Holy Saturday

Also called The Holy Sabbath, or Easter Even

Double of I Class

Matins

Lauds

Prime

Terce

Sext

None

Vespers

Compline

Today, as on the other days of the Sacred Triduum, the Triple Prayer having been said in silence, and everything else omitted, Matins is begun immediately with the Antiphon of the first Psalm : and at the end of each of the Psalms at Matins and Lauds is extinguished one of the fifteen candles on the triangular candlestick or hearse placed in front of the altar.

At all the Hours through None of Holy Saturday inclusive, the Gloria Patri is omitted at the end of the Psalms.

If outside of Choir, Matins is separated from Lauds, Matins ends with the Collect Respice, quæsumus ; and Lauds, the Dual Prayer having been said in silence, is begun immediately with the Antiphon of the first Psalm, as given below.

Station at St. John Lateran

Tenebræ

Being Matins and Lauds of the Office of Darkness

On the nights of the Sacred Triduum Matins and Lauds are always said together, and these Three Services are commonly called the Three Nights of Darkness.  In Choir six lights are lighted upon the Altar, and fifteen (seven on each side and one at the top) in a triangle-shaped candlestick before the Epistle corner.  As each Antiphon is repeated the second time, one of the fifteen candles is put out.

The Antiphons are all doubled, and the Doxology Gloria Patri is everywhere omitted.

STAND and PROFOUND INCLINATION

First Nocturn

SIT

COMMENTARY

Ant.    In pace * in idípsum, dórmiam et requiéscam.

Ant.    I will lay me down in peace, * and take my rest.

Psalmus 4. Cum invocarem

Cum invocárem exaudívit me Deus justítiæ meæ: *  in tribulatióne dilatásti mihi.
2  Miserére mei, * et exáudi oratiónem meam.
3  Fílii hóminum, úsquequo gravi corde? *  ut quid dilígitis vanitátem et quæritis mendácium?
4  Et scitóte quóniam mirificávit Dóminus sanctum suum: * Dóminus exáudiet me cum clamávero ad eum.
5  Irascímini, et nolíte peccáre: * quæ dícitis in córdibus vestris, in cubílibus vestris compungímini.
6  Sacrificáte sacrifícium justítiæ, et speráte in Dómino, * multi dicunt quis osténdit nobis bona?
7  Signátum est super nos lumen vultus tui, Dómine: *  dedísti lætítiam in corde meo.
8  A fructu fruménti, vini et ólei sui * multiplicáti sunt.
9  In pace in idípsum * dórmiam et requiéscam;
10  Quóniam tu, Dómine, singuláriter in spe * constituísti me.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

He hath heard me when I call, the God of my righteousness: * thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble.
2  Have mercy upon me, * and hearken unto my prayer.
3  O ye sons of men, how long will ye be dull of heart? * and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after leasing?
4  Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen to himself the man that is godly; * when I call upon the Lord he will hear me.
5  Be ye angry, and sin not; * the things that ye say in your hearts, repent ye them upon your beds.
6  Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord, * there be many that say, who will shew us any good?
7  The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is sealed upon us, * thou hast put gladness in my heart.
8  By the fruit of their corn and wine and oil * have they been multiplied.
9  I will lay me down in peace, * and take my rest;
10  For it is thou, Lord, only, * that makest me dwell in safety.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    In pace in idípsum, dórmiam et requiéscam.

Ant.    I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest.

Ant.    Habitábit * in tabernáculo tuo, requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.

Ant.    He shall dwell * in thy tabernacle : he shall rest upon thy holy hill.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 14.  Domine, quis habitabit?

Dómine, quis habitábit in tabernáculo tuo? * aut quis requiéscet in monte sancto tuo?
2  Qui ingréditur sine mácula, * et operátur justítiam :
3  Qui lóquitur veritátem in corde suo, * qui non egit dolum in lingua sua :
4  Nec fecit próximo suo malum, * et oppróbrium non accépit advérsus próximos suos.
5  Ad níhilum dedúctus est in conspéctu ejus malígnus: * timéntes autem Dóminum glorificat :
6  Qui jurat próximo suo, et non décipit, * qui pecúniam suam non dedit ad usúram, et múnera super innocéntem non accépit.
7  Qui facit hæc: * non movébitur in ætérnum.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

Psalm 14.  Domine, quis habitabit?

Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? * or who shall rest upon thy holy hill?
2  Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, * and doeth the thing which is right.
3  He that speaketh the truth in his heart, * and that hath used no deceit in his tongue.
4  Nor done evil to his neighbour, * and hath not taken up slander against his neighbour.
5  In his sight the malicious is brought to nought, * but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord.
6  He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, * he that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent.
7  Whoso doeth these things * shall never fall.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Habitábit in tabernáculo tuo, requiéscet in monte sancto tuo.

Ant.    He shall dwell in thy tabernacle : he shall rest upon thy holy hill.

Ant.    Caro mea * requiéscet in spe.

