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Feria Quinta in Cena Domini

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Nocturnus I

Psalmus 68

Deus meus, éripe me de manu peccatóris.

Save me, O God: * for the waters are come in even unto my soul.

  1. Infíxus sum in limo profúndi: * et non est substántia.
  2. I stick fast in the mire of the deep: * and there is no sure standing.

  3. Veni in altitúdinem maris: * et tempéstas demérsit me.
  4. I am come into the depth of the sea: * and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.

  5. Laborávi clamans, raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ: * defecérunt óculi mei, dum spero in Deum meum.
  6. I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: * my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.

  7. Multiplicáti sunt super capíllos cápitis mei, * qui odérunt me gratis.
  8. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, * who hate me without cause.

  9. Confortáti sunt qui persecúti sunt me inimíci mei injúste: * quæ non rápui, tunc exsolbam.
  10. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: * then did I pay that which I took not away.

  11. Deus, tu scis insipiéntiam meam: * et delícta mea a te non sunt abscóndita.
  12. O God, thou knowest my foolishness; * and my offences are not hidden from thee.

  13. Non erubéscant in me qui exspéctant te, mine, * Dómine virtum
  14. Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, * the Lord of hosts.

  15. Non confundántur super me * qui quærunt te, Deus Israël.
  16. Let them not be confounded on my account, * who seek thee, O God of Israel.

  17. Quóniam propter te sustínui oppróbrium: * opéruit confúsio fáciem meam.
  18. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; * shame hath covered my face.

  19. Extráneus factus sum frátribus meis, * et peregrínus fíliis matris meæ.
  20. I am become a stranger to my brethren, * and an alien to the sons of my mother.

  21. Quóniam zelus domus tuæ comédit me: * et oppróbria exprobrántium tibi cecidérunt super me.
  22. For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: * and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

  23. Et opérui in jejúnio ánimam meam: * et factum est in oppróbrium mihi.
  24. And I covered my soul in fasting: * and it was made a reproach to me.

  25. Et pósui vestiméntum meum cicium: * et factus sum illis in pabolam.
  26. And I made haircloth my garment: * and I became a byword to them.

  27. Advérsum me loquebántur, qui sedébant in porta: * et in me psallébant qui bibébant vinum.
  28. They that sat in the gate spoke against me: * and they that drank wine made me their song.

  29. Ego vero oratiónem meam ad te, mine: * tempus benepláciti, Deus.
  30. But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; * for the time of thy good pleasure, O God.

  31. In multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ exáudi me, * in veritáte salútis tuæ:
  32. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, * in the truth of thy salvation.

  33. Eripe me de luto, ut non ingar: * líbera me ab iis, qui odérunt me, et de profúndis aquárum.
  34. Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: * deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

  35. Non me demérgat tempéstas aquæ, neque absórbeat me profúndum: * neque úrgeat super me púteus os suum.
  36. Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: * and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

  37. Exáudi me, Dómine, quóniam benígna est misericórdia tua: * secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum réspice in me.
  38. Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; * look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

  39. Et ne avértas fáciem tuam a púero tuo: * quóniam tríbulor, velóciter exáudi me.
  40. And turn not away thy face from thy servant: * for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.

  41. Inténde ánimæ meæ, et líbera eam: * propter inimícos meos éripe me.
  42. Attend to my soul, and deliver it: * save me because of my enemies.

  43. Tu scis impropérium meum, et confusiónem meam, * et reveréntiam meam.
  44. Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, * and my shame.

  45. In conspéctu tuo sunt omnes qui tríbulant me: * impropérium exspectávit cor meum, et miriam.
  46. In thy sight are all they that afflict me; * my heart hath expected reproach and misery.

  47. Et sustínui qui simul contristarétur, et non fuit: * et qui consolarétur, et non inni.
  48. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, * but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.

  49. Et dedérunt in escam meam fel: * et in siti mea potavérunt me ato.
  50. And they gave me gall for my food, * and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

  51. Fiat mensa eórum coram ipsis in queum, * et in retributiónes, et in scándalum.
  52. Let their table become as a snare before them, * and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.

  53. Obscuréntur óculi eórum ne deant: * et dorsum eórum semper incúrva.
  54. Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; * and their back bend thou down always.

  55. Effúnde super eos iram tuam: * et furor iræ tuæ comprehéndat eos.
  56. Pour out thy indignation upon them: * and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

  57. Fiat habitátio eórum desérta: * et in tabernáculis eórum non sit qui inbitet.
  58. Let their habitation be made desolate: * and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.

  59. Quóniam quem tu percussísti, perseti sunt: * et super dolórem vúlnerum meórum addirunt.
  60. Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; * and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

  61. Appóne iniquitátem super iniquitátem eórum: * et non intrent in justítiam tuam.
  62. Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: * and let them not come into thy justice.

  63. Deleántur de libro vivéntium: * et cum justis non scribántur.
  64. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; * and with the just let them not be written.

  65. Ego sum pauper et dolens: * salus tua, Deus, suscépit me.
  66. I am poor and sorrowful: * thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.

  67. Laudábo nomen Dei cum cántico: * et magnificábo eum in laude:
  68. I will praise the name of God with a canticle: * and I will magnify him with praise.

