur: omnes dívites plebis.

    3. And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, * yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.

  3. Omnis glória ejus fíliæ Regis ab intus, * in fímbriis áureis circumamícta varietátibus.

    4. All the glory of the king’s daughter is within, * in golden borders, clothed round about with varieties.

  4. Adducéntur Regi vírgines post eam: * próximæ ejus afferéntur tibi.

    5. After her shall virgins be brought to the king: * her neighbours shall be brought to thee.

  5. Afferéntur in lætítia et exsultatióne: * adducéntur in templum Regis.

    6. They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: * they shall be brought into the temple of the king.

  6. Pro pátribus tuis nati sunt tibi fílii: * constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.

    7. Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: * thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

  7. Mémores erunt nóminis tui: * in omni generatióne et generatiónem.

    8. They shall remember thy name * throughout all generations.

  8. Proptérea pópuli confitebúntur tibi in ætérnum: * et in sǽculum sǽculi.

    9. Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, * for ever and ever.

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

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

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

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

Let people confess to thee, * O God, forever.

Psalmus 45

Our God * is our helper in troubles.

Our God is our refuge and strength: * a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.

  1. Proptérea non timébimus dum turbábitur terra: * et transferéntur montes in cor maris.

    2. Therefore we will not fear, when the earth shall be troubled; * and the mountains shall be removed into the heart of the sea.

  2. Sonuérunt, et turbátæ sunt aquæ eórum: * conturbáti sunt montes in fortitúdine ejus.

    3. Their waters roared and were troubled: * the mountains were troubled with his strength.

  3. Flúminis ímpetus lætíficat civitátem Dei: * sanctificávit tabernáculum suum Altíssimus.

    4. The stream of the river maketh the city of God joyful: * the most High hath sanctified his own tabernacle.

  4. Deus in médio ejus, non commovébitur: * adjuvábit eam Deus mane dilúculo.

    5. God is in the midst thereof, it shall not be moved: * God will help it in the morning early.

  5. Conturbátæ sunt Gentes, et inclináta sunt regna: * dedit vocem suam, mota est terra.

    6. Nations were troubled, and kingdoms were bowed down: * he uttered his voice, the earth trembled.

  6. Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Jacob.

    7. The Lord of armies is with us: * the God of Jacob is our protector.

  7. Veníte, et vidéte ópera Dómini, † quæ pósuit prodígia super terram: * áuferens bella usque ad finem terræ.

    8. Come and behold ye the works of the Lord: what wonders he hath done upon earth, * making wars to cease even to the end of the earth.

  8. Arcum cónteret, et confrínget arma: * et scuta combúret igni.

    9. He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: * and the shield he shall burn in the fire.

  9. Vacáte, et vidéte quóniam ego sum Deus: * exaltábor in Géntibus, et exaltábor in terra.

    10. Be still and see that I am God; * I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.

  10. Dóminus virtútum nobíscum: * suscéptor noster Deus Jacob.

    11. The Lord of armies is with us: * the God of Jacob is our protector.

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

    12. 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.

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

Our God * is our helper in troubles.

Psalmus 47

Great is the Lord * and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God. ‡

Quæ non repetitur in Psalmo

Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised * in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

  1. Fundátur exsultatióne univérsæ terræ mons Sion, * látera Aquilónis, cívitas Regis magni.

    2. With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, * on the sides of the north, the city of the great king.

  2. Deus in dómibus ejus cognoscétur: * cum suscípiet eam.

    3. In her houses shall God be known, * when he shall protect her.

  3. Quóniam ecce reges terræ congregáti sunt: * convenérunt in unum.

    4. For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: * they gathered together.

  4. Ipsi vidéntes sic admiráti sunt, † conturbáti sunt, commóti sunt: * tremor apprehéndit eos.

    5. So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved: * trembling took hold of them.

  5. Ibi dolóres ut parturiéntis: * in spíritu veheménti cónteres naves Tharsis.

    6. There were pains as of a woman in labour; * with a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis.

  6. Sicut audívimus, sic vídimus in civitáte Dómini virtútum, † in civitáte Dei nostri: * Deus fundávit eam in ætérnum.

    7. As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: * God hath founded it for ever.

  7. Suscépimus, Deus, misericórdiam tuam, * in médio templi tui.

    8. We have received thy mercy, O God, * in the midst of thy temple.

  8. Secúndum nomen tuum, Deus, † sic et laus tua in fines terræ: * justítia plena est déxtera tua.

    9. According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: * thy right hand is full of justice.

  9. Lætétur mons Sion, et exsúltent fíliæ Judæ: * propter judícia tua, Dómine.

    10. Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad; * because of thy judgments, O Lord.