Ant.    My flesh * also shall rest in hope.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 15.  Conserva me, Domine

Consérva me, Dómine, quóniam sperávi in te. * Dixi Dómino : Deus meus es tu, quóniam bonórum meórum non eges.
2  Sanctis, qui sunt in terra ejus, * mirificávit omnes voluntátes meas in eis.
3  Multiplicátæ sunt infirmitátes eórum : * póstea acceleravérunt.
4  Non congregábo conventícula eórum de sanguínibus, *  nec memor ero nóminum eórum per lábia mea.
5  Dóminus pars hereditátis meæ, et cálicis mei : * tu es, qui restítues hereditátem meam mihi.
6  Funes cecidérunt mihi in præcláris : * étenim heréditas mea præclára est mihi.
7  Benedícam Dóminum, qui tríbuit mihi intelléctum : * ínsuper et usque ad noctem increpuérunt me renes mei.
8  Providébam Dóminum in conspéctu meo semper : * quóniam a dextris est mihi, ne commovear.
9  Propter hoc lætátum est cor meum, et exsultávit lingua mea : * ínsuper et caro mea requiéscet in spe.
10  Quóniam non derelínques ánimam meam in inférno : * nec dabis sanctum tuum vidére corruptiónem.
11  Notas mihi fecísti vias vitæ, adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo : * delectatiónes in déxtera tua usque in finem.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

Psalm 15.  Conserva me, Domine

Preserve me, O God, for in thee have I put my trust. *  I have said unto the Lord, thou art my God; for thou hast no need of my goods.
2  To the saints that are in his land, * he hath exalted in them all my desires.
3  Their infirmities were multiplied : * they made haste thereafter.
4  Their meetings for blood-offerings will I not gather together, * neither be mindful of their names within my lips.
5  The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; * it is thou that shalt restore mine inheritance.
6  The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground; * yea, I have a goodly heritage.
7  I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding; * my reins also have chastened me in the night season.
8  I have set the Lord alway before me; * for he is on my right hand, therefore shall I not fall.
9  Wherefore my heart is glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: * my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10  Because thou shalt not leave my soul in hell; * neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
11  Thou hast shewn me the paths of life: thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance, * and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Caro mea requiéscet in spe.

Ant.    My flesh also shall rest in hope.

STAND

HETH.  Misericórdiæ Dómini quia non sumus consúmpti : quia non defecérunt miseratiónes ejus.
HETH.  Novi dilúculo, multa est fides tua.
HETH.  Pars mea Dóminus, dixit ánima mea : proptérea exspectábo eum.
TETH.  Bonus est Dóminus sperántibus in eum, ánimæ quærénti illum.
TETH.  Bonum est præstolári cum siléntio salutáre Dei.
TETH.  Bonum est viro cum portáverit jugum ab adolescéntia sua.
JOD.  Sedébit solitárius, et tacébit : quia levávit super se.
JOD.  Ponet in púlvere os suum, si forte sit spes.
JOD.  Dabit percutiénti se maxíllam, saturábitur oppróbriis.

HETH.  It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
HETH.  They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
HETH.  The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
TETH.  The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
TETH.  It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
TETH.  It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
YODH.  He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
YODH.  He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
YODH.  He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

Jerúsalem, Jerúsalem, convértere ad Dóminum Deum tuum.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return unto the Lord thy God.

R.  Sicut ovis ad occisiónem ductus est, et dum male tractarétur, non apéruit os suum : tráditus est ad mortem, * Ut vivificáret pópulum suum.
V.  Trádidit in mortem ánimam suam, et inter scelerátos reputátus est.
R.  Ut vivificáret pópulum suum.

R.  He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter : he was afflicted, and opened not his mouth : he was given over to die, * That he might make his people to live.
V.  He poured out his soul unto death, and he was numbered with the transgressors.
R.  That he might make his people to live.

ALEPH.  Quómodo obscurátum est aurum, mutátus est color óptimus, dispérsi sunt lápides sanctuárii in cápite ómnium plateárum?
BETH.  Fílii Sion ínclyti, et amícti auro primo : quómodo reputáti sunt in vasa téstea, opus mánuum fíguli?
GHIMEL.  Sed et lámiæ nudavérunt mammam, lactavérunt cátulos suos : fília pópuli mei crudélis, quasi strúthio in desérto.
DALETH.  Adhæsit lingua lacténtis ad palátum ejus in siti : párvuli petiérunt panem, et non erat qui frángeret eis.
HE.  Qui vescebántur voluptuóse, interiérunt in viis : qui nutriebántur in cróceis, amplexáti sunt stércora.
VAU.  Et major effécta est iníquitas fíliæ pópuli mei peccáto Sodomórum, quæ subvérsa est in moménto, et non cepérunt in ea manus.

ALEPH.  How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
BETH.  The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
GHIMEL.  Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: but the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
DALETH.  The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
HE.  They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
VAU.  For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

Jerúsalem, Jerúsalem, convértere ad Dóminum Deum tuum.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return unto the Lord thy God.

R.  Jerúsalem, surge, et éxue te véstibus jucunditátis : indúere cínere et cilício, * Quia in te occísus est Salvátor Israël.
V.  Deduc quasi torréntem lácrimas per diem et noctem, et non táceat pupílla óculi tui.
R.  Quia in te occísus est Salvátor Israël.

R.  Arise, O Jerusalem, and lay aside thy garments of joy and gladness : gird thee with sackcloth, and bow down in ashes : * For in thee hath been slain the Saviour of Israel.
V.  Let tears run down like a river, day and night : let not the apple of thine eye cease.
R.  For in thee hath been slain the Saviour of Israel.

