Vespers

The Dual Prayer having been said in silence, Vespers is begun immediately with the first Antiphon without musical note.

STAND and PROFOUND INCLINATION

SIT

Ant.    Cálicem * salutáris accípiam, et nomen Dómini invocábo.

Ant.    I will receive * the Chalice of Salvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord.

Psalmus 115.  Credidi

Crédidi, propter quod locútus sum: * ego autem humiliátus sum nimis.
2  Ego dixi in excéssu meo: * Omnis homo mendax.
3  Quid retríbuam Dómino, * pro ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi?
4  Cálicem salutáris accípiam: * et nomen Dómini invocábo.
5  Vota mea Dómino reddam coram omni pópulo ejus: * pretiósa in conspéctu Dómini mors sanctórum ejus:
6  O Dómine, quia ego servus tuus: * ego servus tuus, et fílius ancíllæ tuæ.
7  Dirupísti víncula mea: * tibi sacrificábo hóstiam laudis, et nomen Dómini invocábo.
8  Vota mea Dómino reddam in conspéctu omnis pópuli ejus: * in átriis domus Dómini, in médio tui, Jerúsalem.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 115.  Credidi

I believed, and therefore have I spoken; * but I was sore afflicted.
2  I said in my haste, * All men are liars.
3  What shall I render unto the Lord * for all the benefits that he hath rendered unto me?
4  I will take the chalice of salvation, * and call upon the Name of the Lord.
5  I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the presence of all his people: * right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
6  Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy servant; * I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid.
7  Thou hast broken my bonds in sunder : * I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the Name of the Lord.
8  I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all his people, * in the courts of the house of the Lord; even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
Here is not said the Glory be.

Ant.    Cálicem salutáris accípiam, et nomen Dómini invocábo.

Ant.    I will receive the Chalice of Salvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord.

Ant.    Cum his, * qui odérunt pacem, eram pacíficus : dum loquébar illis impugnábant me gratis.

Ant.    With them * that are enemies unto peace, I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof, they make them ready to battle.

Psalmus 119.  Ad Dominum

Ad Dóminum cum tribulárer clamávi: * et exaudívit me.
2  Dómine, líbera ánimam meam a lábiis iníquis, * et a lingua dolósa.
3  Quid detur tibi, aut quid apponátur tibi * ad linguam dolósam?
4  Sagíttæ poténtis acútæ, * cum carbónibus desolatóriis.
5  Heu mihi, quia incolátus meus prolongátus est: habitávi cum habitántibus Cedar: * multum íncola fuit ánima mea.
6  Cum his, qui odérunt pacem, eram pacíficus: * cum loquébar illis, impugnábant me gratis.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 119.  Ad Dominum

When I was in trouble, I called upon the Lord, * and he heard me.
2  Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, * and from a deceitful tongue.
3  What shall be given unto thee, or what shall be added unto thee, * to a deceitful tongue?
4  Even the sharp arrows of the mighty, * with hot burning coals.
5  Woe is me, that I sojourning is prolonged; I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Kedar : * my soul hath long dwelt among them.
6  With them that hated peace I was peaceable : * when I spake unto them, they fought against me without cause.
Here is not said the Glory be.

Ant.    Cum his, qui odérunt pacem, eram pacíficus : dum loquébar illis impugnábant me gratis.

Ant.    With them that are enemies unto peace, I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof, they make them ready to battle.

Ant.    Ab homínibus * iníquis líbera me, Dómine.

Ant.    Preserve me * O Lord, from the men of wickedness.

Psalmus 139.  Eripe me, Domine

Eripe me, Dómine, ab hómine malo: * a viro iníquo éripe me.
2  Qui cogitavérunt iniquitátes in corde: * tota die constituébant prælia.
3  Acuérunt linguas suas sicut serpéntis: * venénum áspidum sub lábiis eórum.
4  Custódi me, Dómine, de manu peccatóris: * et ab homínibus iníquis éripe me.
5  Qui cogitavérunt supplantáre gressus meos: * abscondérunt supérbi láqueum mihi:
6  Et funes extendérunt in láqueum: * juxta iter scándalum posuérunt mihi.
7  Dixi Dómino : Deus meus es tu: * exáudi, Dómine, vocem deprecatiónis meæ.
8  Dómine, Dómine, virtus salútis meæ: * obumbrásti super caput meum in die belli.
9  Ne tradas me, Dómine, a desidério meo peccatóri: * cogitavérunt contra me, ne derelínquas me, ne forte exalténtur.
10  Caput circúitus eórum: * labor labiórum ipsórum opériet eos.
11  Cadent super eos carbónes, in ignem dejícies eos: * in misériis non subsístent.
12  Vir linguósus non dirigétur in terra: * virum injústum mala cápient in intéritu.
13  Cognóvi quia fáciet Dóminus judícium ínopis: * et vindíctam páuperum.
14  Verúmtamen justi confitebúntur nómini tuo: * et habitábunt recti cum vultu tuo.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 139.  Eripe me, Domine

Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man; * and preserve me from the wicked man;
2  Who have imagined mischief in their hearts, * and have stirred up strife all the day long.
3  They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; * adder's poison is under their lips.
4  Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the ungodly; * preserve me from wicked men.
5  Who are purposed to overthrow my goings : * the proud have laid a snare for me.
6  And they have spread a net abroad with cords; * yea, and have laid for me a stumbling block by the wayside.
7  I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God, * hear the voice of my prayers, O Lord.
8  O Lord, Lord, thou strength of my salvation; * thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.
9  Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked : * they have plotted against me, forsake me not, lest they should triumph.
10  The head of them that compass me about : * the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.
11  Hot burning coals shall fall upon them, thou shalt cast them into the fire, * in miseries they never rise up again.
12  A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth: * evil shall hunt the wicked person unto destruction.
13  I know that the Lord shall do justice to the needy, * and shall avenge the poor.
14  As for the just, they shall give thanks unto thy Name; * and the righteous shall dwell in thy sight.
Here is not said the Glory be.

Ant.    Ab homínibus iníquis líbera me, Dómine.

Ant.    Preserve me O Lord, from the men of wickedness.

Ant.    Custódi me * a láqueo, quem statuérunt mihi, et a scándalis operántium iniquitátem.

Ant.    Keep me * from the snare that they have laid for me, and from the traps of the wicked doers.

Psalmus 140.  Domine, clamavi

Dómine, clamávi ad te, exáudi me: * inténde voci meæ, cum clamávero ad te.
2  Dirigátur orátio mea sicut incénsum in conspéctu tuo: * elevátio mánuum meárum sacrifícium vespertínum.
3  Pone, Dómine, custódiam ori meo: * et óstium circumstántiæ lábiis meis.
4  Non declínes cor meum in verba malítiæ: * ad excusándas excusatiónes in peccátis.
5  Cum homínibus operántibus iniquitátem: * et non communicábo cum eléctis eórum.
6  Corrípiet me justus in misericórdia, et increpábit me: * óleum autem peccatóris non impínguet caput meum.
7  Quóniam adhuc et orátio mea in beneplácitis eórum: * absórpti sunt juncti petræ júdices eórum.
8  Audient verba mea quóniam potuérunt: * sicut crassitúdo terræ erúpta est super terram.
9  Dissipáta sunt ossa nostra secus inférnum: * quia ad te, Dómine, Dómine, óculi mei: in te sperávi, non áuferas ánimam meam.
10  Custódi me a láqueo, quem statuérunt mihi: * et a scándalis operántium iniquitátem.
11  Cadent in retiáculo ejus peccatóres: * singuláriter sum ego donec tránseam.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 140.  Domine, clamavi

Lord, I have cried unto thee, hear thou me : * hearken unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2  Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense; * and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.
3  Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, * and a door round about my lips.
4  Incline not mine heart to any evil thing; * to make excuses in sin.
5  With the men that work wickedness, * and I will not take counsel with the chosen among them.
6  The righteous shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me; * but let not the balm of the sinner anoint my head.
7  For my prayer also shall be against what is acceptable to them : * their judges, overthrown in stony places, are swallowed up.
8  They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed : * as when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground.
9  Our bones lie scattered before the pit, * but mine eyes look unto thee, O Lord God: in thee is my trust; O cast not out my soul.
10  Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me, * and from the traps of the wicked doers.
11  The ungodly shall fall into their own net, * I am alone until I pass through.
Here is not said the Glory be.

Ant.    Custódi me a láqueo, quem statuérunt mihi, et a scándalis operántium iniquitátem.

Ant.    Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me, and from the traps of the wicked doers.

Ant.    Considerábam * ad déxteram, et vidébam, et non erat qui cognósceret me.

