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
Igne divíni rádians amóris córporis sexum superávit Agnes, et super carnem potuére carnis claustra pudícæ.
Spíritum celsæ cápiunt cohórtes cándidum, cæli super astra tollunt; iúngitur Sponsi thálamis pudíca sponsa beátis.
Virgo, nunc nostræ miserére sortis et, tuum quisquis célebrat tropǽum, ímpetret sibi véniam reátus atque salútem.
Redde pacátum pópulo precánti príncipem cæli dominúmque terræ, donet ut pacem pius et quiétæ témpora vitæ.
Láudibus mitem celebrémus Agnum, casta quem sponsum sibi legit Agnes, astra qui cæli moderátur atque cuncta gubérnat.
Ant. 1. Ipsi intra nos gémimus, exspectántes redemptiónem córporis nostri.
Ant. 1. Within ourselves, we groan, waiting for our bodies to be redeemed.
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. Within ourselves, we groan, waiting for our bodies to be redeemed.
Ant. 2. Exáudi oratiónem meam, Dómine; pércipe lácrimas meas.
Ant. 2. Hearken my prayer, O Lord; consider my tears.
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. Hearken my prayer, O Lord; consider my tears.
Ant. 3. Ego autem sperávi in misericórdia Dei in ætérnum.
Ant. 3. But I've evermore hoped for God's mercy.
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. But I've evermore hoped for God's mercy.
v. Sustínuit ánima mea in verbo eius.
r. Sperávit ánima mea in Dómino.
r. Sperávit ánima mea in Dómino.
v. My soul clung to His word. r. My soul has put its hope in the Lord.
In primo nocturno, anno I
De Epístula beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Romános
Fratres, non regnet peccátum in vestro mortáli córpore, ut obœdiátis concupiscéntiis eius, neque exhibeátis membra vestra arma iniustítiæ peccáto, sed exhibéte vos Deo tamquam ex mórtuis vivéntes et membra vestra arma iustítiæ Deo. Peccátum enim vobis non dominábitur; non enim sub lege estis sed sub grátia.
Quid ergo? Peccábimus, quóniam non sumus sub lege sed sub grátia? Absit! Nescítis quóniam, cui exhibétis vos servos ad obœdiéntiam, servi estis eius, cui obœdítis, sive peccáti ad mortem, sive obœditiónis ad iustítiam? Grátias autem Deo quod fuístis servi peccáti, obœdístis autem ex corde in eam formam doctrínæ, in quam tráditi estis, liberáti autem a peccáto servi facti estis iustítiæ.
Humánum dico propter infirmitátem carnis vestræ. Sicut enim exhibuístis membra vestra serviéntia immundítiæ et iniquitáti ad iniquitátem, ita nunc exhibéte membra vestra serviéntia iustítiæ ad sanctificatiónem. Cum enim servi essétis peccáti, líberi erátis iustítiæ. Quem ergo fructum habebátis tunc, in quibus nunc erubéscitis? Nam finis illórum mors! Nunc vero liberáti a peccáto, servi autem facti Deo, habétis fructum vestrum in sanctificatiónem, finem vero vitam ætérnam! Stipéndia enim peccáti mors, donum autem Dei vita ætérna in Christo Iesu Dómino nostro.
r. Dómine Deus, propítius esto pópulo tuo, * Et convérte tribulatiónem nostram in gáudium. v. Adiuva nos, Deus salutáris noster; propter glóriam nóminis tui, Dómine, líbera nos. * Et convérte. v. Glória Patri. * Et convérte.
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.
