v. Deus, ✠ in adiutórium meum inténde.
v. O God, come to my assistance;
r. Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
r. O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Allelúia.
Hymnus
Magi vidéntes párvulum eóa promunt múnera, stratíque votis ófferunt tus, myrrham et aurum régium.
Agnósce clara insígnia virtútis ac regni tui, Puer, cui trinam Pater prædestinávit índolem:
Regem Deúmque annúntiant thesáurus et fragrans odor turis Sabǽi, at mýrrheus pulvis sepúlcrum prǽdocet.
Solemn things of mystic meaning: Incense doth the God disclose; Gold a royal child proclaimeth; Myrrh a future tomb foreshows.
O sola magnárum úrbium maior Bethlem, cui cóntigit ducem salútis cǽlitus incorporátum gígnere!
Bethlehem, of noblest cities None can once with thee compare; Thou alone the Lord from heaven Didst for us incarnate bear.
Hunc et prophétis téstibus isdémque signatóribus testátor et sator iubet adíre regnum et cérnere:
‘Tis He the Prophets’ words foretold, And by their signs shown forth of old; The Father’s witness hath ordained That we should hear with faith unfeigned.
Regnum quod ambit ómnia dia et marína et térrea a solis ortu ad éxitum et tártara et cælum supra.
Iesu, tibi sit glória, qui te revélas géntibus, cum Patre et almo Spíritu, in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
Ant. 1. Deus meus, ne despéxeris deprecatiónem meam, a tribulatióne peccatóris.
Ant. 1. My God, despise not my plea during the persecution of sinners.
Psalmus 54 (55)
Psalm 54 (55)
Contra perfidum amicum
Against a treacherous friend
Cœpit Iesus pavere et tædere (Mc 14, 33).
Jesus began to feel frightened and anxious (Mk 14:33).
I
I
Auribus pércipe, Deus, oratiónem meam † et ne abscondáris a deprecatióne mea; * inténde mihi et exáudi me.
O God, give ear to my prayer, do not shrink from my supplications. Hearken unto me and answer me!
Excússus sum in meditatióne mea et conturbátus sum * a voce inimíci et a tribulatióne peccatóris.
I wander here and there, plaintive and groaning, before the threats of the enemy, before the oppression of the wicked!
Quóniam devolvérunt in me iniquitátem * et in ira molésti erant mihi.
For they bring calamity upon me, and they pursue me with anger.
Cor meum torquétur intra me, * et formído mortis cécidit super me.
My heart trembles within me, and upon me the terrors of death descend.
Timor et tremor venérunt super me, * et contéxit me pavor.
Fear and terror assail me, and shudder envelops me.
Et dixi: «Quis dabit mihi pennas sicut colúmbæ, * et volábo et requiéscam?
And I said: Oh! if I had the wings of the dove, I would fly away and settle in repose;
Ecce elongábo fúgiens * et manébo in solitúdine.
behold, I shall flee far away, and I shall remain in solitude.
Exspectábo eum, qui salvum me fáciat * a spíritu procéllæ et tempestáte».
I would hasten to seek an asylum, far from the rushing wind, far from the hurricane.
Díssipa, Dómine, dívide línguas eórum, * quóniam vidi violéntiam et contentiónem in civitáte.
Destroy them, O Lord, divide their tongues! For I behold violence and discord in the city.
Die ac nocte circúmeunt eam super muros eius, † iníquitas et labor et insídiæ in médio eius; * et non defécit de platéis eius frauduléntia et dolus.
Day and night they go round its ramparts; iniquity and vexation are in her midst, perversity is in her bosom, oppression and cunning do not leave her places.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
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, and ever shall be. Amen.
Ant. Deus meus, ne despéxeris deprecatiónem meam, a tribulatióne peccatóris.
Ant. My God, despise not my plea during the persecution of sinners.
Ant. 2. Liberábit nos Dóminus de manu inimíci et insidiatóris.
Ant. 2. The Lord has freed us from the hands of our enemies and those who lie in wait.
II
II
Quóniam si inimícus meus maledixísset mihi, * sustinuíssem útique;
For it is not an enemy that insults me: I would bear it;
et si is, qui óderat me, super me magnificátus fuísset, * abscondíssem me fórsitan ab eo.
it is not an adversary who rises up against me: I would hide myself before him.