Recordáre, Dómine, quid accíderit nobis : intuére, et réspice oppróbrium nostrum.  Heréditas nostra versa est ad aliénos : domus nostræ ad extráneos.  Pupílli facti sumus absque patre, matres nostræ quasi víduæ.  Aquam nostram pecúnia bíbimus : ligna nostra prétio comparávimus.  Cervícibus nostris minabámur, lassis non dabátur réquies.  Ægypto dédimus manum, et Assyriis, ut saturarémur pane.  Patres nostri peccavérunt, et non sunt : et nos iniquitátes eórum portávimus.  Servi domináti sunt nostri : non fuit qui redímeret de manu eórum.  In animábus nostris afferebámus panem nobis, a fácie gládii in desérto.  Pellis nostra, quasi clíbanus exústa est a fácie tempestátum famis.  Mulíeres in Sion humiliavérunt, et vírgines in civitátibus Juda.

Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.  Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.  We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.  We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.  Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.  We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.  Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.  Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.  We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.  Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.  They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

Jerúsalem, Jerúsalem, convértere ad Dóminum Deum tuum.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return unto the Lord thy God.

R.  Plange quasi virgo, plebs mea : ululáte, pastóres, in cínere et cilício : * Quia venit dies Dómini magna, et amára valde.
V.  Accíngite vos, sacerdótes, et plángite, minístri altáris, aspérgite vos cínere.
R.  Quia venit dies Dómini magna, et amára valde.
R.  Plange quasi virgo, plebs mea : ululáte, pastóres, in cínere et cilício : * Quia venit dies Dómini magna, et amára valde.

R.  Lament like a virgin, O my people : cry and howl, O ye shepherds, in sackcloth and ashes : * For the day of the Lord is at hand, a great day, and exceeding bitter.
V.  Gird yourselves and lament, ye priests : howl, ye ministers of the altar : cast up ashes upon you.
R.  For the day of the Lord is at hand, a great day, and exceeding bitter.
R.  Lament like a virgin, O my people : cry and howl, O ye shepherds, in sackcloth and ashes : * For the day of the Lord is at hand, a great day, and exceeding bitter.

Second Nocturn

COMMENTARY

Ant.    Elevámini, * portæ æternáles, et introíbit Rex glóriæ.

Ant.    Be ye lift up, * ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

Psalmus 23. Domini est terra

Dómini est terra, et plenitúdo ejus: * orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo.
2  Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum: * et super flúmina præparávit eum.
3  Quis ascéndit in montem Dómini? * aut quis stabit in loco sancto ejus?
4  Innocens mánibus et mundo corde, * qui non accépit in vano ánimam suam, nec jurávit in dolo próximo suo.
5  Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino: * et misericórdiam a Deo, salutári suo.
6  Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum, * quæréntium fáciem Dei Jacob.
7  Attóllite portas príncipes vestras, et elevámini portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
8  Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? * Dóminus fortis et potens : Dóminus potens in prælio.
9  Attóllite portas príncipes vestras,  et elevámini portæ æternáles: * et introíbit Rex glóriæ.
10  Quis est iste Rex glóriæ? * Dóminus virtútum ipse est Rex glóriæ.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

The earth is the Lord's, and all the fulness thereof; * the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein.
2  For he hath founded it upon the seas, * and stablished it upon the rivers.
3  Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord? * or who shall stand in his holy place?
4  Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; * and that hath not lift up his soul unto vanity, nor deceitfully sworn to his neighbour.
5  He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, * and mercy from God his saviour.
6  This is the generation of them that seek him; * even of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
7  Lift up your gates, O ye princes; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting gates; * and the King of glory shall come in.
8  Who is this King of glory? * It is the Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle.
9  Lift up your gates, O ye princes; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting gates; * and the King of glory shall come in.
10  Who is this King of glory? * Even the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Elevámini, portæ æternáles, et introíbit Rex glóriæ.

Ant.    Be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

Ant.    Credo vidére * bona Dómini in terra vivéntium.

Ant.    I believe verily * to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 26.  Dominus illuminatio mea

