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 sol, qui lúmine creáta comples ómnia, supréma lux et méntium, te corda nostra cóncinunt.
Tuo fovénte Spíritu, hic viva luminária fulsére, per quæ sæculis patent salútis sémitæ.
Quod verba missa cælitus, natíva mens quod éxhibet, per hos minístros grátiæ novo nitóre cláruit.
Horum corónæ párticeps, doctrína honéstus lúcida, hic vir beátus splénduit quem prædicámus láudibus.
Ipso favénte, quǽsumus, nobis, Deus, percúrrere da veritátis trámitem, possímus ut te cónsequi.
Præsta, Pater piíssime, Patríque compar Unice, cum Spíritu Paráclito regnans per omne sǽculum. Amen.
Almighty Father, hear our cry, Through Jesus Christ, our Lord most High, Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee, Doth live and reign eternally.
Ant. 1. Laborávi clamans, dum spero in Deum meum.
Ant. 1. I've grown tired of shouting, whilst I hope in my God.
Psalmus 68
Psalm 68
Zelus domus tuæ comedit me
The zeal of Your house devours me
Dederunt ei vinum bibere cum felle mixtum (Mt 27,34).
They gave Him wine mixed with gall to drink.
I
I
Salvum me fac, Deus, * quóniam venérunt aquæ usque ad guttur meum.
Save me, O God, for the waters have entered my soul.
Infíxus sum in limo profúndi, et non est substántia; * veni in profúnda aquárum, et fluctus demérsit me.
I am buried in a deep mud, where there is no consistency; I went down unto the bottom of the water and the flood overwhelmed me.
Laborávi clamans, raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ; * defecérunt óculi mei, dum spero in Deum meum.
I tired myself out screaming, my throat was hoarse; my eyes have been exhausted, whilst I wait for my God.
Multiplicáti sunt super capíllos cápitis mei, * qui odérunt me gratis.
They have become more numerous than the hairs on my head, those who hate me without cause.
Confortáti sunt, qui persecúti sunt me inimíci mei mendáces; * quæ non rápui, tunc exsolvébam.
They have become strong, my enemies who persecute me unjustly; I had to pay for what I hadn't taken.
Deus, tu scis insipiéntiam meam, * et delícta mea a te non sunt abscóndita.
O God, Thou knowest my folly, and my sins are not hidden from Thou.
Non erubéscant in me, qui exspéctant te, * Dómine, Dómine virtútum.
Let not those who hope in Thou be ashamed for my sake, O Lord, Lord of hosts.
Non confundántur super me, * qui quærunt te, Deus Israel.
Let them not be confounded about me, those who seek Thou, God of Israel.
Quóniam propter te sustínui oppróbrium, * opéruit confúsio fáciem meam;
For it was for Thee's sake that I suffered reproach, and confusion covered my countenance.
extráneus factus sum frátribus meis * et peregrínus fíliis matris meæ.
I became a stranger to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's sons.
Quóniam zelus domus tuæ comédit me, * et oppróbria exprobrántium tibi cecidérunt super me.
For the zeal of Thy house has devoured me, and the insults of those who reviled Thou hast fallen upon me.
Et flevi in ieiúnio ánimam meam, * et factum est in oppróbrium mihi.
I have afflicted my soul by fasting, and it hath been made a subject of reproach.
Et pósui vestiméntum meum cilícium, * et factus sum illis in parábolam.
I have taken a hairshirt for my garment, and I have become their fable.
Advérsum me loquebántur, qui sedébant in porta, * et in me canébant, qui bibébant vinum.
Those who sat at the door spoke against me, and those who drank wine mocked me with their songs.
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. Laborávi clamans, dum spero in Deum meum.
Ant. I've grown tired of shouting, whilst I hope in my God.
Ant. 2. Dedérunt in escam meam fel, et in siti mea potavérunt me acéto.
Ant. 2. They gave me gall for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
II
II
Ego vero oratiónem meam ad te, Dómine, * in témpore benepláciti, Deus.
But I pray to Thou, Lord. This is the favorable time, O God.
In multitúdine misericórdiæ tuæ exáudi me, * in veritáte salútis tuæ.
According unto the greatness of Thy mercy, hearken unto me, according unto the truth of Thy promises of salvation.
Éripe me de luto, ut non infígar, † erípiar ab iis, qui odérunt me, * et de profúndis aquárum.
the raging waves do not overwhelm me; let not the abyss swallow me up, and let the well not close its mouth on me.
Exáudi me, Dómine, quóniam benígna est misericórdia tua; * secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum réspice in me.