  10. Circúmdate Sion, et complectímini eam: * narráte in túrribus ejus.

    11. Surround Sion, and encompass her: * tell ye in her towers.

  11. Pónite corda vestra in virtúte ejus: * et distribúite domos ejus, ut enarrétis in progénie áltera.

    12. Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, * that ye may relate it in another generation.

  12. Quóniam hic est Deus, Deus noster in ætérnum et in sǽculum sǽculi: * ipse reget nos in sǽcula.

    13. For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and ever: * he shall rule us for evermore.

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

    14. 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.

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

Great is the Lord * and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God. ‡

Psalmus 48 (2,13)

My mouth shall speak * wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.

Hear these things, all ye nations: * give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

  1. Quique terrígenæ, et fílii hóminum: * simul in unum dives et pauper.

    2. All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: * both rich and poor together.

  2. Os meum loquétur sapiéntiam: * et meditátio cordis mei prudéntiam.

    3. My mouth shall speak wisdom: * and the meditation of my heart understanding

  3. Inclinábo in parábolam aurem meam: * apériam in psaltério propositiónem meam.

    4. I will incline my ear to a parable; * I will open my proposition on the psaltery.

  4. Cur timébo in die mala? * iníquitas calcánei mei circúmdabit me:

    5. Why shall I fear in the evil day? * the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.

  5. Qui confídunt in virtúte sua: * et in multitúdine divitiárum suárum gloriántur.

    6. They that trust in their own strength, * and glory in the multitude of their riches,

  6. Frater non rédimit, rédimet homo: * non dabit Deo placatiónem suam.

    7. No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: * he shall not give to God his ransom,

  7. Et prétium redemptiónis ánimæ suæ: * et laborábit in ætérnum, et vivet adhuc in finem.

    8. Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: * and shall labour for ever, and shall still live unto the end.

  8. Non vidébit intéritum, cum víderit sapiéntes moriéntes: * simul insípiens, et stultus períbunt.

    9. He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: * the senseless and the fool shall perish together:

  9. Et relínquent aliénis divítias suas: * et sepúlcra eórum domus illórum in ætérnum.

    10. And they shall leave their riches to strangers: * and their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever.

  10. Tabernácula eórum in progénie et progénie: * vocavérunt nómina sua in terris suis.

    11. Their dwelling places to all generations: * they have called their lands by their names.

  11. Et homo, cum in honóre esset, non intelléxit: * comparátus est juméntis insipiéntibus, et símilis factus est illis.

    12. And man when he was in honour did not understand; * he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.

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

    13. 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.

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

My mouth shall speak * wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.

Psalmus 48 (14,21)

Be not thou afraid * the things which made him rich, or his glory shall not descend with him to the sepulchre.

This way of theirs is a stumbling block to them: * and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.

  1. Sicut oves in inférno pósiti sunt: * mors depáscet eos.

    2. They are laid in hell like sheep: * death shall feed upon them.

  2. Et dominabúntur eórum justi in matutíno: * et auxílium eórum veteráscet in inférno a glória eórum.

    3. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; * and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.

  3. Verúmtamen Deus rédimet ánimam meam de manu ínferi: * cum accéperit me.

    4. But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, * when he shall receive me.

  4. Ne timúeris, cum dives factus fúerit homo: * et cum multiplicáta fúerit glória domus ejus.

    5. Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, * and when the glory of his house shall be increased.

  5. Quóniam cum interíerit, non sumet ómnia: * neque descéndet cum eo glória ejus.

    6. For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; * nor shall his glory descend with him.

  6. Quia ánima ejus in vita ipsíus benedicétur: * confitébitur tibi cum beneféceris ei.

    7. For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: * and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.

  7. Introíbit usque in progénies patrum suórum: * et usque in ætérnum non vidébit lumen.

    8. He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: * and he shall never see light.

  8. Homo, cum in honóre esset, non intelléxit: * comparátus est juméntis insipiéntibus, et símilis factus est illis.

    9. Man when he was in honour did not understand: * he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.

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

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

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

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

Be not thou afraid * the things which made him rich, or his glory shall not descend with him to the sepulchre.

