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
Ætérne rerum cónditor, noctem diémque qui regis, et témporum das témpora ut álleves fastídium,
Maker of all, eternal King Who day and night about dost bring: Who weary mortals to relieve, Dost in their times the seasons give:
Præco diéi iam sonat, noctis profúndæ pérvigil, noctúrna lux viántibus a nocte noctem ségregans.
Hoc excitátus lúcifer solvit polum calígine; hoc omnis errónum chorus vias nocéndi déserit.
Roused at the note, the morning star Heaven’s dusky veil uplifts afar: Night’s vagrant bands no longer roam, But from their dark ways hie them home.
Hoc nauta vires cólligit pontíque mitéscunt freta; hoc, ipse Petra Ecclésiæ, canénte, culpam díluit.
The encouraged sailor’s fears are o’er, The foaming billows rage no more: Lo! E’en the very Church’s Rock Melts at the crowing of the cock.
Iesu, labántes réspice et nos vidéndo córrige; si réspicis, lapsus cadunt fletúque culpa sólvitur.
Look on us, Jesu, when we fall, And with Thy look our souls recall: If Thou but look, our sins are gone, And with due tears our pardon won.
Tu, lux, refúlge sénsibus mentísque somnum díscute; te nostra vox primum sonet et vota solvámus tibi.
Shed through our hearts Thy piercing ray, Our souls’ dull slumber drive away: Thy Name be first on every tongue, To Thee our earliest praises sung.
Sit, Christe, rex piíssime, tibi Patríque glória cum Spíritu Paráclito, in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
To thee, O Christ, our gracious king, And to thy Father, glory be, Who with the Spirit Paraclete Forever reign in majesty.
Ant. 1. Salvásti nos, Dómine, et in nómine tuo confitébimur in sǽculum.
Ant. 1. Thou saved us, and we'll celebrate Thy name forevermore.
Psalmus 43 (44)
Psalm 43 (44)
Populi calamitates
In his omnibus superamus propter eum, qui dilexit nos (Rom 8, 37).
In all these things, we are more than conquerors through the One who loved us (Romans 8:37).
I
I
Deus, áuribus nostris audívimus; † patres nostri annuntiavérunt nobis * opus, quod operátus es in diébus eórum, in diébus antíquis.
O God, we have heard with our ears; our fathers have told us of the work that Thou hast done in their days, and in the days of old.
Tu manu tua gentes depulísti et plantásti illos, * afflixísti pópulos et dilatásti eos.
Thy hand has destroyed the nations, and thou hast set them in their place; Thou hast afflicted the peoples, and Thou hast driven them out.
Nec enim in gládio suo possedérunt terram, * et bráchium eórum non salvávit eos;
For it was not with their sword that they conquered this land, nor did their arm save them,
sed déxtera tua et bráchium tuum et illuminátio vultus tui, * quóniam complacuísti in eis.
but it is Thy right hand and Thy arm, and the light of Thy face, forasmuch as Thou lovedst them.
Tu es rex meus et Deus meus, * qui mandas salútes Iacob.
Thou art my king and my God, thou who command the salvation of Jacob.
In te inimícos nostros proiécimus * et in nómine tuo conculcávimus insurgéntes in nos.
Through Thou we will overthrow our enemies, and in Thy Name we will despise those who rise up against us.
Non enim in arcu meo sperábo, * et gládius meus non salvábit me.
For it is not in my bow that I will trust, * nor will my sword save me.
Tu autem salvásti nos de affligéntibus nos * et odiéntes nos confudísti.
But it is Thou who have saved us from those who afflicted us, and who have confounded those who hated us.
In Deo gloriábimur tota die * et in nómine tuo confitébimur in sæculum.
In God we will glory all day long, and we will praise Thy Name forevermore.
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. Salvásti nos, Dómine, et in nómine tuo confitébimur in sǽculum.
Ant. Thou saved us, and we'll celebrate Thy name forevermore.
Ant. 2. Parce, Dómine, et ne des hereditátem tuam in oppróbrium.
Ant. 2. Have mercy, Lord, and do not abandon Thy heritage in disgrace.
II
II
Nunc autem reppulísti et confudísti nos * et non egrediéris, Deus, cum virtútibus nostris.
But now Thou've turned us away and put us to shame, and Thou don't go out with our armies anymore, God.