Hearken unto me, O Lord, for Thy mercy is all sweet; behold upon me according unto the abundance of Thy bounties.
Et ne avértas fáciem tuam a púero tuo; * quóniam tríbulor, velóciter exáudi me.
And do not turn Thy face away from Thy servant; forasmuch as I am in anguish, hearken unto me quickly.
Accéde ad ánimam meam, víndica eam, * propter inimícos meos rédime me.
Be attentive to my soul, and deliver it for the sake of my enemies.
Tu scis oppróbrium meum * et confusiónem meam et reveréntiam meam.
Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.
In conspéctu tuo sunt omnes, qui tríbulant me; *oppróbrium contrívit cor meum, et elángui.
All those who persecute me are before thee; my heart expects insult and misery.
Et sustínui, qui simul contristarétur, et non fuit, * et qui consolarétur, et non invéni.
And I waited for someone to grieve with me, but no one did; and that someone would console me, but I found no one.
Et dedérunt in escam meam fel * et in siti mea potavérunt me acéto.
And they gave me gall for food, and in my thirst they quenched me with vinegar.
[Fiat mensa eórum coram ipsis in láqueum * et in retributiónes et in scándalum.
[Let their table be before them as a net, a just punishment and a stone of scandal.
Obscuréntur óculi eórum, ne vídeant, * et lumbos eórum semper infírma.
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cease to behold, and bow their backs forevermore.
Effúnde super eos iram tuam, * et furor iræ tuæ comprehéndat eos.
Pour out Thy wrath on them, and let the fury of Thy wrath seize them.
Fiat commorátio eórum desérta, * et in tabernáculis eórum non sit qui inhábitet.
Let their dwelling be desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
Quóniam, quem tu percussísti, persecúti sunt, * et super dolórem eíus, quem vulnerásti, addidérunt.
Forasmuch as they persecuted him whom Thou smote, and added unto the pain of my wounds.
Appóne iniquitátem super iniquitátem eórum, * et non véniant ad iustítiam tuam.
Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not enter into Thy righteousness.
Deleántur de libro vivéntium * et cum iústis non scribántur.]
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them not be inscribed with the righteous.]
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. Dedérunt in escam meam fel, et in siti mea potavérunt me acéto.
Ant. They gave me gall for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Ant. 3. Quǽrite Dóminum, et vivet ánima vestra.
Ant. 3.
III
III
Ego autem sum pauper et dolens; * salus tua, Deus, súscipit me.
As for me, I am poor and in pain; Thy salvation, O God, has raised me up.
Laudábo nomen Dei cum cántico * et magnificábo eum in laude.
I will praise the name of God with songs, and glorify him with praises;
Et placébit Dómino super taurum, * super vítulum córnua producéntem et úngulas.
and it will be more pleasing to God than the young calf, whose horns and nails grow.
Vídeant húmiles et læténtur; * quærite Deus, et vivet cor vestrum,
Let the poor behold it and rejoice. Seek God, and thy soul will live;
quóniam exaudívit páuperes Dóminus * et vinctos suos non despéxit.
for the Lord has heard the poor, and He hath not despised His captives.
Laudent illum cæli et terra, * mária et ómnia reptília in eis.
Let the heavens and the earth praise Him; the sea, and all that moves in it.
Quóniam Deus salvam fáciet Sion † et ædificábit civitátes Iudæ; * et inhabitábunt ibi et possidébunt eam.
For God will save Zion, and the cities of Judah will be built. They will live there, and they will acquire it as an inheritance.
Et semen servórum eius hereditábunt eam * et, qui díligunt nomen eius, habitábunt in ea.
And the race of His servants will possess it, and those who love His Name will dwell there.
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. Quǽrite Dóminum, et vivet ánima vestra.
Ant.