Ant.    I looked also * upon my right hand, and saw there was no man that would know me.

Psalmus 141.  Voce mea ad Dominum

Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * voce mea ad Dóminum deprecátus sum:
2  Effúndo in conspéctu ejus oratiónem meam, * et tribulatiónem meam ante ipsum pronúntio.
3  In deficiéndo ex me spíritum meum: * et tu cognovísti sémitas meas.
4  In via hac, qua ambulábam, * abscondérunt láqueum mihi.
5  Considerábam ad déxteram, et vidébam: * et non erat qui cognósceret me.
6  Périit fuga a me: * et non est qui requírat ánimam meam.
7  Clamávi ad te, Dómine, * dixi: Tu es spes mea, pórtio mea in terra vivéntium.
8  Inténde ad deprecatiónem meam: * quia humiliátus sum nimis.
9  Líbera me a persequéntibus me: * quia confortáti sunt super me.
10  Educ de custódia ánimam meam ad confiténdum nómini tuo: * me exspéctant justi, donec retríbuas mihi.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

Psalm 141.  Voce mea ad Dominum

With my voice I cried unto the Lord; * yea, even unto the Lord did I make my supplication.
2  I poured out my prayer in his sight, * and before him I declare my trouble.
3  When my spirit failed me, * thou knewest my path.
4  In the way wherein I walked, * have they privily laid a snare for me.
5  I looked also upon my right hand, and beheld, * and there was no man that would know me.
6  Flight hath failed me, * and there is no man that hath regard for my soul.
7  I cried unto thee, O Lord, * and said, Thou art my hope, and my portion in the land of the living.
8  Consider my supplication; * for I am brought very low.
9  O deliver me from my persecutors; * for they have waxed strong against me.
10  Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto thy Name; * the righteous wait for me, until thou reward me.
Here is not said the Glory be.

Ant.    Considerábam ad déxteram, et vidébam, et non erat qui cognósceret me.

Ant.    I looked also upon my right hand, and saw there was no man that would know me.

STAND

Ad Magnif. Ant:    Cœnántibus autem illis, * accépit Jesus panem, et benedíxit, ac fregit, dedítque discípulis suis.

Ant. on Magnif:    While they were eating, * Jesus took bread, which same he did bless, and he brake it, and gave thereof to his disciples.

Ad Magnif. Ant:    Cum accepísset acétum, * dixit : Consummátum est : et inclináto cápite, emísit spíritum.

Ant. on Magnif:    When he had received the vinegar, * he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

CANTICUM BEATÆ MARIÆ VIRGINIS

Luc. 1. 46-55

MAGNIFICAT † : * ánima mea Dóminum.
2  Et exsultávit spíritus meus: * in Deo, salutári meo.
3  Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ: * ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.
4  Quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est: * (Fit reverentia) et sanctum nomen ejus.
5  Et misericórdia ejus, a progénie in progénies: * timéntibus eum.
6  Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo: * dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.
7  Depósuit poténtes de sede: * et exaltávit húmiles.
8  Esuriéntes implévit bonis: * et dívites dimísit inánes.
9  Suscépit Israël púerum suum: * recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.
10  Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros: * Abraham, et sémini ejus in sæcula.
Et non dicitur Gloria Patri.

CANTICLE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Luc. 1. 46-55

My soul * † doth magnify the Lord.
2  And my spirit hath rejoiced * in God my Saviour.
3  For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden : * for behold, from henceforth * all generations shall call me blessed.
4  For he that is mighty hath magnified me; * (Here all make a profound reverence) and holy is his Name.
5  And his mercy is on them that fear him * throughout all generations.
6  He hath shewed strength with his arm; * he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
7  He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble and meek.
8  He hath filled the hungry with good things; * and the rich he hath sent empty away.
9  He remembering his mercy * hath holpen his servant Israel.
10  As he promised to our forefathers, * Abraham and his seed for ever.
Here is not said the Glory be.

Ad Magnif. Ant:    Cœnántibus autem illis, accépit Jesus panem, et benedíxit, ac fregit, dedítque discípulis suis.

Ant. on Magnif:    While they were eating, Jesus took bread, which same he did bless, and he brake it, and gave thereof to his disciples.

Ad Magnif. Ant:    Cum accepísset acétum, dixit : Consummátum est : et inclináto cápite, emísit spíritum.

Ant. on Magnif:    When he had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

Conclusion of Vespers