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Psalmus 114

The Lord hath inclined * his ear unto me.

I have loved, because the Lord will hear * the voice of my prayer.

  1. Quia inclinávit aurem suam mihi: * et in diébus meis invocábo.

    2. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: * and in my days I will call upon him.

  2. Circumdedérunt me dolóres mortis: * et perícula inférni invenérunt me.

    3. The sorrows of death have compassed me: * and the perils of hell have found me.

  3. Tribulatiónem et dolórem invéni: * et nomen Dómini invocávi.

    4. I met with trouble and sorrow: * and I called upon the name of the Lord.

  4. O Dómine, líbera ánimam meam: † miséricors Dóminus, et justus, * et Deus noster miserétur.

    5. O Lord, deliver my soul. * The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.

  5. Custódiens párvulos Dóminus: * humiliátus sum, et liberávit me.

    6. The Lord is the keeper of little ones: * I was humbled, and he delivered me.

  6. Convértere, ánima mea, in réquiem tuam: * quia Dóminus benefécit tibi.

    7. Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: * for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.

  7. Quia erípuit ánimam meam de morte: † óculos meos a lácrimis, * pedes meos a lapsu.

    8. For he hath delivered my soul from death: * my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

  8. Placébo Dómino * in regióne vivórum.

    9. I will please the Lord * in the land of the living.

  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.

The Lord hath inclined * his ear unto me.

Psalmus 115

I will pay my vows * in the sight of all his people.

I have believed, therefore have I spoken; * but I have been humbled exceedingly.

  1. Ego dixi in excéssu meo: * Omnis homo mendax.

    2. I said in my excess: * Every man is a liar.

  2. Quid retríbuam Dómino, * pro ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi?

    3. What shall I render to the Lord, * for all the things that he hath rendered to me?

  3. Cálicem salutáris accípiam: * et nomen Dómini invocábo.

    4. I will take the chalice of salvation; * and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

  4. Vota mea Dómino reddam coram omni pópulo ejus: * pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini mors sanctórum ejus:

    5. I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people: * precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

  5. O Dómine, quia ego servus tuus: * ego servus tuus, et fílius ancíllæ tuæ.

    6. O Lord, for I am thy servant: * I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid.

  6. Dirupísti víncula mea: † tibi sacrificábo hóstiam laudis, * et nomen Dómini invocábo.

    7. Thou hast broken my bonds: * I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

  7. Vota mea Dómino reddam in conspéctu omnis pópuli ejus: * in átriis domus Dómini, in médio tui, Jerúsalem.

    8. I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people: * in the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

  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.

I will pay my vows * in the sight of all his people.

Psalmus 119

I have cried to the Lord, * and he hath heard me.

In my trouble I cried to the Lord: * and he heard me.

  1. Dómine, líbera ánimam meam a lábiis iníquis, * et a lingua dolósa.

    2. O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, * and a deceitful tongue.

  2. Quid detur tibi, aut quid apponátur tibi * ad linguam dolósam?

    3. What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, * to a deceitful tongue?

  3. Sagíttæ poténtis acútæ, * cum carbónibus desolatóriis.

    4. The sharp arrows of the mighty, * with coals that lay waste.

  4. Heu mihi! quia incolátus meus prolongátus est: † habitávi cum habitántibus Cedar: * multum íncola fuit ánima mea.

    5. Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar: * my soul hath been long a sojourner.

  5. Cum his, qui odérunt pacem, eram pacíficus: * cum loquébar illis, impugnábant me gratis.

    6. With them that hated peace I was peaceable: * when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.

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

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

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

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

I have cried to the Lord, * and he hath heard me.

Psalmus 120

My help is from the Lord, * who made heaven and earth.

I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, * from whence help shall come to me.

  1. Auxílium meum a Dómino, * qui fecit cælum et terram.

    2. My help is from the Lord, * who made heaven and earth.

  2. Non det in commotiónem pedem tuum: * neque dormítet qui custódit te.

    3. May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: * neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.

  3. Ecce, non dormitábit neque dórmiet, * qui custódit Israël.

    4. Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, * that keepeth Israel.

