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
O Christe, flos convállium, te láudibus extóllimus, quod hanc ornásti vírginem palmis quoque martýrii.
Hæc prudens, fortis, sápiens, fidem proféssa líbere, pro te dira supplícia excépit impertérrita.
Sic spreto mundi príncipe, tuo ditáta múnere, cruénto parta prœ́lio, ætérna tulit prǽmia.
Huius, Redémptor, méritis nos pius adde sócios, ut, mente pura, frúctibus tui fruámur sánguinis.
Iesu, tibi sit glória, qui natus es de Vírgine, cum Patre et almo Spíritu, in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
Jesus, to Thee be glory given, Whom erst the Virgin-Mother bore, With Father and with Holy Ghost, Through endless ages evermore.
Ant. 1. Ipsi intra nos gémimus, exspectántes redemptiónem córporis nostri.
Ant. 1.
Psalmus 38 (39)
Psalm 38
Ægrotantis deprecatio
The cripple's supplication
Vanitati creatura subiecta est... propter eum qui subiecit eam in spe (Rom 8, 20).
Creation has been subjected to vanity ... because of him who subjected it in hope.
I
I
Dixi: «Custódiam vias meas, * ut non delínquam in lingua mea;
I said, I will watch over my ways, so that I sin not with my tongue.
ponam ori meo custódiam, * donec consístit peccátor advérsum me».
I put a guard to my mouth, whilst the sinner rose before me.
Tacens obmútui et sílui absque ullo bono, * et dolor meus renovátus est.
I have been silent, and I have humbled myself, and I have refrained from saying even good things; and my pain was renewed.
Concáluit cor meum intra me, * et in meditatióne mea exársit ignis.
My heart was warmed within me, and whilst I was meditating, a fire was ignited.
Locútus sum in lingua mea: * «Notum fac mihi, Dómine, finem meum;
The word came on my tongue, "Let me know my end, O Lord,
et númerum diérum meórum quis est, * ut sciam quam brevis sit vita mea».
and what is the number of my days, so that I may know how little I have left.
Ecce paucórum palmórum fecísti dies meos, * et spátium vitæ meæ tamquam níhilum ante te.
Behold, Thou hast subjected my days to a limited measure, and my being is like nothingness before Thou.
Etenim univérsa vánitas omnis homo constitútus est. * Etenim ut imágo pertránsit homo.
Yes, every living man is naught but vanity.Yes, man passes by like a phantom,
Étenim vánitas est et concitátur; * thesaurízat et ignórat quis congregábit ea.
and it is in vain that he torments himself. He is hoarding treasures, and he doth not know for whom he hath heaped them up.
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. Ipsi intra nos gémimus, exspectántes redemptiónem córporis nostri.
Ant.
Ant. 2. Exáudi oratiónem meam, Dómine; pércipe lácrimas meas.
Ant. 2.
Etenim vánitas est et concitátur; * thesaurízat et ignórat quis congregábit ea.
and it is in vain that he torments himself. He is hoarding treasures, and he doth not know for whom he hath heaped them up.
II
II
Et nunc quæ est exspectátio mea, Dómine? * Spes mea apud te est.
And now what is my expectation? Isn't that the Lord? My hope is in Thou.
Ab ómnibus iniquitátibus meis érue me, * oppróbrium insipiénti ne ponas me.
Deliver me from all my iniquities. Thou hast repaid me the reproach of the fool.
Obmútui et non apériam os meum, * quóniam tu fecísti.
I was silent, and I did not open my mouth, forasmuch as Thou didst it
Amove a me plagas tuas: * ab ictu manus tuæ ego deféci.
Turn away from me Thy blows, under the power of Thy hand, I fainted, when Thou tookest me back
In increpatiónibus, propter iniquitátem, corripuisti hominem, † et tabéscere fecísti sicut tínea desiderabília eius. * Etenim vánitas omnis homo.
Thou hast punished man forasmuch as of his iniquity. And Thou hast dried up his soul like a spider. Yes, it is in vain that every man is anxious.
Exáudi oratiónem meam, Dómine, * et clamórem meum áuribus pércipe.
Hearken, O Lord, my prayer and my supplication;
Ad lácrimas meas ne obsurdéscas, † quóniam ádvena ego sum apud te, * peregrínus sicut omnes patres mei.
Be attentive to my tears. Do not be silent, for I am a stranger and a traveler with Thou, like all my fathers.
Avértere a me, ut refrígerer, * priúsquam ábeam et non sim ámplius.
Give me some rest, that I may be refreshed before I go away and disappear."
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. Exáudi oratiónem meam, Dómine; pércipe lácrimas meas.
Ant.
Ant. 3. Ego autem sperávi in misericórdia Dei in ætérnum.
Ant. 3.
Psalmus 51
Psalm 51
Contra calumniatorem
Against slanderers
Qui gloriatur, in Domino glorietur (I Cor 1,31).
Let him who glories glory in the Lord
Quid gloriáris in malítia, * qui potens es iniquitáte?
Wherefore do thou glory in evil, thou who are valiant in committing iniquity?
Tota die insídias cogitásti; * lingua tua sicut novácula acúta, qui facis dolum.
All day long thy tongue has meditated on injustice; Like a sharp razor, thou practice deception.
Dilexísti malítiam super benignitátem, † mendácium magis quam loqui æquitátem. * Dilexísti ómnia verba perditiónis, lingua dolósa.
Thou hast loved malice more than goodness, iniquity more than words of righteousness. Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.
Proptérea Deus déstruet te in finem; † evéllet te et emigrábit te de tabernáculo * et radícem tuam de terra vivéntium.