Dóminus illuminátio mea, et salus mea, * quem timébo?
2  Dóminus protéctor vitæ meæ, * a quo trepidábo?
3  Dum apprópiant super me nocéntes, * ut edant carnes meas :
4  Qui tríbulant me inimíci mei, * ipsi infirmáti sunt et cecidérunt.
5  Si consístant advérsum me castra, * non timébit cor meum.
6   Si exsúrgat advérsum me prælium, * in hoc ego sperábo.
7  Unam pétii a Dómino, hanc requíram, * ut inhábitem in domo Dómini ómnibus diébus vitæ meæ :
8  Ut vídeam voluptátem Dómini, * et vísitem templum ejus.
9  Quóniam abscóndit me in tabernáculo suo: * in die malórum protéxit me in abscóndito tabernáculi sui.
10  In petra exaltávit me: * et nunc exaltávit caput meum super inimícos meos.
11  Circuívi et immolávi in tabernáculo ejus hóstiam vociferatiónis: * cantábo et psalmum dicam Dómino.
12  Exáudi, Dómine, vocem meam, qua clamávi ad te: * miserére mei, et exáudi me.
13  Tibi dixit cor meum, exquisívit te fácies mea : * fáciem tuam, Dómine, requíram.
14  Ne avértas fáciem tuam a me, * ne declínes in ira a servo tuo.
15  Adjútor meus esto: * ne derelínquas me, neque despícias me, Deus, salutáris meus.
16  Quóniam pater meus, et mater mea dereliquérunt me: * Dóminus autem assúmpsit me.
17  Legem pone mihi, Dómine, in via tua: * et dírige me in sémitam rectam propter inimícos meos.
18  Ne tradíderis me in ánimas tribulántium me: * quóniam insurrexérunt in me testes iníqui et mentíta est iníquitas sibi.
19  Credo vidére bona Dómini * in terra vivéntium.
20  Exspécta Dóminum, viríliter age: * et confortétur cor tuum, et sústine Dóminum.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; * whom then shall I fear?
2  The Lord is the protector of my life; * of whom then shall I be afraid?
3  When the wicked draw nigh against me, * to eat up my flesh,
4  Even mine enemies that trouble me, * have themselves been weakened and have fallen.
5  Though an host of men were laid against me, * yet shall not my heart be afraid.
6  And though a battle should rise up against me, * yet will I put my trust in him.
7  One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require; * even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
8  To behold the fair beauty of the Lord, * and to visit his temple.
9  For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; * in the day of evils, yea, he hath protected me in the secret place of his dwelling.
10  He hath set me up upon a rock of stone : * and now he hath lifted up mine head above mine enemies.
11  I have gone round about, and have offered a sacrifice of jubilation in his dwelling : * I will sing and speak praises unto the Lord.
12  Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry unto thee; * have mercy upon me, and hear me.
13  My heart hath said unto thee, My face hath sought thee : * thy face, Lord, will I seek.
14  O hide not thou thy face from me, * nor cast thy servant away in displeasure.
15  Thou hast been my succour; * leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
16  For my father and my mother have forsaken me, * but the Lord hath taken me up.
17  Set me a law in thy way, O Lord, * and lead me in the right way, because of mine enemies.
18  Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries: * for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and wickedness hath lied to itself.
19  I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord * in the land of the living.
20  Expect thou the Lord and act manfully; * and thine heart shall be comforted; and wait thou for the Lord.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Credo vidére bona Dómini in terra vivéntium.

Ant.    I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Ant.    Dómine, * abstraxísti ab ínferis ánimam meam.

Ant.    Thou, O Lord, * hast brought my soul out of hell.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 29.  Exaltabo te, Domine

Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me: * nec delectásti inimícos meos super me.
2  Dómine, Deus meus, clamávi ad te, * et sanásti me.
3  Dómine, eduxísti ab inférno ánimam meam: * salvásti me a descendéntibus in lacum.
4  Psállite Dómino, sancti ejus: * et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis ejus.
5  Quóniam ira in indignatióne ejus: * et vita in voluntáte ejus.
6  Ad vésperum demorábitur fletus: * et ad matutínum lætítia.
7  Ego autem dixi in abundántia mea: * Non movébor in ætérnum.
8  Dómine, in voluntáte tua, * præstitísti decóri meo virtútem.
9 Avertísti fáciem tuam a me, * et factus sum conturbátus.
10  Ad te, Dómine, clamábo: * et ad Deum meum deprecábor.
11  Quæ utílitas in sánguine meo, * dum descéndo in corruptiónem?
12  Numquid confitébitur tibi pulvis, * aut annuntiábit veritátem tuam?
13  Audívit Dóminus, et misértus est mei: * Dóminus factus est adjútor meus.
14  Convertísti planctum meum in gáudium mihi: * conscidísti saccum meum, et circumdedísti me lætítia:
15  Ut cantet tibi glória mea, et non compúngar: * Dómine, Deus meus, in ætérnum confitébor tibi.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

Psalm 29.  Exaltabo te, Domine

I will magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me up, * and not made my foes to triumph over me.
2  O Lord my God, I cried unto thee; * and thou hast healed me.
3  Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul out of hell: * thou hast saved me from them that go down to the pit.
4  Sing praises unto the Lord, O ye saints of his : and give thanks to the memory of his holiness.
5  For wrath is in his indignation : * and life in his good will.
6  Weeping may endure for a night, * but with the morning cometh joy..
7  And in my prosperity I said, * I shall never be removed.
8  Thou, Lord, in thy favour * gavest strength to my beauty.
9  Thou didst turn thy face from me, * and I was troubled.
10  Unto thee, O Lord, will I cry; * and gat me to my Lord right humbly.
11  What profit is there in my blood, * when I go down to corruption?
12  Shall the dust give thanks unto thee? * or shall it declare thy truth?
13  The Lord hath heard, and was merciful unto me; * the Lord became my helper.
14 Thou hast turned my mourning into joy; * thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness :
15  To the end that my glory shall sing unto thee : * O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Dómine, abstraxísti ab ínferis ánimam meam.

Ant.    Thou, O Lord, hast brought my soul out of hell.

STAND

Accédet homo ad cor altum, et exaltábitur Deus.  Illi dixérunt : Quis nos vidébit?  Defecérunt scrutántes scrutatiónes, consília mala.  Accéssit homo ad ipsa consília, passus est se tenéri ut homo.  Non enim tenerétur nisi homo, aut viderétur nisi homo, aut cæderétur nisi homo, aut crucifigerétur, aut morerétur nisi homo.  Accéssit ergo homo ad illas omnes passiónes, quæ in illo nihil valérent, nisi esset homo.  Sed si ille non esset homo, non liberarétur homo.  Accéssit homo ad cor altum, id est, cor secrétum, objíciens aspéctibus humánis hóminem, servans intus Deum : celans formam Dei, in qua æquális est Patri, et ófferens formam servi, qua minor est Patre.
Et non dicitur Tu autem.