Tu vero, homo coæquális meus, * familiáris meus et notus meus,
But thou wast another me, my confidant and my friend.
qui simul habúimus dulce consórtium: * in domo Dei ambulávimus in concúrsu.
We lived together in sweet intimacy, we went with the crowd unto the house of God.
[Véniat mors super illos, et descéndant in inférnum vivéntes,
[May death surprise them, let them descend alive to Sheol!
quóniam nequítiæ in habitáculis eórum, in médio eórum. ]
For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.]
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
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, and ever shall be. Amen.
Ant. Liberábit nos Dóminus de manu inimíci et insidiatóris.
Ant. The Lord has freed us from the hands of our enemies and those who lie in wait.
Ant. 3. Iacta super Dóminum curam tuam, et ipse te enútriet.
Ant. 3. Surrender thy fate unto the Lord, and He shall sustain thou.
III
Ego autem ad Deum clamábo, * et Dóminus salvábit me.
As for me, I cry out to God, and the Lord will save me.
Véspere et mane et merídie meditábor et ingemíscam, * et exáudiet vocem meam.
In the evening, in the morning, in the middle of the day, I complain, I groan, and He shall hearken my voice.
Rédimet in pace ánimam meam ab his, qui impúgnant me, * quóniam in multis sunt advérsum me.
He shall deliver my soul in peace from the battle that is being waged against me, for there are many who are waging war against me.
Exáudiet Deus et humiliábit illos, * qui est ante sǽcula.
God will hearken, and He shall humble them, He who is before the ages.
Non enim est illis commutátio, * et non timuérunt Deum.
For there is no change in them, and they have not the fear of God.
Exténdit manum suam in sócios; * contaminávit fœdus suum.
he lays his hand on those who were at peace with Him, he violates His covenant.
Lene super butyrum est os eius, * pugna autem cor illíus:
From his mouth come words sweet as milk, and war is in his heart.
mollíti sunt sermónes eius super óleum, * et ipsi sunt gládii destrícti.
His speeches are smoother than oil, but they are naked swords.
Iacta super Dóminum curam tuam, † et ipse te enútriet; * non dabit in ætérnum fluctuatiónem iusto.
Commit thy lot unto the Lord, and He shall sustain thou; He shall not let the righteous forevermore totter.
Tu vero, Deus, dedúces eos * in púteum intéritus.
And Thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of perdition;
Viri sánguinum et dolósi non dimidiábunt dies suos; * ego autem sperábo in te, Dómine.
men of blood and cunning will not behold half their days; for my part, I put my trust in Thou.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
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, and ever shall be. Amen.
Ant. Iacta super Dóminum curam tuam, et ipse te enútriet.
Ant. Surrender thy fate unto the Lord, and He shall sustain thou.
In primo nocturno, anno I
De libro Isaíæ prophétæ
Sicut ignis succéndit sarménta, aquam ebullíre facit ignis, ut notum fácias nomen tuum inimícis tuis, a fácie tua gentes turbéntur, cum féceris mirabília quæ non sperabámus. Descendísti, et a fácie tua montes defluxérunt. A sæculo non audiérunt, neque aures percepérunt; óculus non vidit Deum, absque te, qui operarétur pro sperántibus in eum. Occúrris læténti, faciénti iustítiam et his qui in viis tuis recordántur tui. Ecce tu irátus es, et peccávimus; in ipsis a sæculo nos salvábimur.
Et facti sumus ut immúndus omnes nos, et quasi pannus inquinátus univérsæ iustítiæ nostræ; et marcúimus quasi fólium univérsi, et iniquitátes nostræ quasi ventus abstulérunt nos. Non est qui ínvocet nomen tuum, qui consúrgat et adhæreat tibi, quia abscondísti fáciem tuam a nobis et dissolvísti nos in manu iniquitátis nostræ.