In primo nocturno, anno II
De libro Génesis
Habébat Rebécca fratrem nómine Laban, qui festínus egréssus est ad hóminem, ubi erat fons. Cumque vidísset ánulum in náribus et armíllas in mánibus soróris suæ et audísset cuncta verba referéntis: " Hæc locútus est mihi homo ", venit ad virum, qui stabat iuxta camélos et prope fontem aquæ, dixítque ad eum: " Ingrédere, benedícte Dómini, cur foris stas? Præparávi domum et locum camélis. " Et introdúxit eum in hospítium ac destrávit camélos; dedítque páleas et pábulum camélis et aquam ad lavándos pedes eius et virórum qui vénerant cum eo. Et appósuit in conspéctu eius panem. Qui ait: " Non cómedam donec loquar sermónes meos. " Respóndit: " Lóquere. " At ille: " Servus, inquit, Abraham sum; et Dóminus benedíxit dómino meo valde magnificatúsque est; et dedit ei oves et boves, argéntum et aurum, servos et ancíllas, camélos et ásinos. Et péperit Sara uxor dómini mei fílium dómino meo in senectúte sua; dedítque illi ómnia quæ habúerat. Et adiurávit me dóminus meus dicens: " Non accípies úxorem fílio meo de filiábus Chananæórum in quorum terra hábito; sed ad domum patris mei perges et de cognatióne mea accípies uxórem fílio meo. "
Respondérunt Laban et Bathúel: " A Dómino egréssus est sermo; non póssumus extra plácitum eius quidquam áliud loqui tecum. En Rebécca coram te est; tolle eam et proficíscere, et sit uxor fílii dómini tui, sicut locútus est Dóminus. " Quod cum audísset puer Abraham, prócidens adorávit in terram Dóminum. Prolatísque vasis argénteis et áureis ac véstibus, dedit ea Rebéccæ; res pretiósas dedit fratri eius et matri. Tunc comedérunt et bibérunt ipse et viri qui erant cum eo, et pernoctavérunt ibi.
Surgens autem mane locútus est puer: " Dimíttite me, ut vadam ad dóminum meum. " Responderúntque frater eius et mater: " Máneat puélla saltem decem dies apud nos et póstea proficiscétur. " " Nolíte, ait, me retinére, quia Dóminus diréxit viam meam; dimíttite me, ut pergam ad dóminum meum. " Dixérunt: " Vocémus puéllam et quærámus ipsíus voluntátem. " Cumque vocáta venísset, sciscitáti sunt: " Vis ire cum hómine isto? " Quæ ait: " Vadam. " Dimisérunt ergo Rebéccam sorórem eórum et nutrícem illíus servúmque Abraham et cómites eius, imprecántes próspera soróri suæ atque dicéntes: " Soror nostra es, crescas in mille mília, et possídeat semen tuum portas inimicórum suórum! " Igitur surréxit Rebécca et puéllæ illíus et, ascénsis camélis, secútæ sunt virum; sumpsítque servus Rebéccam et ábiit.
r. Factus est sermo Dómini ad Abraham, dicens: Noli timére, Abraham, * Ego protéctor tuus sum, et merces tua magna nimis. v. Ego enim sum Dóminus Deus tuus, qui edúxi te de Ur Chaldæórum. * Ego protéctor tuus. v. Glória Patri. * Ego protéctor tuus.
In secundo nocturno, anno II
Ex Epístulis sancti Thomæ de Aquíno presbýteri (Exhortatio de modo studendi ad fratrem Ioannem: Opusc. th. ed. Marietti, 1, 451)
Quia quæsísti a me, in Christo mihi caríssime Ioánnes, quáliter te studére opórteat in thesáuro sciéntiæ acquiréndo, tale a me tibi tráditur consílium: ut per rívulos, non statim in mare, éligas introíre, quia per facilióra ad difficilióra opórtet deveníre; hæc est ergo monítio mea et instrúctio tua. Tardíloquum te esse iúbeo et tarde ad locutórium accedéntem; consciéntiæ puritátem ampléctere; oratióni vacáre non désinas; cellam frequénter díligas si vis in cellam vináriam introdúci.
Omnibus te amábilem éxhibe; nihil quære pénitus de factis aliórum; némini te multum familiárem osténdas, quia nímia familiáritas parit contémptum et subtractiónis a stúdio matériam subminístrat; de verbis et factis sæculárium nullátenus te intromíttas; discúrsus super ómnia fúgias; sanctórum et bonórum imitári vestígia non omíttas.
Non respícias a quo áudias, sed quidquid boni dicátur, memóriæ recomménda; ea quæ legis et audis, fac ut intéllegas; de dúbiis te certífica; et quidquid póteris in armariólo mentis repónere sátage, sicut cúpiens vas implére; altióra te ne quæsíeris. Illa sequens vestígia, frondes et fructus in vínea Dómini Sábaoth útiles, quámdiu vitam habúeris, próferes ac prodúces. Hæc si sectátus fúeris, ad id attíngere póteris, quod afféctas.
r. Da mihi, Dómine, sédium tuárum assistrícem sapiéntiam, et noli me reprobáre a púeris tuis; * Quóniam servus tuus sum ego, et fílius ancíllæ tuæ. v. Dómine, Pater et Deus vitæ meæ, ne derelínquas me in cogitátu malígno; * Quóniam. v. Glória Patri. * Quóniam.
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.
