I. NOCTURN. Anth. Direct. LE Pf. v. End, O Lord, an ear to my words;* attend unto my cry. Be attentive to the voice of my prayer,* O my king, my God! For to thee will I pray: *thou, O Lord, in the morning wilt hear my voice. In the morning will I ftand before thee, and fee:*that thou art not a God that approvest iniquity. Neither fhall the wicked one abide near thee: nor unrighteous ones remain in thy fight. Thou hateft all who work iniquity:*thou wilt deftroy all who utter lies. The Lord will abominate the bloody and deceitful man:but I, in the multitude of thy mercy, Will enter thy houfe: *I will adore in thy holy temple full of awe of thee. Lead me on, O Lord, in thy righteousness :* direct my way in thy Ant. Dirige. VE Erba mea auribus percipe, Domine; *intellige clamorem me um. Intende voci orationis meæ, *rex meus, & Deus *meus ! Quoniam ad te orabo: Domine, manè exaudies vocem meam. Manè adftabo tibi, & videbo : * quoniam non Deus volens iniquitatem tu es. Neque habitabit juxta te malignus:neque permanebunt injufti ante oculos tuos. Odifti omnes qui operantur iniquitatem: * perdes omnes qui loquuntur mendacium. Virum fanguinum & dolofum abominabitur Dominus: ego autem in multitudine mifericordiæ tuæ, Introibo in domum tuam: * adorabo ad templum fanctum tuum in timore tuo. Domine, deduc me in juftitiâ tua: propter inimicos meos dirige in fight because of my ene- confpectu tuo viam me mies. For truth is not in their mouth:*their heart is all deceit. Their throat is a gaping grave, they acted deceitfully with their tongues: judge thou them, O God. Let them fail in their defigns: exterminate them for their great and many wickednefles :*for it is thee, O Lord, they have provoked. And let all rejoice, who hope in thee:they fhall for ever leap for joy, and thou fhalt dwell among them. And all, who love thy name, fhall glory in thee: *for thou wilt blefs the righteous one. Lord, as with the fhield of thy kind love, *thou haft covered us. Anth. Direct, O Lord my God, my steps in thy fight. Anth. Return. am. Quoniam non est in ore eorum veritas: *cor eorum vanum eft. Sepulchrum patens eft guttur eorum, linguis fuis dolofê agebant: * judica illos, Deus. Decidant à cogitationibus fuis: fecundum multitudinem impietatum eorum expelle eos: quoniam irritaverunt te, Domine. Et lætentur omnes qui fperant in te :*in æternum exultabunt, & habitabis in eis. Et gloriabuntur in te omnes, qui diligunt no. men tuum:quoniam tu benedices jufto Domine, ut fcuto bonæ voluntatis tuæ, coronati nos. Ant. Dirige, Domine Deus meus, in confpec tu tuo viam meam. Ant. Convertere. D Omine, ne in furoretuo arguas me: aeque in irâ tuâ corri pias me. Miferere mei, Domine, quoniam infirmus fum: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are fhaken. And my foul is greatly dismayed:*but thou, O Lord, how long? Return, O Lord, and refcue my foul:*fave me for thy mercy's fake. For in death there is none who will be mindful of thee :*and in hella who shall praise thee?. I have tired myself with my groaning, I will every night wash my bed: *I will water my couch with my tears. My eye is disturbed with rage:*I am grown old amidst all my ene mies. Away from me, all you who practife iniquity:*for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord hath gracioufly heard my requeft:* the Lord hath admitted *fana me, Domine, quoniam conturbata funt offa mea. Et anima mea turbata eft valdè :*fed tu, Domine, ufquequò? Convertere, Domine, & eripe animam meam: *falvum me fac propter mifericordiam tuam. Quoniam non eft in morte qui memor fit tui : *in inferno autem quis confitebitur tibi? Laboravi in gemitu meo, lavabo per fingulas noctes lectum meum :* lacrymis meis ftratum meum rigabo. Turbatus eft à furore oculus meus :*inveteravi inter omnes inimicos 2 a.Or, in the grave.. Lord my God, in Ant. Ne quando. Omine Deus meus, thee have I hoped: Di fave me from all my purfuers and deliver me. Left at any time the enemy feize my foul like a lion; when there is none to rescue me nor fave me. O Lord my God, if I have done thus:if there be iniquity in my hands: If I have rendered evil to them that did me harm let me defervedly fall defencelefs before my enemies. Let the enemy purfue my foul, and feize it; and let him trample out my life on the earth; and bring down my glory to the duft, Arife then, O Lord, in thy wrath and fhew thyfelf on high in all the borders of my enemies. And arife, O Lord my God, for the judgment thou haft appointed :*and the affembly of in te fperavi :*falvum me fac ex omnibus perfequentibus me, & libera me. Ne quando rapiat, ut leo, animam meam;* dum non eft qui redimat, neque qui falvum faciat. Domine Deus meus, fi feci iftud:fi eft iniquitas in manibus meis: Si reddidi retribuentibus mihi mala:decidam meritò ab inimicis meis inanis. Perfequatur inimicus animam meam, & comprehendat, & conculcet in terrâ vitam meam;*& gloriam meam in pulverem deducat. Exurge, Domine, in irâ tuâ:& exaltare in finibus inimicorum meo 'rum. Et exurge, Domine Deus meus, in precepto quod mandafti :& fynagoga populorum cir the nations fhall furround thee. Wherefore afcend again thy high tribunal: *the Lord judgeth the nations. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteoufnefs and according to my innocence. of The wickedness finners fhall have an end, thou thyself fhall guide the righteous one:*thou, O God, who searchest the hearts and reins. It is just I should expect my help from the Lord, who faveth the upright of heart. God is a juft judge. mighty and patient: * doth he every day exert his wrath? Unless you change, he will brandifh his fword: *he hath bent his bow, and got it ready. And in it he hath fitted inftruments of death; *he hath made his arrows of burning fire. Behold the wicked one hath been in labour with injustice he conceived grief, and brought forth iniquity. He opened a pit, and funk it and is fallen into the pit be made. cumdabit te. Et propter hanc in altum regredere : *Domninus judicat populos. Judica me, Domine, fecundum juftitiam meam:* & fecundum, innocentiam meam fuper me. Confumetur nequitia peccatorum, & diriges juftum :*fcrutans corda & renes Deus. Juftum adjutorium meum à Domino, * qui falvos facit rectos corde. Deus judex juftus, fortis, & patiens :*numquid irafcitur per fingulos dies? Nifi converfi fueritis, gladium fuum vibrabit: arcum fuum tetendit, & paravit illum. Et in eo paravit vafa mortis : fagittas fuas ardentibus effecit. Ecce parturiit injustitiam : * concepit dolorum, & peperit iniquita tem. Lacum aperuit, & effodit eum : incidit in foveam, quam.fecit. |