Sabbato infra Hebdomadam Passionis

Psalmus 103 (1,12)

O my people, * what have I done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Testify against me.

Bless the Lord, O my soul: * O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great.

2. Confessiónem, et decórem induísti: * amíctus lúmine sicut vestiménto.

Thou hast put on praise and beauty: * and art clothed with light as with a garment.

3. Exténdens cælum sicut pellem: * qui tegis aquis superióra ejus.

Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion: * who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water.

4. Qui ponis nubem ascénsum tuum: * qui ámbulas super pennas ventórum.

Who makest the clouds thy chariot: * who walkest upon the wings of the winds.

5. Qui facis ángelos tuos, spíritus: * et minístros tuos ignem uréntem.

Who makest thy angels spirits: * and thy ministers a burning fire.

6. Qui fundásti terram super stabilitátem suam: * non inclinábitur in sǽculum sǽculi.

Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: * it shall not be moved for ever and ever.

7. Abýssus, sicut vestiméntum, amíctus ejus: * super montes stabunt aquæ.

The deep like a garment is its clothing: * above the mountains shall the waters stand.

8. Ab increpatióne tua fúgient: * a voce tonítrui tui formidábunt.

At thy rebuke they shall flee: * at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.

9. Ascéndunt montes: et descéndunt campi * in locum, quem fundásti eis.

The mountains ascend, and the plains descend * into the place which thou hast founded for them.

10. Términum posuísti, quem non transgrediéntur: * neque converténtur operíre terram.

Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; * neither shall they return to cover the earth.

11. Qui emíttis fontes in convállibus: * inter médium móntium pertransíbunt aquæ.

Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: * between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.

12. Potábunt omnes béstiæ agri: * exspectábunt ónagri in siti sua.

All the beasts of the field shall drink: * the wild asses shall expect in their thirst.

13. Super ea vólucres cæli habitábunt: * de médio petrárum dabunt voces.

Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: * from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices.

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

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

15. 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.

Psalmus 103 (13,23)

Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: * the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:

2. Prodúcens fœnum juméntis: * et herbam servitúti hóminum:

Bringing forth grass for cattle, * and herb for the service of men.

3. Ut edúcas panem de terra: * et vinum lætíficet cor hóminis:

That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth: * and that wine may cheer the heart of man.

4. Ut exhílaret fáciem in óleo: * et panis cor hóminis confírmet.

That he may make the face cheerful with oil: * and that bread may strengthen man’s heart.

5. Saturabúntur ligna campi, et cedri Líbani, quas plantávit: * illic pásseres nidificábunt.

The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted: * there the sparrows shall make their nests.

6. Heródii domus dux est eórum: * montes excélsi cervis: petra refúgium herináciis.

The highest of them is the house of the heron. * The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.

7. Fecit lunam in témpora: * sol cognóvit occásum suum.

He hath made the moon for seasons: * the sun knoweth his going down.

8. Posuísti ténebras, et facta est nox: * in ipsa pertransíbunt omnes béstiæ silvæ.

Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: * in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about:

9. Cátuli leónum rugiéntes, ut rápiant: * et quærant a Deo escam sibi.

The young lions roaring after their prey, * and seeking their meat from God.

10. Ortus est sol, et congregáti sunt: * et in cubílibus suis collocabúntur.

The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: * and they shall lie down in their dens.

11. Exíbit homo ad opus suum: * et ad operatiónem suam usque ad vésperum.

Man shall go forth to his work, * and to his labour until the evening.

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.

Psalmus 103 (24,35)

How great are thy works, O Lord? * thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.

2. Hoc mare magnum, et spatiósum mánibus: * illic reptília, quorum non est númerus.

So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: * there are creeping things without number:

3. Animália pusílla cum magnis: * illic naves pertransíbunt.

Creatures little and great. * There the ships shall go.

4. Draco iste, quem formásti ad illudéndum ei: * ómnia a te exspéctant ut des illis escam in témpore.

This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein. * All expect of thee that thou give them food in season.

5. Dante te illis, cólligent: * aperiénte te manum tuam, ómnia implebúntur bonitáte.

What thou givest to them they shall gather up: * when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.

6. Averténte autem te fáciem, turbabúntur: * áuferes spíritum eórum, et defícient, et in púlverem suum reverténtur.

But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: * thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.

7. Emíttes spíritum tuum, et creabúntur: * et renovábis fáciem terræ.

Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: * and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

8. Sit glória Dómini in sǽculum: * lætábitur Dóminus in opéribus suis:

May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: * the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

9. Qui réspicit terram, et facit eam trémere: * qui tangit montes, et fúmigant.

He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: * he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

10. Cantábo Dómino in vita mea: * psallam Deo meo, quámdiu sum.

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: * I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

11. Jucúndum sit ei elóquium meum: * ego vero delectábor in Dómino.

Let my speech be acceptable to him: * but I will take delight in the Lord.

12. Defíciant peccatóres a terra, et iníqui ita ut non sint: * bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino.

Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: * O my soul, bless thou the Lord.

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.

O my people, * what have I done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Testify against me.