Et nunc, Dómine, pater noster es tu, nos vero lutum; et fictor noster tu, et ópera mánuum tuárum omnes nos. Ne irascáris, Dómine, nimis et ne ultra memíneris iniquitátis; ecce, réspice: pópulus tuus omnes nos. Urbes sanctitátis tuæ factæ sunt in desértum, Sion desérta facta est, Ierúsalem desoláta est. Domus sanctitátis nostræ et glóriæ nostræ, ubi laudavérunt te patres nostri, facta est in exustiónem ignis, et ómnia desiderabília nostra versa sunt in ruínas. Numquid super his continébis te, Dómine, tacébis et afflíges nos veheménter?
r. Dies sanctificátus illúxit nobis: veníte, gentes, et adoráte Dóminum, * Quia hódie appáruit lux magna in terris. V. Veníte, adorémus eum; quia ipse est Dóminus Deus noster. * Quia. v. Glória Patri. * Quia.
In secundo nocturno, anno I
Ex Sermónibus Galtéri a Sancto Victóre presbýteri (Sermo 4, 2: CC CM 30, 33-34)
Ecce stella quam víderant in Oriénte antecedébat eos. Hæc stella bis appáruit magis: prius in Oriénte, cuius ducátu venérunt in Iudam, ut qui tempus nativitátis Christi ex stellæ apparitióne cognóverant, ex legis perítis cognóscant et locum in quo nascerétur; secundo vidérunt eámdem stellam egréssi ab Heróde. Quæ est hæc stella qua duce venítur in
Iudæam? Hæc est grátia fídei, prævéniens illuminátio, veritátis cognítio, per quam venítur in Iudam, id est in Dómini confessiónem, quia ubi veritátis cognítio, ibídem et eiúsdem conféssio, iuxta illud: Non mórtui laudábunt te, Dómine, et illud: Neque mors, nec inférnus confitébitur tibi.
QuiI enim Deum nondum cognóscunt, necdum ad Iudæam pervenérunt, immo in Ægýpto vel in Babylóne hábitant, a quibus tamquam mórtuis perit conféssio. Licet ítaque iam a solis ortu usque ad occásum laudábile sit nomen Dómini, tamen non nisi in Iudæa notus est Deus. Ad quam nemo pérvenit, nisi stella fídei, stella matutína, lúcifer oriátur in córdibus nostris.
Sicut per primam stellæ apparitiónem intellégitur grátia prævéniens, sic per secúndam grátia súbsequens. Et útraque confértur nobis ab eo qui operátur in nobis velle et perfícere: velle per grátiam præveniéntem, perfícere per grátiam subsequéntem quæ ducit et perdúcit ad púerum Iesum, ad quem postquam pervénit stella, et ultra non procéssit, quia ipse finis et consummátio et itíneris pervéntio, ad quem, ex quo pervéntum fúerit, nil restat nisi gaudéndum.
r. Tria sunt múnera pretiósa, quæ obtulérunt magi Dómino in die ista, et habent in se divína mystéria: * In auro, ut ostendátur regis poténtia, in ture, sacerdótem magnum consídera, et in myrrha, domínicam sepultúram. v. Salútis nostræ auctórem magi veneráti sunt in cunábulis, et de thesáuris suis mýsticas ei múnerum spécies obtulérunt. * In. v. Glória Patri. * In.
Postea dicitur immediate et sine orémus oratio propria, cum conclusione longiore.
After this the proper prayer is said straightway and without "Let us pray", with the long conclusion.
Dóminus vobíscum.
The Lord be with thee.
r. Et cum spíritu tuo.
r. And with thy spirit.
Benedícat vos omnípotens Deus, Pater, ✠ et Fílius, et Spíritus Sanctus.
May God Almighty bless thee, the Father, ✠ and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
r. Amen.
r. Amen.
Vel alia formula benedictionis, sicut in Missa.
Or another formula of blessing, as at Mass.
Et si fit dimissio, sequitur invitatio:
And if we make a referral, we add the invitation:
Absente sacerdote vel diacono, et in recitatione a solo, sic concluditur:
In the absence of a deacon or a priest, and in the recitation alone, it is concluded thus:
Dóminus nos benedícat, et ab omni malo deféndat, et ad vitam perdúcat ætérnam. r. Amen.
May the Lord bless us, forbid us from all evil, and bring us to eternal life. r. Amen.
The translations proposed here have the sole purpose of a better understanding of the Latin text. They are not to be used in place of the official translations in the liturgy in the vernacular.