  69. Et placébit Deo super vítulum novéllum: * córnua producéntem et úngulas.
  70. And it shall please God better than a young calf, * that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.

  71. Vídeant páuperes et læténtur: * quǽrite Deum, et vivet ánima vestra.
  72. Let the poor see and rejoice: * seek ye God, and your soul shall live.

  73. Quóniam exaudívit páuperes minus: * et vinctos suos non despéxit.
  74. For the Lord hath heard the poor: * and hath not despised his prisoners.

  75. Laudent illum cæli et terra, * mare et ómnia reptília in eis.
  76. Let the heavens and the earth praise him; * the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.

  77. Quóniam Deus salvam fáciet Sion: * et ædificabúntur civitátes Juda.
  78. For God will save Sion, * and the cities of Juda shall be built up.

  79. Et inhabitábunt ibi, * et hereditáte acquírent eam.
  80. And they shall dwell there, * and acquire it by inheritance.

  81. Et semen servórum ejus possidébit eam: * et qui díligunt nomen ejus, habitábunt in ea.
  82. And the seed of his servants shall possess it; * and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

Deus meus, éripe me de manu peccatóris.

Psalmus 69

Let them be turned backward * and put to confusion that desire my hurt.

O God, come to my assistance; * O Lord, make haste to help me.

  1. Confundántur et revereántur, * qui quærunt ánimam meam.
  2. Let them be confounded and ashamed * that seek my soul:

  3. Avertántur retrórsum, et erubéscant, * qui volunt mihi mala.
  4. Let them be turned backward, and blush for shame * that desire evils to me:

  5. Avertántur statim erubescéntes, * qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge.
  6. Let them be presently turned away blushing for shame * that say to me: ’T is well, ’t is well.

  7. Exsúltent et læténtur in te omnes qui quærunt te, * et dicant semper: Magnificétur Dóminus: qui díligunt salutáre tuum.
  8. Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; * and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified.

  9. Ego vero egénus, et pauper sum: * Deus, ádjuva me.
  10. But I am needy and poor; * O God, help me.

  11. Adjútor meus, et liberátor meus es tu: * Dómine, ne moris.
  12. Thou art my helper and my deliverer: * O Lord, make no delay.

Let them be turned backward * and put to confusion that desire my hurt.

Psalmus 70

Deliver me, my God, * out of the hand of the wicked.

In thee, O Lord, I have hoped, let me never be put to confusion: * deliver me in thy justice, and rescue me.

  1. Inclína ad me aurem tuam, * et salva me.
  2. Incline thy ear unto me, * and save me.

  3. Esto mihi in Deum protectórem, et in locum mutum: * ut salvum me cias.
  4. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a place of strength: * that thou mayst make me safe.

  5. Quóniam firmaméntum meum, * et refúgium meum es tu.
  6. For thou art my firmament * and my refuge.

  7. Deus meus, éripe me de manu peccaris, * et de manu contra legem agéntis et iníqui:
  8. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the sinner, * and out of the hand of the transgressor of the law and of the unjust.

  9. Quóniam tu es patiéntia mea, mine: * Dómine, spes mea a juventúte mea.
  10. For thou art my patience, O Lord: * my hope, O Lord, from my youth.

  11. In te confirmátus sum ex útero: * de ventre matris meæ tu es protéctor meus.
  12. By thee have I been confirmed from the womb: * from my mother’s womb thou art my protector.

  13. In te cantátio mea semper: tamquam prodígium factus sum multis: * et tu adjútor fortis.
  14. Of thee shall I continually sing: * I am become unto many as a wonder, but thou art a strong helper.

  15. Repleátur os meum laude, ut cantem glóriam tuam: * tota die magnitúdinem tuam.
  16. Let my mouth be filled with praise, that I may sing thy glory; * thy greatness all the day long.

  17. Ne projícias me in témpore senectis: * cum defécerit virtus mea, ne derelínquas me.
  18. Cast me not off in the time of old age: * when my strength shall fail, do not thou forsake me.

  19. Quia dixérunt inimíci mei mihi: * et qui custodiébant ánimam meam, consílium fecérunt in unum.
  20. For my enemies have spoken against me; * and they that watched my soul have consulted together,

  21. Dicéntes: Deus derelíquit eum, persequímini, et comprehéndite eum: * quia non est qui epiat.
  22. Saying: God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, * for there is none to deliver him.

  23. Deus ne elongéris a me: * Deus meus, in auxílium meum spice.
  24. O God, be not thou far from me: * O my God, make haste to my help.

  25. Confundántur, et defíciant detrahéntes ánimæ meæ: * operiántur confusióne et pudóre, qui quærunt mala mihi.
  26. Let them be confounded and come to nothing that detract my soul; * let them be covered with confusion and shame that seek my hurt.

  27. Ego autem semper spebo: * et adjíciam super omnem laudem tuam.
  28. But I will always hope; * and will add to all thy praise.

  29. Os meum annuntiábit justítiam tuam: * tota die salutáre tuum.
  30. My mouth shall shew forth thy justice; * thy salvation all the day long.