They imagine wickedness, and practise it; that they keep secret among themselves, every man in the deep of his heart.  And they say that no man shall see them.  Now one known as Man came up against these communings, and in the form of Man he did suffer himself to be laid hold upon.  For they could not have laid hold upon him, had he not been Man ; neither could he have been seen, had he not been Man ; nor been scourged, had he not been Man ; nor been crucified, nor died, had he not been Man.  As Man, therefore, he came to endure all those sufferings which could have had none effect upon him had he not been Man.  And further, had he not been Man, in no wise could man have been redeemed.  So it was, as the Psalmist saith, that he came, as Man, unto a deep heart ; that is, something that passeth human understanding.  For he shewed his Manhood to the eyes of men, but kept his Godhead hidden deep within : thus concealing the form of God, wherein he is equal to the Father ; but exhibiting the form of a servant, wherein he is inferior to the Father.
The V. But thou, O Lord is not said.

R.  Recéssit pastor noster, fons aquæ vivæ, ad cujus tránsitum sol obscurátus est : * Nam et ille captus est, qui captívum tenébat primum hóminem : hódie portas mortis et seras páriter Salvátor noster disrúpit.
V. Destrúxit quidem claustra inférni, et subvértit poténtias diáboli.
R.  Nam et ille captus est, qui captívum tenébat primum hóminem : hódie portas mortis et seras páriter Salvátor noster disrúpit.

R.  Our shepherd is gone from us, he who is the Fountain of living water : and at his departure the sun was darkened : *  That evil one who took captive our first parent is also departed, for he is taken into captivity, in that today our Saviour hath broken the gates of death and burst thereof the bars asunder.
V.  He hath destroyed the barriers of hell, and overthrown him that had the power of death.
R.  That evil one who took captive our first parent is also departed, for he is taken into captivity, in that today our Saviour hath broken the gates of death and burst thereof the bars asunder.

Quo perduxérunt illas scrutatiónes suas, quas perscrutántes defecérunt, ut étiam mórtuo Dómino et sepúlto, custódes pónerent ad sepúlcrum?  Dixérunt enim Piláto : Sedúctor ille : hoc appellabátur nómine Dóminus Jesus Christus, ad solátium servórum suórum, quando dicúntur seductóres : ergo illi Piláto : Sedúctor ille, ínquiunt, dixit adhuc vivens : Post tres dies resúrgam.  Jube ítaque custodíri sepúlcrum usque in diem tértium, ne forte véniant discípuli ejus, et furéntur eum, et dicant plebi : Surréxit a mórtuis : et erit novíssimus error pejor prióre.  Ait illis Pilátus : Habétis custódiam, ite, custodíte sicut scitis.  Illi autem abeúntes, muniérunt sepúlcrum, signántes lápidem cum custódibus.
Et non dicitur Tu autem.

How far did they encourage themselves in those diligent searchings, wherein they failed so greatly?  So far that even when the Lord was dead and buried, they set a watch over the sepulchre.  For they said of Christ to Pilate : That deceiver.  By this name the Lord Jesus Christ was named, to the comfort of his servants, when they be called deceivers.  That deceiver (say they to Pilate) said while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again : command, therefore, that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead ; so the last error shall be worse than the first.  Pilate said unto them : Ye have a watch ; go your way, make it as sure as ye can.  So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and settling a watch.
The V. But thou, O Lord is not said.

R.  O vos omnes, qui transítis per viam, atténdite, et vidéte, * Si est dolor símilis sicut dolor meus.
V.  Atténdite, univérsi pópuli, et vidéte dolórem meum.
R.  Si est dolor símilis sicut dolor meus.

R.  O all ye that pass by, behold and see * If there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.
V.  Give heed awhile, O all ye people, and behold my sorrow.
R.  If there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

Posuérunt custódes mílites ad sepúlcrum.  Concússa terra Dóminus resurréxit : mirácula facta sunt tália circa sepúlcrum, ut et ipsi mílites , qui custódes advénerant, testes fíerent, si vellent vera nuntiáre.  Sed avarítia illa, quæ captivávit discípulum cómitem Christi, captivávit et mílitem custódem sepúlcri.  Damus, ínquiunt, vobis pecúniam : et dícite, quia vobis dormiéntibus venérunt discípuli ejus, et abstulérunt eum.  Vere defecérunt scrutántes scrutatiónes.  Quid est quod dixísti, o infélix astútia?  Tamtúmne déseris lucem consílii pietátis, et in profúnda versútiæ demérgeris, ut hoc dicas : Dícite quia vobis dormiéntibus venérunt discípuli ejus, et abstulérunt eum?  Dormiéntes testes ádhibes : vere tu ipse obdormísti, qui scrutándo tália defecísti.
Et non dicitur Tu autem.

They placed a watch of soldiers over the sepulchre.  The earth quaked!  The Lord rose again!  Such were the miracles wrought round about the sepulchre, that the very soldiers who kept watch might have become witnesses, if they had been willing to declare the truth.  But that covetousness which possessed the disciple and companion of Christ, possessed also the soldiers who guarded his tomb.  We will give you money (say they), and say ye that his disciples came and stole him away while ye slept.  Truly, they failed in their snare and communings.  What is this thou saidst, O wretched cunning?  Dost thou so far forsake the light of prudence and duty, and plunge thyself so deep in craftiness, as to speak thus : Say ye that his disciples came and stole him away while ye slept?  Thou producest sleeping witnesses!  Surely thou wast thyself asleep, who didst thus snare thyself in such a snare.
The V. But thou, O Lord is not said.

