Psalmus 91 (92)
Psalm 91 (92)
Laus Domini creatoris
Praise be unto the Lord the Creator
Laudes enuntiantur pro gestis Unigeniti (S. Athanasius).
Praises celebrate the great deeds of the only-begotten Son (St. Athanasius).
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Bonum est confitéri Dómino * et psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime,
It is good to praise the Lord and to sing Thy name, O Most High;
annuntiáre mane misericórdiam tuam * et veritátem tuam per noctem,
to proclaim Thy mercy in the morning, and Thy truth during the night,
in decachórdo et psaltério, * cum cántico in cíthara.
on the ten-stringed harp, and the psaltery, with a canticle on the zither.
Quia delectásti me, Dómine, in factúra tua, * et in opéribus mánuum tuárum exsultábo.
For Thee hast rejoiced me, O Lord, in Thy creation, and I will rejoice over the works of Thy hands.
Quam magnificáta sunt ópera tua, Dómine: * nimis profúndæ factæ sunt cogitatiónes tuæ.
How beautiful are Thy works, Lord, how deep Thy thoughts are.
Vir insípiens non cognóscet, * et stultus non intélleget hæc.
The stupid man will not know them, and the fool will not understand them.
Cum germináverint peccatóres sicut fenum, * et florúerint omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem,
When sinners have sprouted like grass, and all those who work iniquity have come forward,
hoc tamen erit ad intéritum in sǽculum sǽculi; * tu autem altíssimus in ætérnum, Dómine.
yet it will be destined for destruction for ever and ever. But Thou, Lord, are eternally the Most High, O Lord.