  31. Quóniam non cognóvi litteratúram, introíbo in poténtias mini: * Dómine, memorábor justítiæ tuæ sous.
  32. Because I have not known learning, I will enter into the powers of the Lord: * O Lord, I will be mindful of thy justice alone.

  33. Deus, docuísti me a juventúte mea: * et usque nunc pronuntiábo mirabília tua.
  34. Thou hast taught me, O God, from my youth: * and till now I will declare thy wonderful works.

  35. Et usque in senéctam et nium: * Deus, ne derelínquas me,
  36. And unto old age and grey hairs: * O God, forsake me not,

  37. Donec annúntiem bráchium tuum * generatióni omni, quæ venra est:
  38. Until I shew forth thy arm * to all the generation that is to come:

  39. Poténtiam tuam, et justítiam tuam, Deus, usque in altíssima, quæ fecísti magnália: * Deus, quis símilis tibi?
  40. Thy power, and thy justice, O God, even to the highest great things thou hast done: * O God, who is like to thee?

  41. Quantas ostendísti mihi tribulatiónes multas et malas: et convérsus vivificásti me: * et de abýssis terræ íterum reduxísti me:
  42. How great troubles hast thou shewn me, many and grievous: and turning thou hast brought me to life, * and hast brought me back again from the depths of the earth:

  43. Multiplicásti magnificéntiam tuam: * et convérsus consolátus es me.
  44. Thou hast multiplied thy magnificence; * and turning to me thou hast comforted me.

  45. Nam et ego confitébor tibi in vasis psalmi veritátem tuam: * Deus, psallam tibi in cíthara, Sanctus Israël.
  46. For I will also confess to thee thy truth with the instruments of psaltery: * O God, I will sing to thee with the harp,

  47. Exsultábunt lábia mea cum cantávero tibi: * et ánima mea, quam redemísti.
  48. My lips shall greatly rejoice, when I shall sing to thee; * and my soul which thou hast redeemed.

  49. Sed et lingua mea tota die meditábitur justítiam tuam: * cum confúsi et revériti fúerint, qui quærunt mala mihi.
  50. Yea and my tongue shall meditate on thy justice all the day; * when they shall be confounded and put to shame that seek evils to me.

Deliver me, my God, * out of the hand of the wicked.

Versus

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.

Lectio 1
Incipit Lamentátio Ieremíæ Prophétæ
Lam 1:1-5
Lectio 2
Lam 1:6-9
Lectio 3
Lam 1:10-14

Nocturnus II

Psalmus 71

The Lord shall deliver * the needy from the strong: the poor also, that hath no helper.

Give to the king thy judgment, O God: * and to the king’s son thy justice:

  1. Judicáre pópulum tuum in justia, * et páuperes tuos in jucio.
  2. To judge thy people with justice, * and thy poor with judgment.

  3. Suscípiant montes pacem pulo: * et colles justiam.
  4. Let the mountains receive peace for the people: * and the hills justice.

  5. Judicábit páuperes pópuli, et salvos fáciet lios páuperum: * et humiliábit calumniarem.
  6. He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: * and he shall humble the oppressor.

  7. Et permanébit cum sole, et ante lunam, * in generatióne et generatiónem.
  8. And he shall continue with the sun, and before the moon, * throughout all generations.

  9. Descéndet sicut plúvia in vellus: * et sicut stillicídia stillántia super terram.
  10. He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; * and as showers falling gently upon the earth.

  11. Oriétur in diébus ejus justítia, et abundántia pacis: * donec aufetur luna.
  12. In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace, * till the moon be taken away.

  13. Et dominábitur a mari usque ad mare: * et a flúmine usque ad términos orbis terrum.
  14. And he shall rule from sea to sea, * and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

  15. Coram illo prócident Æthíopes: * et inimíci ejus terram lingent.
  16. Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down: * and his enemies shall lick the ground.

  17. Reges Tharsis, et ínsulæ nera ófferent: * reges Arabum et Saba dona adcent.
  18. The kings of Tharsis and the islands shall offer presents: * the kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts:

  19. Et adorábunt eum omnes reges terræ: * omnes Gentes sérvient ei:
  20. And all kings of the earth shall adore him: * all nations shall serve him.

  21. Quia liberábit páuperem a poténte: * et páuperem, cui non erat adtor.
  22. For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: * and the needy that had no helper.

  23. Parcet páuperi et ínopi: * et ánimas páuperum salvas ciet.
  24. He shall spare the poor and needy: * and he shall save the souls of the poor.

  25. Ex usúris et iniquitáte rédimet ánimas eórum: * et honorábile nomen eórum coram illo.
  26. He shall redeem their souls from usuries and iniquity: * and their names shall be honourable in his sight.

  27. Et vivet, et dábitur ei de auro Arábiæ, et adorábunt de ipso semper: * tota die benecent ei.
  28. And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Arabia, for him they shall always adore: * they shall bless him all the day.

  29. Et erit firmaméntum in terra in summis móntium, superextollétur super Líbanum fructus ejus: * et florébunt de civitáte sicut fenum terræ.
  30. And there shall be a firmament on the earth on the tops of mountains, above Libanus shall the fruit thereof be exalted: * and they of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth.