  4. Dóminus custódit te, Dóminus protéctio tua, * super manum déxteram tuam.

    5. The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection * upon thy right hand.

  5. Per diem sol non uret te: * neque luna per noctem.

    6. The sun shall not burn thee by day: * nor the moon by night.

  6. Dóminus custódit te ab omni malo: * custódiat ánimam tuam Dóminus.

    7. The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: * may the Lord keep thy soul.

  7. Dóminus custódiat intróitum tuum, et éxitum tuum: * ex hoc nunc, et usque in sǽculum.

    8. May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; * from henceforth now and for ever.

  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.

My help is from the Lord, * who made heaven and earth.

Psalmus 121

I rejoiced * at the things that were said to me. ‡

Quæ non repetitur in Psalmo

I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: * We shall go into the house of the Lord.

  1. Stantes erant pedes nostri, * in átriis tuis, Jerúsalem.

    2. Our feet were standing * in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

  2. Jerúsalem, quæ ædificátur ut cívitas: * cujus participátio ejus in idípsum.

    3. Jerusalem, which is built as a city, * which is compact together.

  3. Illuc enim ascendérunt tribus, tribus Dómini: * testimónium Israël ad confiténdum nómini Dómini.

    4. For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: * the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.

  4. Quia illic sedérunt sedes in judício, * sedes super domum David.

    5. Because their seats have sat in judgment, * seats upon the house of David.

  5. Rogáte quæ ad pacem sunt Jerúsalem: * et abundántia diligéntibus te:

    6. Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: * and abundance for them that love thee.

  6. Fiat pax in virtúte tua: * et abundántia in túrribus tuis.

    7. Let peace be in thy strength: * and abundance in thy towers.

  7. Propter fratres meos, et próximos meos, * loquébar pacem de te:

    8. For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, * I spoke peace of thee.

  8. Propter domum Dómini, Dei nostri, * quæsívi bona tibi.

    9. Because of the house of the Lord our God, * I have sought good things for thee.

  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.

I rejoiced * at the things that were said to me. ‡

Capitulum Responsorium Versus

Ioël 2:17

Inter vestíbulum et altáre plorábunt sacerdótes, minístri Dómini, et dicent: † Parce, Dómine, parce pópulo tuo: * et ne des hereditátem tuam in oppróbrium, ut dominéntur eis natiónes.

Between the porch and the altar the priests the Lord's ministers shall weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people: and give not thy inheritance to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them.


Hymnus

1. O kind Creator, bow thine ear To mark the cry, to know the tear Before thy throne of mercy spent In this thy holy fast of Lent. 2. Our hearts are open, Lord, to thee: Thou knowest our infirmity; Pour out on all who seek thy face Abundance of thy pardoning grace. 3. Our sins are many, this we know; Spare us, good Lord, thy mercy show; And for the honour of thy name Our fainting souls to life reclaim. 4. Give us the self-control that springs From discipline of outward things, That fasting inward secretly The soul may purely dwell with thee. 5. We pray thee, Holy Trinity, One God, unchanging Unity, That we from this our abstinence May reap the fruits of penitence. Amen.

Versus


Canticum: Canticum B. Mariæ Virginis

Ant. But Jesus, passing through the midst of them, went His way.

1. My soul + * doth magnify the Lord. 2. And my spirit hath rejoiced * in God my Saviour.

  1. Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ: * ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.

    2. Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; * for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

  2. Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: * et sanctum nomen ejus.

    3. Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; * and holy is his name.

  3. Et misericórdia ejus a progénie in progénies * timéntibus eum.

    4. And his mercy is from generation unto generations, * to them that fear him.

  4. Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo: * dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.

    5. He hath shewed might in his arm: * he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

  5. Depósuit poténtes de sede, * et exaltávit húmiles.

    6. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble.

  6. Esuriéntes implévit bonis: * et dívites dimísit inánes.

    7. He hath filled the hungry with good things; * and the rich he hath sent empty away.

  7. Suscépit Israël púerum suum, * recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.

    8. He hath received Israel his servant, * being mindful of his mercy:

  8. Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros, * Abraham et sémini ejus in sǽcula.

    9. As he spoke to our fathers, * to Abraham and to his seed for 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.

Ant. But Jesus, passing through the midst of them, went His way.

Oratio

Orémus.

Subvéniat nobis, Dómine, misericórdia tua: † ut ab imminéntibus peccatórum nostrórum perículis te mereámur protegénte éripi, te liberánte salvári.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: † qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

Let our help, O Lord, be in thy mercy, that we over whom thy wrath doth most justly hang because of our sins, may in all dangers worthily be shielded by thy protection and delivered by thy salvation.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

Conclusio