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
Te gratulántes pángimus, Martha, beáta múlier, quæ meruísti sæpius Christum domi recípere.
Tantum libénter hóspitem curis ornábas sédulis, in plúrima sollícita amóris dulci stímulo.
Pascis dum læta Dóminum, soror ac frater ávide possunt ab illo grátiæ vitæque cibum súmere.
Captúro mortis trámitem dante soróre arómata, extrémi tu servítii vigil donásti múnera.
Magístri felix hóspita, corda fac nostra férveant, ut illi gratæ iúgiter sint sedes amicítiæ.
Sit Trinitáti glória, quæ nos in domum cælicam admítti tandem tríbuat tecúmque laudes cánere. Amen.
Ant. 1. Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea.
Ant. 1. I love thee, Lord, my strength.
Psalmus 17 (18), 2-30
Psalm 17 (18), 2-30
Gratiarum actio pro salute et victoria
Thanksgiving for salvation and victory.
In illa hora factus est terræmotus magnus (Apc 11, 13).
In that hour there was a great earthquake (Rev 11:13).
I
I
Díligam te, Dómine, fortitúdo mea. * Dómine, firmaméntum meum et refúgium meum et liberátor meus;
I will love Thou, Lord, my strength. Lord, my firmament, my refuge and my deliverer.
Deus meus, adiútor meus, et sperábo in eum; * protéctor meus et cornu salútis meæ et suscéptor meus.
My God is my helper, and I will hope in Him. He is my protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my defender.
Laudábilem invocábo Dóminum * et ab inimícis meis salvus ero.
I will call upon the Lord in praise of Him, and I will be delivered from my enemies.
Circumdedérunt me fluctus mortis, * et torréntes Bélial conturbavérunt me;
The waves of death have encircled me, and the torrents of Belial have afflicted me,
funes inférni circumdedérunt me, * præoccupavérunt me láquei mortis.
The pains of death have surrounded me, and the torrents of iniquity have filled me with trouble.
In tribulatióne mea invocávi Dóminum * et ad Deum meum clamávi;
In my affliction I called on the Lord, and cried out to my God.
exaudívit de templo suo vocem meam, * et clamor meus in conspéctu eius introívit in aures eius.
And from His holy temple He heard my voice; and my cry penetrated into His presence even to His ears.
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. Díligam te, Dómine, virtus mea.
Ant. I love thee, Lord, my strength.
Ant. 2. Salvum me fecit Dóminus, quóniam vóluit me.
Ant. 2. The Lord gave me salvation, forasmuch as He was pleased with me.
II
II
Commóta est et contrémuit terra; † fundaménta móntium concússa sunt et commóta sunt, * quóniam irátus est.
The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
Ascéndit fumus de náribus eius, † et ignis de ore eius dévorans; * carbónes succénsi processérunt ab eo.
There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.
Inclinávit cælos et descéndit, * et calígo sub pédibus eius.
He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Et ascéndit super cherub et volávit, * ferebátur super pennas ventórum.
And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
Et pósuit ténebras latíbulum suum, † in circúitu eius tabernáculum eius, * tenebrósa aqua, nubes áeris.
And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
Præ fulgóre in conspéctu eius nubes transiérunt, * grando et carbónes ignis.
At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
Et intónuit de cælo Dóminus, † et Altíssimus dedit vocem suam: * grando et carbónes ignis.
And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
Et misit sagíttas suas et dissipávit eos, * fúlgura iecit et conturbávit eos.
And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
Et apparuérunt fontes aquárum, * et reveláta sunt fundaménta orbis terrárum
16 Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered:
ab increpatióne tua, Dómine, * ab inspiratióne spíritus iræ tuæ.
At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
Misit de summo et accépit me * et assúmpsit me de aquis multis;
He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
erípuit me de inimícis meis fortíssimis † et ab his, qui odérunt me, * quóniam confortáti sunt super me.
He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Oppugnavérunt me in die afflictiónis meæ, * et factus est Dóminus fulciméntum meum;
They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
et edúxit me in latitúdinem, * salvum me fecit, quóniam vóluit me.
And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
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. Salvum me fecit Dóminus, quóniam vóluit me.
Ant. The Lord gave me salvation, forasmuch as He was pleased with me.
Ant. 3. Tu, Dómine, accénde lucérnam meam; illuminábis ténebras meas.
Ant. 3. Thou, Lord, make my torch shine; light my darkness
III
III
Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum reddet mihi,
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
quia custodívi vias Dómini * nec ímpie recéssi a Deo meo.
Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
Quóniam ómnia iudícia eius in conspéctu meo, * et iustítias eius non réppuli a me;
For all his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
et fui immaculátus cum eo * et observávi me ab iniquitáte.
And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum iustítiam meam * et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum in conspéctu oculórum eius.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
Cum sancto sanctus eris * et cum viro innocénte ínnocens eris
With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
et cum elécto eléctus eris * et cum pervérso cállidus eris.
And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
Quóniam tu pópulum húmilem salvum fácies * et óculos superbórum humiliábis.
For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
Quóniam tu accéndis lucérnam meam, Dómine; * Deus meus illúminat ténebras meas.