  31. Sit nomen ejus benedíctum in cula: * ante solem pérmanet nomen ejus.
  32. Let his name be blessed for evermore: * his name continueth before the sun.

  33. Et benedicéntur in ipso omnes tribus terræ: * omnes Gentes magnifibunt eum.
  34. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: * all nations shall magnify him.

  35. Benedíctus Dóminus, Deus Israël, * qui facit miralia solus.
  36. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, * who alone doth wonderful things.

  37. Et benedíctum nomen majestátis ejus in ætérnum: * et replébitur majestáte ejus omnis terra: fiat, fiat.
  38. And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever: * and the whole earth shall be filled with his majesty. So be it. So be it.

The Lord shall deliver * the needy from the strong: the poor also, that hath no helper.

Psalmus 72

The ungodly think * and speak wickedness: they speak loftily concerning oppression.

How good is God to Israel, * to them that are of a right heart!

  1. Mei autem pene moti sunt pedes: * pene effúsi sunt gressus mei.
  2. But my feet were almost moved; * my steps had wellnigh slipped.

  3. Quia zelávi super iníquos, * pacem peccatórum videns.
  4. Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, * seeing the prosperity of sinners.

  5. Quia non est respéctus morti eórum: * et firmaméntum in plaga eórum.
  6. For there is no regard to their death, * nor is there strength in their stripes.

  7. In labóre hóminum non sunt: * et cum homínibus non flagellabúntur:
  8. They are not in the labour of men: * neither shall they be scourged like other men.

  9. Ideo ténuit eos supérbia, * opérti sunt iniquitáte et impietáte sua.
  10. Therefore pride hath held them fast: * they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.

  11. Pródiit quasi ex ádipe iníquitas eórum: * transiérunt in afféctum cordis.
  12. Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: * they have passed into the affection of the heart.

  13. Cogitavérunt, et locúti sunt nequítiam: * iniquitátem in excélso loti sunt.
  14. They have thought and spoken wickedness: * they have spoken iniquity on high.

  15. Posuérunt in cælum os suum: * et lingua eórum transívit in terra.
  16. They have set their mouth against heaven: * and their tongue hath passed through the earth.

  17. Ideo convertétur pópulus meus hic: * et dies pleni inveniéntur in eis.
  18. Therefore will my people return here * and full days shall be found in them.

  19. Et dixérunt: Quómodo scit Deus, * et si est sciéntia in excélso?
  20. And they said: How doth God know? * and is there knowledge in the most High?

  21. Ecce ipsi peccatóres, et abundántes in culo, * obtinuérunt ditias.
  22. Behold these are sinners; and yet abounding in the world * they have obtained riches.

  23. Et dixi: Ergo sine causa justificávi cor meum, * et lavi inter innocéntes manus meas.
  24. And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, * and washed my hands among the innocent.

  25. Et fui flagellátus tota die, * et castigátio mea in matunis.
  26. And I have been scourged all the day; * and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.

  27. Si dicébam: Narbo sic: * ecce natiónem filiórum tuórum reprovi.
  28. If I said: I will speak thus; * behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.

  29. Existimábam ut cognóscerem hoc, * labor est ante me.
  30. I studied that I might know this thing, * it is a labour in my sight:

  31. Donec intrem in Sanctuárium Dei: * et intélligam in novíssimis eórum.
  32. Until I go into the sanctuary of God, * and understand concerning their last ends.

  33. Verúmtamen propter dolos posuísti eis: * dejecísti eos dum allevaréntur.
  34. But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: * when they were lifted up, thou hast cast them down.

  35. Quómodo facti sunt in desolatiónem, súbito deferunt: * periérunt propter iniquitátem suam.
  36. How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: * they have perished by reason of their iniquity.

  37. Velut sómnium surgéntium, mine, * in civitáte tua imáginem ipsórum ad níhilum rédiges.
  38. As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; * so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.

  39. Quia inflammátum est cor meum, et renes mei commuti sunt: * et ego ad níhilum redáctus sum, et nescívi.
  40. For my heart hath been inflamed, and my reins have been changed: * and I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.

  41. Ut juméntum factus sum apud te: * et ego semper tecum.
  42. I am become as a beast before thee: * and I am always with thee.

  43. Tenuísti manum déxteram meam: et in voluntáte tua deduxísti me, * et cum glória suscepísti me.
  44. Thou hast held me by my right hand; and by thy will thou hast conducted me, * and with thy glory thou hast received me.

  45. Quid enim mihi est in lo? * et a te quid vólui super terram?
  46. For what have I in heaven? * and besides thee what do I desire upon earth?

  47. Defécit caro mea, et cor meum: * Deus cordis mei, et pars mea Deus in ætérnum.
  48. For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: * thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever.

  49. Quia ecce, qui elóngant se a te, períbunt: * perdidísti omnes, qui fornicántur abs te.
  50. For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: * thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee.

  51. Mihi autem adhærére Deo bonum est: * pónere in Dómino Deo spem meam:
  52. But it is good for me to adhere to my God, * to put my hope in the Lord God:

  53. Ut annúntiem omnes prædicatiónes tuas, * in portis fíliæ Sion.
  54. That I may declare all thy praises, * in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

The ungodly think * and speak wickedness: they speak loftily concerning oppression.