Psalmus 49 (1,6)

The God of gods, * the Lord hath spoken. ‡

Quæ non repetitur in Psalmo

The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: * and he hath called the earth.

  1. A solis ortu usque ad occásum: * ex Sion spécies decóris ejus.

    2. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof: * out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.

  2. Deus maniféste véniet: * Deus noster et non silébit.

    3. God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, * and shall not keep silence.

  3. Ignis in conspéctu ejus exardéscet: * et in circúitu ejus tempéstas válida.

    4. A fire shall burn before him: * and a mighty tempest shall be round about

  4. Advocábit cælum desúrsum: * et terram discérnere pópulum suum.

    5. He shall call heaven from above, * and the earth, to judge his people.

  5. Congregáte illi sanctos ejus: * qui órdinant testaméntum ejus super sacrifícia.

    6. Gather ye together his saints to him: * who set his covenant before sacrifices.

  6. Et annuntiábunt cæli justítiam ejus: * quóniam Deus judex est.

    7. And the heavens shall declare his justice: * for God is judge.

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

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

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

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

The God of gods, * the Lord hath spoken. ‡

Psalmus 49 (7,15)

Offer to God * the sacrifice of praise.

Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: * I am God, thy God.

  1. Non in sacrifíciis tuis árguam te: * holocáusta autem tua in conspéctu meo sunt semper.

    2. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: * and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.

  2. Non accípiam de domo tua vítulos: * neque de grégibus tuis hircos.

    3. I will not take calves out of thy house: * nor he goats out of thy flocks.

  3. Quóniam meæ sunt omnes feræ silvárum: * juménta in móntibus et boves.

    4. For all the beasts of the woods are mine: * the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.

  4. Cognóvi ómnia volatília cæli: * et pulchritúdo agri mecum est.

    5. I know all the fowls of the air: * and with me is the beauty of the field.

  5. Si esuríero, non dicam tibi: * meus est enim orbis terræ, et plenitúdo ejus.

    6. If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: * for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

  6. Numquid manducábo carnes taurórum? * aut sánguinem hircórum potábo?

    7. Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? * or shall I drink the blood of goats?

  7. Immola Deo sacrifícium laudis: * et redde Altíssimo vota tua.

    8. Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: * and pay thy vows to the most High.

  8. Et ínvoca me in die tribulatiónis: * éruam te, et honorificábis me.

    9. And call upon me in the day of trouble: * I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

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

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

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

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

Offer to God * the sacrifice of praise.

Psalmus 49 (16,23)

Understand these things, * you that forget God.

But to the sinner God hath said: * Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?

  1. Tu vero odísti disciplínam: * et projecísti sermónes meos retrórsum:

    2. Seeing thou hast hated discipline: * and hast cast my words behind thee.

  2. Si vidébas furem, currébas cum eo: * et cum adúlteris portiónem tuam ponébas.

    3. If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: * and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.

  3. Os tuum abundávit malítia: * et lingua tua concinnábat dolos.

    4. Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, * and thy tongue framed deceits.

  4. Sedens advérsus fratrem tuum loquebáris, † et advérsus fílium matris tuæ ponébas scándalum: * hæc fecísti, et tácui.

    5. Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother’s son: * these things hast thou done, and I was silent.

  5. Existimásti, iníque, quod ero tui símilis: * árguam te, et státuam contra fáciem tuam.

    6. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: * but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.

  6. Intellígite hæc, qui obliviscímini Deum: * nequándo rápiat, et non sit qui erípiat.

    7. Understand these things, you that forget God; * lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.

  7. Sacrifícium laudis honorificábit me: * et illic iter, quo osténdam illi salutáre Dei.

    8. The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: * and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.

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

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

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

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

Understand these things, * you that forget God.

Versus

Pater

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.

Absolutio. A vínculis peccatórum nostrórum absólvat nos omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
℟. Amen.
Benedictio:

Ille nos benedícat, qui sine fine vivit et regnat.

Lectio 1
De Ieremía Prophéta
Ier 17:13-18

Exspectátio Israël, Dómine: omnes, qui te derelínquunt, confundéntur: recedéntes a te, in terra scribéntur: quóniam dereliquérunt venam aquárum vivéntium Dóminum. Sana me, Dómine, et sanábor: salvum me fac, et salvus ero: quóniam laus mea tu es. Ecce ipsi dicunt ad me: Ubi est verbum Dómini? véniat. Et ego non sum turbátus, te pastórem sequens: et diem hóminis non desiderávi, tu scis. Quod egréssum est de lábiis meis, rectum in conspéctu tuo fuit. Non sis tu mihi formídini, spes mea tu in die afflictiónis. Confundántur qui me persequúntur, et non confúndar ego: páveant illi, et non páveam ego: induc super eos diem afflictiónis, et dúplici contritióne cóntere eos.