R.  Ecce quómodo móritur justus, et nemo pércipit corde : et viri justi tollúntur, et nemo consíderat : a fácie iniquitátis sublátus est justus : * Et erit in pace memória ejus.
V.  Tamquam agnus coram tondénte se obmútuit, et non apéruit os suum : de angústia et de judício sublátus est.
R.  Et erit in pace memória ejus.
R.  Ecce quómodo móritur justus, et nemo pércipit corde : et viri justi tollúntur, et nemo consíderat : a fácie iniquitátis sublátus est justus : * Et erit in pace memória ejus.

R.  See ye how the Righteous One perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart : and merciful men are taken away, and none considereth : but the righteous man is taken from the evil to come : * And his memory is in peace.
V.  As a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth : he was taken from prison and from judgment.
R.  And his memory is in peace.
R.  See ye how the Righteous One perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart : and merciful men are taken away, and none considereth : but the righteous man is taken from the evil to come : * And his memory is in peace.

Third Nocturn

COMMENTARY

Ant.    Deus ádjuvat me, * et Dóminus suscéptor est ánimæ meæ.

Ant.    God is my helper, * and the Lord upholdeth my soul.

Psalmus 53. Deus, in Nomine

Deus, in nómine tuo salvum me fac: * et in virtúte tua júdica me.
2  Deus, exáudi oratiónem meam: * áuribus pércipe verba oris mei.
3  Quóniam aliéni insurrexérunt advérsum me, et fortes quæsiérunt ánimam meam: * et non proposuérunt Deum ante conspéctum suum.
4  Ecce enim Deus ádjuvat me: * et Dóminus suscéptor est ánimæ meæ.
5  Avérte mala inimícis meis: * et in veritáte tua dispérde illos.
6  Voluntárie sacrificábo tibi, * et confitébor nómini tuo, Dómine: quóniam bonum est :
7  Quóniam ex omni tribulatióne eripuísti me: * et super inimícos meos despéxit óculus meus.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

Psalm 53. Deus, in Nomine

Save me, O God, for thy Name's sake, * and avenge me in thy strength.
2  Hear my prayer, O God, * and hearken unto the words of my mouth.
3  For strangers are risen up against me, and the mighty have sought after my soul, * which have not God before their eyes.
4  For behold, God is my helper; * and the Lord upholdeth my soul.
5  Turn back the evils upon mine enemies: * destroy thou them in thy truth.
6  An offering of a free heart will I give thee, * and praise thy Name, O Lord, for it is good.
7  For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble; * and mine eye hath looked down upon mine enemies.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Deus ádjuvat me, et Dóminus suscéptor est ánimæ meæ.

Ant.    God is my helper, and the Lord upholdeth my soul.

Ant.    In pace * factus est locus ejus, et in Sion habitátio ejus.

Ant.    At Salem * is his tabernacle, and his dwelling in Sion.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 75.  Notus in Judæa

Notus in Judæa Deus: * in Israël magnum nomen ejus.
2  Et factus est in pace locus ejus: * et habitátio ejus in Sion.
3  Ibi confrégit poténtias árcuum: * scutum, gládium, et bellum.
4  Illúminans tu mirabíliter a móntibus ætérnis: * turbáti sunt omnes insipiéntes corde.
5  Dormiérunt somnum suum: * et nihil invenérunt omnes viri divitiárum in mánibus suis.
6  Ab increpatióne tua, Deus Jacob, * dormitavérunt qui ascendérunt equos.
7  Tu terríbilis es, et quis resístet tibi? * ex tunc ira tua.
8  De cælo audítum fecísti judícium: * terra trémuit et quiévit.
9  Cum exsúrgeret in judícium Deus, * ut salvos fáceret omnes mansuétos terræ.
10  Quóniam cogitátio hóminis confitébitur tibi: * et relíquiæ cogitatiónis diem festum agent tibi.
11  Vovéte, et réddite Dómino Deo vestro: * omnes, qui in circúitu ejus affértis múnera.
12  Terríbili et ei qui aufert spíritum príncipum, * terríbili apud reges terræ.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

Psalm 75.  Notus in Judæa

In Jewry is God known; * his Name is great in Israel.
2  And his place is in peace, * and his dwelling in Sion.
3  There brake he the powers of the bow, * the shield, the sword, and the battle.
4  Thou dost enlighten wondrously from the everlasting hills : * all the foolish of heart were troubled.
5  They have slept their sleep; * and all the men of riches have found nothing in their hands.
6  At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, * they have all slumbered that mounted on horseback.
7  Thou art terrible, and who shall stand against thee * when thou art angry?
8  Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; * the earth trembled, and was still,
9  When God arose to judgment, * to save all the meek upon earth.
10  For the contemplation of man shall turn to thy praise; * and the rest of their contemplation shall keep holy day unto thee.
11  Vow ye, and pay unto the Lord your God : * all ye that are round about him bring presents.
12  Unto him that is terrible, even unto him who refraineth the spirit of princes, * unto the terrible among the kings of the earth.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    In pace factus est locus ejus, et in Sion habitátio ejus.

