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Sunday Terce |
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Make me to go in the path of thy
commandments |
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Terce is our first spiritual nourishment and at the same time the
"confírmation" of our day: we beg for strength for the rest of the way.
This hour presents the picture of a unified prayer; it has a positive
outlook and aims at zealous work on our soul. The first three strophes
of the psalm speak of battle, the next three bind us into a closer union
with God. |
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Psalm 118. iii.
Legem pone |
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ה
Here begins the letter He (H) Fifth strophe: God's grace needed
for a life pleasing unto God |
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33 Legem pone mihi,
Dómine, viam justificatiónum tuárum: * et exquíram eam semper.
34 Da mihi intellectum, et scrutábor legem tuam: * et custódiam
illam in toto corde meo.
35 Deduc me in sémitam mandatórum tuórum: * quia ipsam vólui.
36 Inclína cor meum in testimónia tua: * et non in avarítiam.
37 Avérte óculos meos ne vídeant vanitátem: * in via tua vivífica
me.
38 Statue servo tuo elóquium tuum, * in timóre tuo.
39 Amputa oppróbrium meum quod suspicátus sum: * quia judícia tua
jucunda.
40 Ecce concupívi mandáta tua: * in æquitáte tua vivífica me. |
33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, * and I shall
keep it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; * yea, I shall
keep it with my whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; * for therein is
my desire.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, * and not to covetousness.
37 O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; * and quicken
thou me in thy way.
38 O stablish thy word in thy servant, * that I may fear thee.
39 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of; * for thy judgments are
good.
40 Behold, my delight is in thy commandments; * O quicken me in thy
righteousness. |
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ו
Here begins the letter Vau (V)
Sixth strophe: Fidelity |
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41 Et véniat super me misericórdia tua, Dómine: * salutáre tuum
secúndum elóquium tuum.
42 Et respondébo exprobrántibus mihi verbum: * quia sperávi in
sermónibus tuis.
43 Et ne áuferas de ore meo verbum veritátis usquequáque: * quia in
judíciis tuis supersperávi.
44 Et custódiam legem tuam semper: * in sæculum et in sæculum
sæculi.
45 Et ambulábam in latitúdine: * quia mandáta tua exquisivi.
46 Et loquébar in testimóniis tuis in conspéctu regum: * et non
confundébar.
47 Et meditábar in mandátis tuis, * quæ diléxi.
48 Et levávi manus meas ad mandáta tua, quæ diléxi: * et exercébar
in justificatiónibus tuis.
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41 Let thy loving mercy come also unto me, O Lord, * even thy
salvation, according unto thy word.
42 So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers; * for my trust is in
thy word.
43 O take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth; * for
my hope is in thy judgments.
44 So shall I alway keep thy law; * yea, for ever and ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty; * for I seek thy commandments.
46 I will speak of thy testimonies also, even before kings, * and
will not be ashamed.
47 And my delight shall be in thy commandments, * which I have
loved.
48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have
loved; * and my study shall be in thy statutes. |
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Psalm 118. iv.
Memor
esto verbi tui |
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ז
Here begins the letter Zain (Z) Seventh strophe: Thy word, a song from home in éxile |
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49 Memor esto verbi
tui servo tuo, * in quo mihi spem dedísti.
50 Hæc me consoláta est in humilitáte mea: * quia elóquium tuum
vivificávit me.
51 Supérbi iníque agébant usquequáque: * a lege autem tua non
declinávi.
52 Memor fui júdiciórum tuórum a sæculo, Dómine: * et consolátus
sum.
53 Deféctio ténuit me, * pro peccatóribus derelinquéntibus legem
tuam.
54 Cantábiles mihi erant justificatiónes tuæ, * in loco
peregrinatiónis meæ.
55 Memor fui nocte nóminis tui, Dómine: * et custodívi legem tuam.
56 Hæc facta est mihi: * quia justificatiónes tuas exquisivi. |
49 O think upon thy servant, as concerning thy
word, * wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust.
50 The same is my comfort in my trouble; * for thy word hath
quickened me.
51 The proud have had me exceedingly in derision; * yet have I not
shrinked from thy law.
52 For I remembered thine everlasting judgments, O Lord, * and
received comfort.