For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
Quóniam in te aggrédiar hóstium turmas * et in Deo meo transíliam murum.
For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall.
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. Tu, Dómine, accénde lucérnam meam; illuminábis ténebras meas.
Ant. Thou, Lord, make my torch shine; light my darkness
In primo nocturno, anno II
De libro Iob
Respóndens Eliu fílius Bárachel Buzítes dixit: Audi, Iob, elóquia mea et omnes sermónes meos auscúlta. Ecce apérui os meum, loquátur lingua mea in fáucibus meis. Ex recto corde sermónes mei sunt, et senténtiam puram lábia mea loquéntur.
Spíritus Dei fecit me, et spiráculum Omnipoténtis vivificávit me. Si potes, respónde mihi, prpara te coram me et consíste. Ecce ego sicut tu coram Deo sum et de eódem luto abscíssus sum et ego. Verúmtamen terror meus non te térreat, et onus meum non sit tibi grave. Dixísti ergo in áuribus meis, et vocem verbórum tuórum audívi: "Mundus sum ego et absque delícto; immaculátus, et non est iníquitas in me."
"Quia querélas in me répperit, ídeo arbitrátus est me inimícum sibi; pósuit in nervo pedes meos, custodívit omnes sémitas meas." Hoc est ergo in quo non es iustificátus, respondébo tibi, quia maior est Deus hómine. Quare advérsus eum conténdis, quod non ad ómnia verba respónderit tibi?
Semel lóquitur Deus, et secúndo idípsum non répetit. Per sómnium in visióne noctúrna, quando írruit sopor super hómines, et dórmiunt in léctulo, tunc áperit aures virórum et in visiónibus terret eos, ut avértat hóminem ab his quæ facit, et líberet eum de supérbia, éruens ánimam eius a fóvea et vitam illíus, ut non tránseat canálem mortis. Increpat quoque per dolórem in léctulo, et trémitus óssium eius contínuus. Abominábilis ei fit in vita sua panis, et ánimæ illíus cibus ante desiderábilis. Tabéscet caro eius in conspéctu, et ossa quæ non videbántur nudabúntur. Appropinquávit corruptióni fóveæ, et vita illíus mortíferis sédibus.
r. Adésto dolóri meo, Deus, nímium fátigor, et cécidit in luctum cíthara mea, * Et cantátio mea in ploratiónem. v. Versa est in luctum cíthara mea, et órganum meum in vocem fléntium. * Et cantátio. v. Glória Patri. * Et cantátio.
In secundo nocturno, anno II
Ex libris Morálium sancti Gregórii Magni papæ (Lib. 10, 26: PL 75, 935-936)
Omne peccátum aut sola cogitatióne commíttitur, aut cogitatióne simul et ópere perpetrátur. "Iníquitas" ergo "in manu" est culpa in ópere, iniustítia vero in tabernáculo iníquitas in mente. Mens quippe nostra tabernáculum non incóngrue vocátur, in qua apud nosmetípsos abscóndimur, cum foris in ópere non vidémur. Sophar ítaque, quia iusti viri amícus est, novit quod dicat; sed quia iustum íncrepat, hereticórum tenens spéciem, proférre recte étiam quæ novit ignórat. Sed nos calcántes hoc, quod ab eo túmide dícitur, pensémus eius verba quam vera sint, si recte diceréntur. Prius enim a manu iniquitátem súbtrahi, et post a tabernáculo ádmonet iniustítiam abscídi, quia quisquis iam prava a se ópera extérius résecat, necésse profécto est ut, ad semetípsum rédiens, solérter sese in mentis intentióne discérnat; ne culpa, quam iam in actióne non habet, adhuc in cogitatióne perdúret.
Unde bene étiam per Salomónem dícitur: Præpara foris opus tuum, et diligénter exérce agrum tuum, ut póstea ædífices domum tuam. Quid namque est præparáto ópere agrum dilígenter extérius exercére, nisi evúlsis iniquitátis séntibus, actiónem nostram ad frugem retributiónis excólere? Et quid est post agri exercítium ad ædifícium domus redíre, nisi quod plerúmque ex bonis opéribus díscimus, quantam vitæ mundítiam in cogitatióne construámus?
Pene cuncta namque bona ópera ex cogitatióne pródeunt, sed sunt nonnúlla cogitatiónis acúmina, quæ ex operatióne nascúntur; nam sicut ab ánimo opus súmitur, ita rursus ab ópere ánimus erudítur. Mens quippe divíni amóris exórdia cápiens ímperat bona quæ fiant, sed postquam fíeri imperáta cœperint, ipsis suis exercitáta actiónibus discit, cum imperáre bona inchoáverat, quantum minus vidébat.
r. Desidérium meum, Omnípotens, audi, et tríbue mihi auditórem qui æquitátem propónat contra me, * Ut pervéniat ad victóriam iudícium meum. v. Nolo multa fortitúdine conténdat mecum, nec magnitúdinis suæ mole me premat; æquitátem propónat contra me, * Ut pervéniat. v. Glória Patri. * Ut pervéniat.
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.