O Lord, the hope of Israel: all that forsake thee shall be confounded: they that depart from thee, shall be written in the earth: because they have forsaken the Lord, the vein of living waters. Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed: save me, and I shall be saved, for thou art my praise. Behold they say to me: Where is the word of the Lord? let it come. And I am not troubled, following thee for my pastor, and I have not desired the day of man, thou knowest. That which went out of my lips, hath been right in thy sight. Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my hope in the day of affliction. Let them be confounded that persecute me, and let not me be confounded: let them be afraid, and let not me be afraid: bring upon them the day of affliction, and with a double destruction, destroy them.

Benedictio:

Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.

Lectio 2
Ier 18:13-18

Quis audívit tália horribília, quæ fecit nimis virgo Israël? Numquid defíciet de petra agri nix Líbani? aut evélli possunt aquæ erumpéntes frígidæ, et defluéntes? Quia oblítus est mei pópulus meus, frustra libántes, et impingéntes in viis suis, in sémitis sǽculi, ut ambulárent per eas in itínere non trito: Ut fíeret terra eórum in desolatiónem, et in síbilum sempitérnum: omnis qui præteríerit per eam obstupéscet, et movébit caput suum. Sicut ventus urens dispérgam eos coram inimíco: dorsum, et non fáciem osténdam eis in die perditiónis eórum. Et dixérunt: Veníte et cogitémus contra Ieremíam cogitatiónes: non enim períbit lex a sacerdóte, neque consílium a sapiénte, nec sermo a prophéta: veníte, et percutiámus eum lingua, et non attendámus ad univérsos sermónes eius.

Therefore thus saith the Lord: Ask among the nations: Who hath heard such horrible things, as the virgin of Israel hath done to excess? Shall the snow of Libanus fail from the rock of the field? or can the cold waters that gush out and run down, be taken away? Because my people have forgotten me, sacrificing in vain, and stumbling in their ways, in ancient paths, to walk by them in a way not trodden: That their land might be given up to desolation, and to a perpetual hissing: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and wag his head. As a burning will I scatter them before the enemy: I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their destruction. And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.

Benedictio:

Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.

Lectio 3
Ier 18:19-23

Atténde, Dómine, ad me, et audi vocem adversariórum meórum. Numquid rédditur pro bono malum, quia fodérunt fóveam ánimæ meæ? Recordáre quod stéterim in conspéctu tuo, ut lóquerer pro eis bonum, et avérterem indignatiónem tuam ab eis. Proptérea da fílios eórum in famem, et deduc eos in manus gládii: fiant uxóres eórum absque líberis, et víduæ: et viri eárum interficiántur morte: iúvenes eórum confodiántur gládio in prǽlio. Audiátur clamor de dómibus eórum: addúces enim super eos latrónem repénte: quia fodérunt fóveam ut cáperent me, et láqueos abscondérunt pédibus meis. Tu autem, Dómine, scis omne consílium eórum advérsum me in mortem: ne propitiéris iniquitáti eórum, et peccátum eórum a fácie tua non deleátur: fiant corruéntes in conspéctu tuo, in témpore furóris tui abútere eis.

Give heed to me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my adversaries. Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, to speak good for them, and turn away thy indignation from them. Therefore deliver up their children to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle. Let a cry be heard out of their houses: for thou shalt bring the robber upon them suddenly: because they have digged a pit to take me, and have hid snares for my feet. But thou, O Lord, knowest all their counsel against me unto death: forgive not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight: let them be overthrown before thy eyes, in the time of thy wrath do thou destroy them.

Reliqua omittuntur, nisi Laudes separandæ sint.

Oratio

Orémus.

Præsta, quǽsumus; omnípotens Deus: † ut, qui nostris excéssibus incessánter afflígimur, per unigéniti Fílii tui passiónem liberémur: †
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

O Almighty God, we beseech Thee that we whose transgressions do unceasingly harm us, may find freedom in the Suffering of Thine Only-begotten Son.
Who with thee liveth and reigneth, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.

Conclusio