Psalmus 73

Arise, O Lord, * and judge my cause.

O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: * why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?

  1. Memor esto congregatiónis tuæ: * quam possedísti ab inítio.
  2. Remember thy congregation, * which thou hast possessed from the beginning.

  3. Redemísti virgam hereditis tuæ: * mons Sion, in quo habitásti in eo.
  4. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: * mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.

  5. Leva manus tuas in supérbias eórum in finem: * quanta malignátus est inimícus in sancto!
  6. Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; * see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

  7. Et gloriáti sunt qui orunt te: * in médio solemnitátis tuæ.
  8. And they that hate thee have made their boasts, * in the midst of thy solemnity.

  9. Posuérunt signa sua, signa: * et non cognovérunt sicut in éxitu super summum.
  10. They have set up their ensigns for signs, * and they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top.

  11. Quasi in silva lignórum secúribus excidérunt jánuas ejus in idípsum: * in secúri et áscia dejecérunt eam.
  12. As with axes in a wood of trees, they have cut down at once the gates thereof, * with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.

  13. Incendérunt igni sanctuárium tuum: * in terra polluérunt tabernáculum nóminis tui.
  14. They have set fire to thy sanctuary: * they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.

  15. Dixérunt in corde suo cognátio eórum simul: * Quiéscere faciámus omnes dies festos Dei a terra.
  16. They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: * Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land.

  17. Signa nostra non vídimus, jam non est prophéta: * et nos non cognóscet ámplius.
  18. Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: * and he will know us no more.

  19. Usquequo, Deus, improperábit inicus: * irrítat adversárius nomen tuum in finem?
  20. How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: * is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?

  21. Ut quid avértis manum tuam, et déxteram tuam, * de médio sinu tuo in finem?
  22. Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand * out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?

  23. Deus autem Rex noster ante cula: * operátus est salútem in médio terræ.
  24. But God is our king before ages: * he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.

  25. Tu confirmásti in virtúte tua mare: * contribulásti cápita dracónum in aquis.
  26. Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: * thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.

  27. Tu confregísti cápita dranis: * dedísti eum escam pópulis Æthíopum.
  28. Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: * thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.

  29. Tu dirupísti fontes, et torréntes * tu siccásti flúvios Ethan.
  30. Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: * thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.

  31. Tuus est dies, et tua est nox: * tu fabricátus es auróram et solem.
  32. Thine is the day, and thine is the night: * thou hast made the morning light and the sun.

  33. Tu fecísti omnes términos terræ: * æstátem et ver tu plasmásti ea.
  34. Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: * the summer and the spring were formed by thee.

  35. Memor esto hujus, inimícus impropevit mino: * et pópulus insípiens incitávit nomen tuum.
  36. Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: * and a foolish people hath provoked thy name.

  37. Ne tradas béstiis ánimas confiténtes tibi, * et ánimas páuperum tuórum ne obliviscáris in finem.
  38. Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: * and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor.

  39. Réspice in testaméntum tuum: * quia repléti sunt, qui obscuráti sunt terræ dómibus iniquitum.
  40. Have regard to thy covenant: * for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity.

  41. Ne avertátur húmilis factus consus: * pauper et inops laudábunt nomen tuum.
  42. Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: * the poor and needy shall praise thy name.

  43. Exsúrge, Deus, júdica causam tuam: * memor esto improperiórum tuórum, eórum quæ ab insipiénte sunt tota die.
  44. Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: * remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.

  45. Ne obliviscáris voces inimirum tuórum: * supérbia eórum, qui te odérunt, ascéndit semper.
  46. Forget not the voices of thy enemies: * the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually.

Arise, O Lord, * and judge my cause.

Versus

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.

Lectio 4
Ex tractátu sancti Augustíni Epíscopi super Psalmos
In Psalmum 54 ad 1 versum

Exáudi, Deus, oratiónem meam, et ne despéxeris deprecatiónem meam: inténde mihi, et exáudi me. Satagéntis, sollíciti, in tribulatióne pósiti, verba sunt ista. Orat multa pátiens, de malo liberári desíderans. Súperest ut videámus in quo malo sit: et cum dícere cœ́perit, agnoscámus ibi nos esse: ut communicáta tribulatióne, coniungámus oratiónem. Contristátus sum, inquit, in exercitatióne mea, et conturbátus sum. Ubi contristátus? ubi conturbátus? In exercitatióne mea, inquit. Hómines malos, quos pátitur, commemorátus est: eandémque passiónem malórum hóminum exercitatiónem suam dixit. Ne putétis gratis esse malos in hoc mundo, et nihil boni de illis ágere Deum. Omnis malus aut ídeo vivit, ut corrigátur; aut ídeo vivit, ut per illum bonus exerceátur.