Ant.    At Salem is his tabernacle, and his dwelling in Sion.

Ant.    Factus sum * sicut homo sine adjutório, inter mórtuos liber.

Ant.    I have been * even as a man that hath no strength, free among the dead.

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 87.  Domine, Deus

Dómine, Deus salútis meæ : * in die clamávi, et nocte coram te.
2  Intret in conspéctu tuo orátio mea : * inclína aurem tuam ad precem meam :
3  Quia repléta est malis ánima mea : * et vita mea inférno appropinquávit.
4  Æstimátus sum cum descendéntibus in lacum : * factus sum sicut homo sine adjutório, inter mórtuos liber.
5  Sicut vulneráti dormiéntes in sepúlcris, quorum non es memor ámplius : * et ipsi de manu tua repúlsi sunt.
6  Posuérunt me in lacu inferióri : * in tenebrósis, et in umbra mortis.
7  Super me confirmátus est furor tuus : * et omnes fluctus tuos induxísti super me.
8  Longe fecísti notos meos a me : * posuérunt me abominatiónem sibi.
9  Tráditus sum, et non egrediébar : * óculi mei languérunt præ inópia.
10  Clamávi ad te, Dómine, tota die : * expándi ad te manus meas.
11  Numquid mórtuis fácies mirabília : * aut médici suscitábunt, et confitebúntur tibi?
12  Numquid narrábit áliquis in sepúlcro misericórdiam tuam, * et veritátem tuam in perditióne?
13  Numquid cognoscéntur in ténebris mirabília tua, * et justítia tua in terra obliviónis?
14  Et ego ad te, Dómine, clamávi : * et mane orátio mea prævéniet te.
15  Ut quid, Dómine, repéllis oratiónem meam : * avértis fáciem tuam a me?
16  Pauper sum ego, et in labóribus a juventúte mea : * exaltátus autem, humiliátus sum et conturbátus.
17  In me transiérunt iræ tuæ : * et terróres tui conturbavérunt me.
18  Circumdedérunt me sicut aqua tota die : * circumdedérunt me simul.
19  Elongásti a me amícum et próximum : * et notos meos a miséria.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

Psalm 87.  Domine, Deus

O Lord God of my salvation, * I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee.
2  O let my prayer enter into thy presence, * incline thine ear unto my calling;
3  For my soul is full of evils, * and my life draweth nigh unto hell.
4  I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit, * and I am even as a man that hath no strength, cast off among the dead.
5  Like unto them that are slain, and lie sleeping in the grave, who are out of remembrance, * and are cut away from thy hand.
6  They have laid me in the lowest pit, * in a place of darkness, and in the shadow of death.
7  Thine indignation lieth hard upon me, * and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms.
8  Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, * and made me to be abhorred of them.
9  I was delivered up and came not forth : * my sight failed for very trouble.
10  All the day I have cried unto thee, O Lord, * I have stretched forth my hands unto thee.
11  Dost thou shew wonders among the dead? * or shall physicians raise up the dead again, that they may praise thee?
12  Shall any one in the grave shew thy mercy? * or thy truth in destruction?
13  Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark? * and thy righteousness in the land of the forgotten?
14  Unto thee have I cried, O Lord; * and early shall my prayer come before thee.
15  Lord, why abhorrest thou my prayer, * and hidest thou thy face from me?
16  I am in misery, and in labours even from my youth up ; * and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.
17  Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me, * and thy terrors have troubled me.
18  They came round about me like water all the day, * and compassed me together on every side.
19  My friend and neighbour hast thou put away from me, * and from misery hid mine acquaintances out of my sight.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutório, inter mórtuos liber.

Ant.    I have been even as a man that hath no strength, free among the dead.

STAND

Christus assístens Póntifex futurórum bonórum, per ámplius et perféctius tabernáculum non manufáctum, id est, non hujus creatiónis : neque per sánguinem hircórum, aut vitulórum, sed per próprium sánguinem introívit semel in Sancta, ætérna redemptióne invénta.  Si enim sanguis hircórum, et taurórum, et cinis vítulæ aspérsus inquinátos sanctíficat ad emundatiónem carnis : quanto magis sanguis Christi, qui per Spíritum Sanctum semetípsum óbtulit immaculátum Deo, emundábit consciéntiam nostram ab opéribus mórtuis, ad serviéndum Deo vivénti?
Et non dicitur Tu autem.

Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.  For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
The V. But thou, O Lord is not said.

R.  Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum, * Advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum ejus.
V.  Quare fremuérunt Gentes, et pópuli meditáti sunt inánia?
R.  Advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum ejus.

R.  The kings of the earth have arisen, and the rulers have taken counsel together, * Against the Lord, and against his Anointed.
V.  Why do the heathen so furiously rage together, and why do the people imagine a vain thing?
R.  Against the Lord, and against his Anointed.

Et ídeo novi testaménti mediátor est : ut, morte intercedénte, in redemptiónem eárum prævaricatiónum, quæ erant sub prióri testaménto, repromissiónem accípiant, qui vocáti sunt ætérnæ hereditátis.  Ubi enim testaméntum est : mors necésse est intercédat testatóris.  Testaméntum enim in mórtuis confirmátum est : alióquin nondum valet, dum vivit qui testátus est.  Unde nec primum quidem sine sánguine dedicátum est.
Et non dicitur Tu autem.