53 I am horribly afraid, * for the ungodly that forsake thy law.
54 Thy statutes have been my songs, * in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have thought upon thy Name, O Lord, in the night season, * and
have kept thy law.
56 This I had, * because I kept thy commandments. |
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ח
Here begins the letter Heth (Kh) Eighth strophe: I am ready |
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57 Pórtio mea, Dómine, * dixi custodíre legem tuam.
58 Deprecátus sum fáciem tuam in toto corde meo: * miserére mei
secúndum elóquium tuum.
59 Cogitávi vias meas: * et convérti pedes meos in testimónia tua.
60 Parátus sum, et non sum turbátus: * ut custódiam mandáta tua.
61 Funes peccatórum circumpléxi sunt me: * et legem tuam non sum
oblítus.
62 Média nocte surgébam ad confiténdum tibi: * super judícia
justificatiónis tuæ.
63 Párticeps ego sum ómnium timéntium te: * et custodiéntium mandáta
tua.
64 Misericórdia tua, Dómine, plena est terra: * justificatiónes tuas
doce me.
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57 Thou art my pórtion, O Lord; * I have promised to keep thy law.
58 I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart; *
O be merciful unto me, according to thy word.
59 I called mine own ways to remembrance, * and turned my feet unto
thy testimonies.
60 I made haste, and prolonged not the time, * to keep thy
commandments.
61 The snares of the ungodly have compassed me about; * but I have
not forgotten thy law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee, * because of
thy righteous judgments.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, * and keep thy
commandments.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: * O teach me thy
statutes. |
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Psalm 118. v.
Bonitátem fecisti |
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ט
Here begins the letter Teth (T) Ninth strophe: Thou art good |
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65 Bonitátem fecísti
cum servo tuo, Dómine: * secúndum verbum tuum.
66 Bonitátem et disciplínam et sciéntiam doce me: * quia mandátis
tuis crédidi.
67 Priúsquam humiliárer ego delíqui: * proptérea elóquium tuum
custodívi.
68 Bonus es tu:
* et in bonitáte tua doce me justificatiónes tuas.
69 Multiplicáta est super me iníquitas superbórum: * ego autem in
toto corde meo scrutábor mandáta tua.
70 Coagulátum est sicut lac cor eórum: * ego vero legem tuam
meditátus sum.
71 Bonum mihi quia humiliásti me: * ut discam justificatiónes tuas.
72 Bonum mihi lex oris tui: * super míllia auri et argénti. |
65 O Lord, thou hast dealt graciously with thy
servant, * according unto thy word.
66 O teach me true understanding and knowledge; * for I have
believed thy commandments.
67 Before I was troubled, I went wrong; * but now have I kept thy
word.
68 Thou art good and gracious; * O teach me thy statutes.
69 The proud have imagined a lie against me; * but I will keep thy
commandments with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as brawn; * but my delight hath been in thy
law.
71 It is good for me that I have been in trouble; * that I may learn
thy statutes.
72 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me * than thousands of gold
and silver. |
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י
Here begins the letter Jod (Y) Tenth strophe: Make me a temple of God |
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73 Manus tuæ fecérunt me, et plasmavérunt me: * da mihi intellectum,
et discam mandáta tua.
74 Qui timent te vidébunt me et lætabúntur: * quia in verba tua
supersperávi.
75 Cognóvi, Dómine, quia æquitas judícia tua: * et in veritáte tua
humiliásti me.
76 Fiat misericórdia tua ut consolétur me: * secúndum elóquium tuum
servo tuo.
77 Véniant mihi miseratiónes tuæ, et vivam: * quia lex tua
meditátio mea est.
78 Confundántur supérbi, quia injúste iniquitátem fecérunt in me: *
ego autem exercébor in mandátis tuis.
79 Convertántur mihi timéntes te: * et qui novérunt testimónia tua.
80 Fiat cor meum immaculátum in justificatiónibus tuis, * ut non
confúndar.
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73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: * O give me
understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; * because I
have put my trust in thy word.
75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, * and that thou of
very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled.
76 O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort, * according to thy
word unto thy servant.
77 O let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live; * for thy
law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be confounded, for they go wickedly about to
destroy me; * but I will be occupied in thy commandments.
79 Let such as fear thee, and have known thy testimonies, * be
turned unto me.
80 O let my heart be sound in thy statutes, * that I be not ashamed. |
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