Give ear to my prayer, O God, and despise not my supplication: attend unto me and hear me. These are the words of a man travailing, anxious, and troubled. He prayeth in the midst of much suffering, longing to be rid of his affliction. Our part is to see what that his affliction was, and when he hath told us, to acknowledge that we also suffer therefrom; that so, partaking in his trouble, we may take part also in his exercise, and am troubled. Wherein mourned he? Wherein was he troubled? He saith: In my exercise. In the next words he giveth us to know that his affliction was the oppression of the wicked, because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the wicked, and this suffering which came upon him at the hands of wicked men, he hath called his exercise. Think not that wicked men are in this world for nothing, or that God doth no good with them. Every wicked man liveth, either to repent, or to exercise the righteous.

Lectio 5

Utinam ergo qui nos modo exércent, convertántur, et nobíscum exerceántur: tamen quámdiu ita sunt ut exérceant, non eos odérimus: quia in eo quod malus est quis eórum, utrum usque in finem perseveratúrus sit, ignorámus. Et plerúmque cum tibi vidéris odísse inimícum, fratrem odísti, et nescis. Diábolus, et ángeli eius in Scriptúris sanctis manifestáti sunt nobis, quod ad ignem ætérnum sint destináti. Ipsórum tantum desperánda est corréctio, contra quos habémus occúltam luctam: ad quam luctam nos armat Apóstolus, dicens: Non est nobis colluctátio advérsus carnem et sánguinem: id est, non advérsus hómines, quos vidétis, sed advérsus príncipes, et potestátes, et rectóres mundi, tenebrárum harum. Ne forte cum dixísset, mundi, intellégeres dǽmones esse rectóres cæli et terræ. Mundi dixit, tenebrárum harum: mundi dixit, amatórum mundi: mundi dixit, impiórum et iniquórum: mundi dixit, de quo dicit Evangélium: Et mundus eum non cognóvit.

Would to God that they which now exercise us were converted and exercised with us! Yet, while they are as they are, and exercise us, we will not hate them: for we know not of any one of them whether he will endure to the end in his sin. Yea, oftentimes, when thou deemest that thou hatest thine enemy, he whom thou hatest is thy brother, and thou knowest it not. The Holy Scriptures show us that the devil and his angels are already damned unto everlasting fire, and therefore of their repentance it behoveth us to despair; but of theirs only. These are they against whom we wrestle within; to the which wrestling the Apostle stirreth us up where he saith: We wrestle not against flesh and blood, (that is, not against men whom we see,) but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world. (Eph. vi. 12.) He saith not the rulers of this world, lest perchance thou shouldest deem that devils are the lords of heaven and earth; what he doth say is, rulers of the darkness of this world, of that world which they love who love the world, of that world wherein the ungodly and unrighteous do prosper, of that world, in fine, of which the Gospel saith: And the world knew Him not.

Lectio 6

Quóniam vidi iniquitátem, et contradictiónem in civitáte. Atténde glóriam crucis ipsíus. Iam in fronte regum crux illa fixa est, cui inimíci insultavérunt. Efféctus probávit virtútem: dómuit orbem non ferro, sed ligno. Lignum crucis contuméliis dignum visum est inimícis, et ante ipsum lignum stantes caput agitábant, et dicébant: Si Fílius Dei est, descéndat de cruce. Extendébat ille manus suas ad pópulum non credéntem, et contradicéntem. Si enim iustus est, qui ex fide vivit; iníquus est, qui non habet fidem. Quod ergo hic ait, iniquitátem: perfídiam intéllege. Vidébat ergo Dóminus in civitáte iniquitátem et contradictiónem, et extendébat manus suas ad pópulum non credéntem et contradicéntem: et tamen et ipsos exspéctans dicébat: Pater, ignósce illis, quia nésciunt quid fáciunt.

We have seen iniquity and strife in the city. (10.) Behold, the glory of the Cross. That Cross which was the object of the insults of God's enemies, is established now above the brows of kings. The end hath shown the measure of its power: it hath conquered the world, not by the sword, but by its wood. The enemies of God thought the Cross a meet object of insult and ridicule, yea, they stood before it, wagging their heads and saying: If He be the Son of God, let Him come down from the Cross! (Matth. xxvii. 39, 40.) And He stretched forth His Hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. (Rom. x. 21.) If he is just which liveth by faith, (Rom. i. 17; Hab. ii. 4,) he is unjust that hath not faith. Therefore where is written iniquity we may understand unbelief. The Lord therefore saith that He saw iniquity and strife in the city, and that He stretched forth His Hands unto that disobedient and gainsaying people, and, disobedient and gainsaying as they were, He was hungry for their salvation, and said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. (Luke xxiii. 34.)

Nocturnus III

Psalmus 74

I said unto the wicked: * Speak not wickedness against God.

We will praise thee, O God: * we will praise, and we will call upon thy name.

  1. Narrábimus miralia tua: * cum accépero tempus, ego justítias judibo.
  2. We will relate thy wondrous works: * when I shall take a time, I will judge justices.

  3. Liquefácta est terra, et omnes qui hábitant in ea: * ego confirmávi colúmnas ejus.
  4. The earth is melted, and all that dwell therein: * I have established the pillars thereof.

  5. Dixi iníquis: Nolíte iníque ágere: * et delinquéntibus: Nolíte exalre cornu:
  6. I said to the wicked: Do not act wickedly: * and to the sinners: Lift not up the horn.