Convertísti nos retrórsum coram inimícis nostris, * et, qui odérunt nos, diripuérunt sibi.
Thou madest us turn our backs on our enemies, and those who hated us plundered us.
Dedísti nos tamquam oves ad vescéndum * et in géntibus dispersísti nos.
Thou hast given us up as sheep for slaughter, and thou hast scattered us amongst the nations.
Vendidísti pópulum tuum sine lucro, * nec dítior factus es in commutatióne eórum.
Thou sold thy people at a low price, and there was no crowd in the purchase that was made of them.
Posuísti nos oppróbrium vicínis nostris, * subsannatiónem et derísum his, qui sunt in circúitu nostro.
Thou hast repaid us the reproach of our neighbors, and an object of insult and mockery to those around us.
Posuísti nos similitúdinem in géntibus, * commotiónem cápitis in pópulis.
Thou hast given us back the fable of the nations; the people shake their heads about us.
Tota die verecúndia mea contra me est, * et confúsio faciéi meæ coopéruit me,
All day long my shame is before my eyes, and the confusion of my face covers me entirely,
a voce exprobrántis et obloquéntis, * a fácie inimíci et ultóris.
at the voice of him who reviles and reviles me, in the sight of the enemy and the persecutor.
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. Parce, Dómine, et ne des hereditátem tuam in oppróbrium.
Ant. Have mercy, Lord, and do not abandon Thy heritage in disgrace.
Ant. 3. Exsúrge, Dómine, et iúdica causam tuam.
Ant. 3. Arise, O Lord, and defend Thy cause.
III
III
Hæc ómnia venérunt super nos,† nec oblíti sumus te; * et iníque non égimus in testaméntum tuum.
All these evils have come upon us; and yet we have not forgotten Thou, nor have we acted unjustly against Thy covenant.
Et non recéssit retro cor nostrum, * nec declinavérunt gressus nostri a via tua;
And our hearts have not withdrawn backwards; and Thou hast turned our steps away from Thy way.
sed humiliásti nos in loco vúlpium * et operuísti nos umbra mortis.
For Thou hast humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.
Si oblíti fuérimus nomen Dei nostri * et si expandérimus manus nostras ad deum aliénum,
If we have forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a foreign god,
nonne Deus requíret ista? * Ipse enim novit abscóndita cordis.
Won't God ask for an account of it anon? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Quóniam propter te mortificámur tota die, * æstimáti sumus sicut oves occisiónis.
For it is for thy sake that we are daily given up to death, and that we are looked upon as sheep for slaughter.
Evígila, quare obdórmis, Dómine? * Exsúrge et ne repéllas in finem.
Arise; wherefore do Thou sleep, Lord? Arise, and do not put us away forevermore.
Quare fáciem tuam avértis, * oblivísceris inópiæ nostræ et tribulatiónis nostræ?
Wherefore do Thou turn away Thy face? Wherefore do Thou forget our misery and tribulation?
Quóniam humiliáta est in púlvere ánima nostra, * conglutinátus est in terra venter noster.
For our soul is humbled in the dust, and our bosom is as it were clinging unto the earth.
Exsúrge, Dómine, ádiuva nos * et rédime nos propter misericórdiam tuam.
Arise, Lord; help us, and redeem us by Thy mercy.
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. Exsúrge, Dómine, et iúdica causam tuam.
Ant. Arise, O Lord, and defend Thy cause.
