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.
Ant. 1. Bráchium eórum non salvábit eos, sed déxtera tua et illuminátio vultus tui.
Ant. 1. Their arm will not save them, but Thy right hand and the light of Thy face.
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. Bráchium eórum non salvábit eos, sed déxtera tua et illuminátio vultus tui.
Ant. Their arm will not save them, but Thy right hand and the light of Thy face.
Ant. 2. Non avértet Dóminus fáciem suam a vobis, si revérsi fuéritis ad eum.
Ant. 2. The Lord will not turn His face away from thee, if thou returnest to Him.
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. Non avértet Dóminus fáciem suam a vobis, si revérsi fuéritis ad eum.
Ant. The Lord will not turn His face away from thee, if thou returnest to Him.
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, utroque anno
De Epístula ad Hebræos
Est fides sperandórum substántia, rerum arguméntum non apparéntium. In hac enim testimónium consecúti sunt senióres. Fide intellégimus aptáta esse s cula verbo Dei, ut ex invisibílibus visibília facta sint. Fide ampliórem hóstiam Abel quam Cain óbtulit Deo, per quam testimónium consecútus est esse iustus, testimónium perhibénte munéribus eius Deo, et per illam defúnctus adhuc lóquitur.
Fide Enoch translátus est ne vidéret mortem, et non inveniebátur, quia tránstulit illum Deus; ante translatiónem enim testimónium accépit placuísse Deo. Sine fide autem impossíbile placére; crédere enim opórtet accedéntem ad Deum quia est et inquiréntibus se remunerátor fit. Fide Nœ respónso accépto de his quæ adhuc non videbántur, revéritus aptávit arcam in salútem domus suæ; per quam damnávit mundum, et iustítiæ quæ secúndum fidem est, heres est institútus.
Fide vocátus Abraham obœdívit in locum exíre, quem acceptúrus erat in hereditátem, et exívit nésciens quo iret. Fide peregrinátus est in terra promissiónis tamquam in aliéna in cásulis habitándo cum Isaac et Iacob, coherédibus promissiónis eiúsdem; exspectábat enim fundaménta habéntem civitátem cuius ártifex et cónditor Deus. Fide - et ipsa Sara stérilis - virtútem in conceptiónem séminis accépit étiam præter tempus ætátis, quóniam fidélem crédidit esse qui promíserat; propter quod et ab uno orti sunt, et hoc emórtuo, tamquam sídera cæli in multitúdine et sicut aréna quæ est ad oram maris innumerábilis.
Iuxta fidem defúncti sunt omnes isti, non accéptis promissiónibus, sed a longe eas aspiciéntes et salutántes, et confiténtes quia peregríni et hóspites sunt supra terram; qui enim hæc dicunt, signíficant se pátriam inquírere. Et si quidem illíus meminíssent de qua exíerant, habébant útique tempus reverténdi; nunc autem meliórem áppetunt, id est cæléstem. Ideo non confúnditur Deus vocári Deus eórum, parávit enim illis civitátem.
r. Benedictiónes patris tui confortátæ sunt benedictiónibus patrum eius, * Donec veníret Desidérium cóllium æternórum. v. Fiant in cápite Ioseph, et in vértice Nazaræi inter fratres suos, * Donec veníret. v. Glória Patri. * Donec veníret.
In secundo nocturno, anno II
Ex Sermónibus sancti Augustíni epíscopi (Sermo 51, 30: PL 38, 350-351)
Sicut María sine carnáli concupiscéntia mater, sic Ioseph sine carnáli commixtióne pater. Nec eum proptérea separémus, quia défuit carnális concupiscéntia. Maior púritas confírmet paternitátem: ne ipsa sancta María nos reprehéndat. Illa enim nomen suum præpónere nóluit maríto suo, sed dixit: Pater tuus et ego doléntes quærebámus te. Non ergo fáciant pervérsi murmuratóres, quod conjux casta non fecit. Numerémus ergo per Ioseph: quia sicut caste marítus, sic caste pater est.
Nam si remóto illo illam constituámus, dicit ille et recte dicit: Quare me separástis? Quare non per me generatiónes vel ascéndunt vel descéndunt? An dícitur ei: Quia non tu genuísti ópere carnis tuæ? Sed respondébit: Numquid et illa ópere carnis suæ péperit? Quod Spíritus sanctus operátus est, utrísque operátus est.
Cum esset, inquit, homo iustus. Iustus ergo vir, iusta fémina. Spíritus sanctus in ambórum iustítia requiéscens, ambóbus fílium dedit. Itaque ambóbus dicit ángelus ut púero nomen impónant; ubi paréntum declarátur auctóritas. Dícitur Maríæ: Ecce concípies fílium, et vocábis nomen eius Jesum; dícitur étiam ad Ioseph: Páriet autem fílium, et vocábis nomen eius Iesum. Dícitur étiam: Et péperit ei fílium, ubi omníno pater non carne, sed caritáte firmátur. Sic ergo pater sícuti est. Cautíssime enim evangelístæ et prudentíssime per illum númerant.
Quare Ioseph pater? Quia tanto fírmius pater, quanto cástius pater. Aliter quidem putabátur esse pater Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, scílicet sicut c teri patres carne generántes, non solo spirituáli afféctu líberos suscipiéntes. Nam dixit et Lucas: Qui putabátur esse fílius Ioseph. Non ergo de sémine Ioseph Dóminus, quamvis hoc putarétur: et tamen pietáti et caritáti Ioseph natus est de María Vírgine fílius, idémque Fílius Dei.
r. Cum indúcerent púerum Iesum paréntes eius, ut fácerent secúndum consuetúdinem legis pro eo, * Accépit eum Símeon in ulnas suas et benedíxit Deum. v. Et erat pater eius et mater mirántes super his quæ dicebántur de illo. * Accépit. v. Glória Patri. * Accépit.
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.
Præsta, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus, † ut humánæ salútis mystéria, cuius primórdia beáti Ioseph fidéli custódiæ commisísti, * Ecclésia tua, ipso intercedénte, iúgiter servet implénda. Per Dóminum.
We beseech Thee, Almighty God, as Thou hast entrusted to St. Joseph the custody of the mysteries of the salvation of humanity; grant now to thy Church, supported by her prayer, to be able to put them into practice.
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.