  7. Nolíte extóllere in altum cornu vestrum: * nolíte loqui advérsus Deum iniquitem.
  8. Lift not up your horn on high: * speak not iniquity against God.

  9. Quia neque ab Oriénte, neque ab Occidénte, neque a desértis móntibus: * quóniam Deus judex est.
  10. For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert hills: * for God is the judge.

  11. Hunc humíliat, et hunc exáltat: * quia calix in manu Dómini vini meri plenus misto.
  12. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth up: * for in the hand of the Lord there is a cup of strong wine full of mixture.

  13. Et inclinávit ex hoc in hoc: verúmtamen fæx ejus non est exinata: * bibent omnes peccares terræ.
  14. And he hath poured it out from this to that: but the dregs thereof are not emptied: * all the sinners of the earth shall drink.

  15. Ego autem annuntiábo in culum: * cantábo Deo Jacob.
  16. But I will declare for ever: * I will sing to the God of Jacob.

  17. Et ómnia córnua peccarum confríngam: * et exaltabúntur córnua justi.
  18. And I will break all the horns of sinners: * but the horns of the just shall be exalted.

I said unto the wicked: * Speak not wickedness against God.

Psalmus 75

The earth trembled * and was still, when God arose to judgment.

In Judea God is known: * his name is great in Israel.

  1. Et factus est in pace locus ejus: * et habitátio ejus in Sion.
  2. And his place is in peace: * and his abode in Sion:

  3. Ibi confrégit poténtias árcuum: * scutum, gládium, et bellum.
  4. There hath he broken the powers of bows, * the shield, the sword, and the battle.

  5. Illúminans tu mirabíliter a móntibus ætérnis: * turbáti sunt omnes insipiéntes corde.
  6. Thou enlightenest wonderfully from the everlasting hills. * All the foolish of heart were troubled.

  7. Dormiérunt somnum suum: * et nihil invenérunt omnes viri divitiárum in mánibus suis.
  8. They have slept their sleep; * and all the men of riches have found nothing in their hands.

  9. Ab increpatióne tua, Deus Jacob, * dormitavérunt qui ascendérunt equos.
  10. At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, * they have all slumbered that mounted on horseback.

  11. Tu terríbilis es, et quis resístet tibi? * ex tunc ira tua.
  12. Thou art terrible, and who shall resist thee? * from that time thy wrath.

  13. De cælo audítum fecísti jucium: * terra trémuit et quiévit.
  14. Thou hast caused judgment to be heard from heaven: * the earth trembled and was still,

  15. Cum exsúrgeret in judícium Deus, * ut salvos fáceret omnes mansuétos terræ.
  16. When God arose in judgment, * to save all the meek of the earth.

  17. Quóniam cogitátio hóminis confitébitur tibi: * et relíquiæ cogitatiónis diem festum agent tibi.
  18. For the thought of man shall give praise to thee: * and the remainders of the thought shall keep holiday to thee.

  19. Vovéte, et réddite Dómino Deo vestro: * omnes, qui in circúitu ejus affértis nera.
  20. Vow ye, and pay to the Lord your God: * all you that are round about him bring presents.

  21. Terríbili et ei qui aufert spíritum príncipum, * terríbili apud reges terræ.
  22. To him that is terrible, even to him who taketh away the spirit of princes: * to the terrible with the kings of the earth.

The earth trembled * and was still, when God arose to judgment.

Psalmus 76

In the day of my trouble * I sought God with my hands.

I cried to the Lord with my voice; * to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.

  1. In die tribulatiónis meæ Deum exquisívi, mánibus meis nocte contra eum: * et non sum decéptus.
  2. In the day of my trouble I sought God, with my hands lifted up to him in the night, * and I was not deceived.

  3. Rénuit consolári ánima mea: memor fui Dei, et delectátus sum, et exercitus sum: * et defécit spíritus meus.
  4. My soul refused to be comforted: * I remembered God, and was delighted, and was exercised, and my spirit swooned away.

  5. Anticipavérunt vigílias óculi mei: * turbátus sum, et non sum lotus.
  6. My eyes prevented the watches: * I was troubled, and I spoke not.

  7. Cogitávi dies anquos: * et annos ætérnos in mente bui.
  8. I thought upon the days of old: * and I had in my mind the eternal years.

  9. Et meditátus sum nocte cum corde meo, * et exercitábar, et scopébam spíritum meum.
  10. And I meditated in the night with my own heart: * and I was exercised and I swept my spirit.

  11. Numquid in ætérnum prociet Deus: * aut non appónet ut complacítior sit adhuc?
  12. Will God then cast off for ever? * or will he never be more favourable again?

  13. Aut in finem misericórdiam suam abscíndet, * a generatióne in generatiónem?
  14. Or will he cut off his mercy for ever, * from generation to generation?

  15. Aut obliviscétur miseri Deus: * aut continébit in ira sua misericórdias suas?
  16. Or will God forget to shew mercy? * or will he in his anger shut up his mercies?

  17. Et dixi: Nunc pi: * hæc mutátio déxte Excélsi.
  18. And I said, Now have I begun: * this is the change of the right hand of the most High.