In primo nocturno, anno I)
De libro secúndo Chronicórum 30, 1-13
Misit Ezechías ad omnem Israel et Iudam scripsítque et epístulas ad Ephraim et Manássen, ut venírent ad domum Dómini in Ierúsalem et fácerent Pascha Dómino, Deo Israel. Iníto quoque consílio regis et príncipum et univérsi cœtus in Ierúsalem, decrevérunt, ut fácerent Pascha mense secúndo. Non enim potúerant fácere in témpore suo, quia sacerdótes, qui possent suffícere, sanctificáti non fúerant, et pópulus necdum congregátus erat in Ierúsalem. Plácuit ergo sermo regi et omni multitúdini, et decrevérunt, ut mítterent núntios in univérsum Israel de Bersabée usque Dan, ut venírent et fácerent Pascha Dómino, Deo Israel, in Ierúsalem; in plúrima enim multitúdine non fécerant sicut lege præscríptum est. Perrexerúntque cursóres cum epístulis ex regis manu et príncipum eius in univérsum Israel et Iudam, iuxta quod rex iússerat, prædicántes:
"Fílii Israel, revertímini ad Dóminum, Deum Abraham et Isaac et Israel, ut revertátur ad relíquias quæ effugérunt manum regum Assyriórum. Nolíte fíeri sicut patres vestri et fratres, qui recessérunt a Dómino, Deo patrum suórum, et trádidit eos in intéritum, ut ipsi cérnitis. Nolíte nunc induráre cérvices vestras sicut patres vestri. Trádite manus Dómino et veníte ad sanctuárium eius, quod sanctificávit in ætérnum; servíte Dómino Deo vestro, ut avertátur a vobis ira furóris eius. Si enim vos revérsi fuéritis ad Dóminum, fratres vestri et fílii habébunt misericórdiam coram dóminis suis, qui illos duxére captívos, et reverténtur in terram hanc: miséricors enim et clemens est Dóminus Deus vester et non avértet fáciem suam a vobis, si revérsi fuéritis ad eum."
Igitur cursóres pergébant de civitáte in civitátem per terram Ephraim et Manásse usque Zábulon, illis irridéntibus et subsannántibus eos. Attamen quidam viri ex Aser et Manásse et Zábulon se humiliavérunt et venérunt Ierúsalem. In Iuda quoque facta est manus Dómini, ut daret eis cor unum, ut fácerent præcéptum regis et príncipum iuxta verbum Dómini. Congregátus est ergo in Ierúsalem pópulus multus, ut fáceret sollemnitátem Azymórum in mense secúndo, ecclésia magna valde.
r. Laudábilis pópulus, quem Dóminus exercítuum benedíxit, dicens: Opus mánuum meárum tu es, * Heréditas mea, Israel. v. Beáta gens cuius Dóminus Deus eius, pópulus eléctus quem elégit in hereditátem sibi. * Heréditas. v. Glória Patri. * Heréditas.
In secundo nocturno, anno I)
Ex Sermónibus sancti Bernárdi abbátis (Sermo 12 in psalmum Qui hábitat, 6-8: EC 4, 458-462)
Angelis suis mandávit de te, ut custódiant te in ómnibus viis tuis. Quantam tibi debet hoc verbum inférre reveréntiam, afférre devotiónem, conférre fidúciam. Reveréntiam pro præséntia, devotiónem pro benevoléntia, fidúciam pro custódia. Adsunt ígitur, et adsunt tibi, non modo tecum, sed étiam pro te. Adsunt ut prótegant, adsunt ut prosint. Verúmtamen etsi ille mandávit, ipsis quoque, qui et ei ex tanta caritáte obœdiunt et nobis subvéniunt in tanta necessitáte, ingrátos esse non licet.
Simus ergo devóti, simus grati tantis custódibus; redamémus eos, honorémus eos quantum póssumus, quantum debémus. Totus tamen ei reddátur et amor, et honor noster, a quo tam ipsis quam nobis est totum, unde honoráre póssumus vel amáre, unde amári honoraríve merémur. In ipso ítaque, fratres, affectuóse diligámus ángelos eius, tamquam futúros aliquándo coherédes nostros, ínterim vero actóres et tutóres a Patre pósitos et præpósitos nobis. Nunc enim fílii Dei sumus, etsi nondum appáreat, quo adhuc párvuli sub actóribus et tutóribus simus, tamquam nihil ínterim differéntes a servis.
Céterum, etsi tam párvuli sumus, et tam magna nobis, et nec modo tam magna, sed et tam periculósa via restat, quid tamen sub tantis custódibus timeámus? Nec superári, nec sedúci, minus autem sedúcere possunt, qui custódiunt nos in ómnibus viis nostris. Fidéles sunt, prudéntes sunt, poténtes sunt: quid trepidámus? Tantum sequámur eos, adhæreámus eis, et in protectióne Dei cæli commorémur.
r. Sicut præcéssit Tobíæ Ráphael ángelus ad præparándam viam, ita comitétur nobíscum, * Et dispónat iter nostrum cum pace et gáudio. v. Angelus qui fuit cum Tobía, ipse comitétur nobíscum, * Et dispónat. v. Glória Patri. * Et dispónat.
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.