Wherefore God will destroy thou forevermore; He shall pluck thou out of thy tent and take thou out of thy tent, and He shall take away thy root from the land of the living.
Vidébunt iústi et timébunt * et super eum ridébunt:
The righteous will behold it, and will fear; and they will laugh at him, saying:
“Ecce homo, qui non pósuit Deum refúgium suum, † sed sperávit in multitúdine divitiárum suárum * et præváluit in insídiis suis.”
Here is the man who did not take God for his protector, but who trusted in the multitude of his riches, and who took advantage of his vanity.
Ego autem sicut virens olíva in domo Dei. † Sperávi in misericórdia Dei * in ætérnum et in sǽculum sǽculi.
But I am like a fertile olive tree in the house of God. * I hope in God's mercy forevermore and ever.
Confitébor tibi in sǽculum, quia fecísti; † et exspectábo nomen tuum, quóniam bonum est; * in conspéctu sanctórum tuórum
I will praise Thee endlessly, forasmuch as Thou hast done this; and I will wait for Thy Name, forasmuch as it is good, in the presence of Thy saints.
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. Ego autem sperávi in misericórdia Dei in ætérnum.
Ant.
In primo nocturno, anno II)
De libro Daniélis prophétæ
Anno tértio regni Balthásar regis vísio appáruit mihi, ego Dániel, post id quod mihi apparúerat in princípio. Factum est autem cum vidérem ego Dániel visiónem et quærerem intellegéntiam, ecce stetit in conspéctu meo quasi spécies viri; et audívi vocem viri inter Ulai, et clamávit et ait: "Gábriel, fac intellégere istum visiónem." Et venit et stetit iuxta ubi ego stabam; cumque venísset, pavens córrui in fáciem meam, et ait ad me: "Intéllege, fili hóminis, quóniam in témpore finis complébitur vísio."
Cumque loquerétur ad me, collápsus sum pronus in terram, et tétigit me et státuit me in gradu meo dixítque: "Ecce ego osténdam tibi quæ futúra sint in novíssimo maledictiónis, quóniam in témpore erit finis. Aries, quem vidísti habére córnua, reges Medórum est atque Persárum; porro hircus caprárum rex Græcórum est, et cornu grande, quod erat inter óculos eius, ipse est rex primus. Quod autem, fracto illo, surrexérunt quáttuor pro eo, quáttuor regna de gente eius consúrgent, sed non in fortitúdine eius."
"Et post regnum eórum, cum créverint iniquitáte, consúrget rex impúdens fácie et intéllegens propositiónes; et roborábitur fortitúdo eius, sed non in víribus suis, et supra quam credi potest univérsa vastábit et prosperábitur et fáciet et interfíciet robústos et pópulum sanctórum, et secúndum sapiéntiam suam prosperábitur dolus in manu eius, et in corde suo magnificábitur et in tranquillitáte óccidet plúrimos et contra príncipem príncipum consúrget et sine manu conterétur. Et vísio véspere et mane quæ dicta est vera est; tu ergo signa visiónem, quia post dies multos erit."
r. Numquid scis quare vénerim ad te? Et nunc revértar ut prœlier advérsus príncipem Persárum contradicéntem tuis précibus et meæ legatióni; * Verúmtamen Míchael archángelus, princeps vester, erit adiútor meus. v. Dániel, vir desideriórum, intellége verba quæ loquor ad te, et sta in gradu tuo. * Verúmtamen. v. Glória Patri. * Verúmtamen.
In secundo nocturno, anno II)
Ex Sermónibus sancti Bernárdi abbátis (Sermo 19 de diversis, 2-3: EC 6, 162-163)
Quid est regnum Dei? Iustítia et pax et gáudium in Spíritu Sancto. Atténdis et inténdis quia gáudium in fine est? Sic fátui fílii Adam, et præcípiti saltu iustítiam transiliéntes et pacem, rem finálem in princípium convértere et pervértere vultis? Nemo enim est qui gaudére non velit. Non stabit et non erit istud, quia, sicut non est pax ímpiis, sic nec gaudére ímpiis, dicit Dóminus. Non sic ímpii, non sic.
Prius est iustítiam fácere, inquírere pacem et pérsequi eam, et sic demum apprehéndere gáudium, immo a gáudio comprehéndi. Sic angélicus ille convéntus prius iustítiam fecit, cum stetit in veritáte et veritátis deséruit desertórem. Post hæc, illa pace firmáti sunt quæ exsúperat omnem sensum, quia, cum divérsis honórum primátibus ambiántur, nullus qui múrmuret, qui invídeat nullus.
Lauda tu, Ierúsalem, Dóminum, lauda Deum tuum, Sion, quóniam confortávit seras portárum tuárum, benedíxit fíliis tuis in te, qui pósuit fines tuos pacem. Iam non est timor in fínibus tuis, quia pósuit fines tuos pacem. Nullæ ibi tentatiónes, nulla sese cogitatiónum turma confúndit. Ille qui idem est, ómnia in identitáte consólidat atque coniúngit, cuius participátio, inquit, in idípsum. Hoc iam tértio háuriunt aquas in gáudio de fóntibus Salvatóris, et nudis, ut ita dicam, óculis deitátis intuéntur esséntiam, nulla corporeórum phantásmatum imaginatióne decépti. Ecce gáudium in fine, sed sine fine.
r. Misit Dóminus ángelum suum et conclúsit ora leónum, * Et non me contaminavérunt, quia coram eo iustítia invénta est in me. v. Misit Deus misericórdiam suam et veritátem suam; ánimam meam erípuit de médio catulórum leónum. * Et. v. Glória Patri. * Et.
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.