  19. Memor fui óperum mini: * quia memor ero ab inítio mirabílium tuórum.
  20. I remembered the works of the Lord: * for I will be mindful of thy wonders from the beginning.

  21. Et meditábor in ómnibus oribus tuis: * et in adinventiónibus tuis exerbor.
  22. And I will meditate on all thy works: * and will be employed in thy inventions.

  23. Deus, in sancto via tua: quis Deus magnus sicut Deus noster? * tu es Deus qui facis miralia.
  24. Thy way, O God, is in the holy place: who is the great God like our God? * Thou art the God that dost wonders.

  25. Notam fecísti in pópulis virtem tuam: * redemísti in bráchio tuo pópulum tuum fílios Jacob et Joseph.
  26. Thou hast made thy power known among the nations: * with thy arm thou hast redeemed thy people the children of Jacob and of Joseph.

  27. Vidérunt te aquæ, Deus, virunt te aquæ: * et timuérunt et turbátæ sunt abýssi.
  28. The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee: * and they were afraid, and the depths were troubled.

  29. Multitúdo sónitus aquárum: * vocem derunt nubes.
  30. Great was the noise of the waters: * the clouds sent out a sound.

  31. Etenim sagíttæ tuæ tránseunt: * vox tonítrui tui in rota.
  32. For thy arrows pass: * the voice of thy thunder in a wheel.

  33. Illuxérunt coruscatiónes tuæ orbi terræ: * commóta est, et contrémuit terra.
  34. Thy lightnings enlightened the world: * the earth shook and trembled.

  35. In mari via tua, et sémitæ tuæ in aquis multis: * et vestígia tua non cognoscéntur.
  36. Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters: * and thy footsteps shall not be known.

  37. Deduxísti sicut oves pulum tuum, * in manu Móysi et Aaron.
  38. Thou hast conducted thy people like sheep, * by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

In the day of my trouble * I sought God with my hands.

Versus

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.

Lectio 7
De Epístola prima beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Corínthios
1 Cor 11:17-22

Hoc autem præcípio: non laudans quod non in mélius, sed in detérius convenítis. Primum quidem conveniéntibus vobis in Ecclésiam, áudio scissúras esse inter vos, et ex parte credo. Nam opórtet et hǽreses esse, ut et qui probáti sunt, manifésti fiant in vobis. Conveniéntibus ergo vobis in unum, iam non est Domínicam cenam manducáre. Unusquísque enim suam cenam præsúmit ad manducándum. Et álius quidem ésurit, álius autem ébrius est. Numquid domos non habétis ad manducándum et bibéndum? aut Ecclésiam Dei contémnitis, et confúnditis eos, qui non habent? Quid dicam vobis? Laudo vos? In hoc non laudo.

Now this I ordain: not praising you, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse. For first of all I hear that when you come together in the church, there are schisms among you; and in part I believe it. For there must be also heresies: that they also, who are approved, may be made manifest among you. When you come therefore together into one place, it is not now to eat the Lord's supper. For every one taketh before his own supper to eat. And one indeed is hungry and another is drunk. What, have you not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God; and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? Do I praise you? In this I praise you not.

Lectio 8
1 Cor 11:23-26

Ego enim accépi a Dómino quod et trádidi vobis, quóniam Dóminus Iesus, in qua nocte tradebátur, accépit panem, Et grátias agens fregit, et dixit: Accípite, et manducáte: hoc est corpus meum, quod pro vobis tradétur: hoc fácite in meam commemoratiónem. Simíliter et cálicem, postquam cœnávit, dicens: Hic calix novum testaméntum est in meo sánguine: hoc fácite, quotiescúmque bibétis, in meam commemoratiónem. Quotiescúmque enim manducábitis panem hunc, et cálicem bibétis, mortem Dómini annuntiábitis donec véniat.

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread. And giving thanks, broke, and said: Take ye, and eat: this is my body, which shall be delivered for you: this do for the commemoration of me. In like manner also the chalice, after he had supped, saying: This chalice is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the commemoration of me. For as often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you shall show the death of the Lord, until he come.

Lectio 9
1 Cor 11:27-34

Itaque quicúmque manducáverit panem hunc, vel bíberit cálicem Dómini indígne, reus erit córporis et sánguinis Dómini. Probet autem seípsum homo: et sic de pane illo edat, et de cálice bibat. Qui enim mandúcat et bibit indígne, iudícium sibi mandúcat et bibit, non diiúdicans corpus Dómini. Ideo inter vos multi infírmi et imbecílles, et dórmiunt multi. Quod, si nosmetípsos diiudicarémus, non útique iudicarémur. Dum iudicámur autem, a Dómino corrípimur, ut non cum hoc mundo damnémur. Itaque, fratres mei, cum convenítis ad manducándum, ínvicem exspectáte. Si quis ésurit, domi mandúcet: ut non in iudícium conveniátis. Cétera autem, cum vénero, dispónam.

Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of the chalice. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord. Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you, and many sleep. But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But whilst we are judged, we are chastised by the Lord, that we be not condemned with this world. Wherefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. If any man be hungry, let him eat at home; that you come not together unto judgment. And the rest I will set in order, when I come.

Reliqua omittuntur, nisi Laudes separandæ sint.

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