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.  For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.  For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.  Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
The V. But thou, O Lord is not said.

R.  Æstimátus sum cum descendéntibus in lacum : * Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutório, inter mórtuos liber.
V.  Posuérunt me in lacu inferióri, in tenebrósis, et in umbra mortis.
R.  Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutório, inter mórtuos liber.

R.  I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit : * And I have been even as a man that hath no strength, free among the dead.
V.  Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in a place of darkness, and in the shadow of death.
R.  And I have been even as a man that hath no strength, free among the dead.

Lecto enim omni mandáto legis a Móyse univérso pópulo : accípiens sánguinem vitulórum, et hircórum cum aqua et lana coccínea, et hyssópo : ipsum quoque librum, et omnem pópulum aspérsit, dicens : Hic sanguis testaménti, quod mandávit ad vos Deus.  Etiam tabernáculum, et ómnia vasa ministérii sánguine simíliter aspérsit : et ómnia pene in sánguine secúndum legem mundántur : et sine sánguinis effúsióne non fit remíssio.
Et non dicitur Tu autem.

For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.  Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.  And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
The V. But thou, O Lord is not said.

R.  Sepúlto Dómino, signátum est monuméntum, volvéntes lápidem ad óstium monuménti : * Ponéntes mílites, qui custodírent illum.
V.  Accedéntes príncipes sacerdótum ad Pilátum, petiérunt illum.
R.  Ponéntes mílites, qui custodírent illum.
R.  Sepúlto Dómino, signátum est monuméntum, volvéntes lápidem ad óstium monuménti : * Ponéntes mílites, qui custodírent illum.

R.  When the Lord was buried, they sealed the sepulchre, and rolled a great stone unto the door thereof, * And they set a band of soldiers to keep it.
V.  The chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, and besought of him a watch.
R.  And they set a band of soldiers to keep it.
R.  When the Lord was buried, they sealed the sepulchre, and rolled a great stone unto the door thereof, * And they set a band of soldiers to keep it.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

Réspice, quæsumus, Dómine, super hanc famíliam tuam, pro qua Dóminus noster Jesus Christus non dubitávit mánibus tradi nocéntium, et crucis subíre torméntum : sed dicitur sub silentio : Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sæcula sæculórum : Amen.

Almighty God, we beseech thee graciously behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the Cross.  Here is added silently : Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end : Amen.

Lauds

If, in private recitation, Lauds be separated from Matins, the Dual Prayer is said in silence, and then Lauds begins at once with the first Antiphon as given below.  The opening Versicles are omitted.

Ant.    O mors, * ero mors tua, morsus tuus ero, inférne.

Ant.    O death, * I will be thy plague : O grave, I will be thy destruction.

Psalmus 50.  Miserere mei, Deus

Miserére mei Deus, * secúndum magnam misericórdiam tuam.
2  Et secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum, * dele iniquitátem meam.
3  Amplius lava me ab iniquitáte mea: * et a peccáto meo munda me.
4  Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco: * et peccátum meum contra me est semper.
5  Tibi soli peccávi, et malum coram te feci: * ut justificéris in sermónibus tuis, et vincas cum judicáris.
6  Ecce enim in iniquitátibus concéptus sum: * et in peccátis concépit me mater mea.
7  Ecce enim veritátem dilexísti: * incérta et occúlta sapiéntiæ tuæ manifestásti mihi.
8  Aspérges me hyssópo, et mundábor: * lavábis me, et super nivem dealbábor.
9  Audítui meo dabis gáudium et lætítiam: * et exsultábunt ossa humiliáta.
10  Avérte fáciem tuam a peccátis meis: * et omnes iniquitátes meas dele.
11  Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: * et spíritum rectum ínnova in viscéribus meis.
12  Ne projícias me a fácie tua: * et spíritum sanctum tuum ne áuferas a me.
13  Redde mihi lætítiam salutáris tui: * et spíritu principáli confírma me.
14  Docébo iníquos vias tuas: * et ímpii ad te converténtur.
15  Líbera me de sanguínibus, Deus, Deus salútis meæ: * et exsultábit lingua mea justítiam tuam.
16  Dómine, lábia mea apéries: * et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
17  Quóniam si voluísses sacrifícium dedíssem útique: * holocáustis non delectáberis.
18  Sacrifícium Deo spíritus contribulátus: * cor contrítum, et humiliátum, Deus non despícies.
19  Benígne fac, Dómine, in bona voluntáte tua Sion: * ut ædificéntur muri Jerúsalem.
20  Tunc acceptábis sacrifícium justítiæ, oblatiónes, et holocáusta: * tunc impónent super altáre tuum vítulos.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

Have mercy upon me, O God, * after thy great goodness.
2  According to the multitude of thy mercies * do away mine offences.
3  Wash me throughly from my wickedness, * and cleanse me from my sin.
4  For I acknowledge my faults, * and my sin is ever before me.
5  Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; * that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged.
6  Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, * and in sin hath my mother conceived me.
7  But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts, * and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.
8  Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
9  Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, * that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
10  Turn thy face from my sins, * and put out all my misdeeds.
11  Make me a clean heart, O God, * and renew a right spirit within me.
12  Cast me not away from thy presence, * and take not thy holy Spirit from me.
13  O give me the comfort of thy help again, * and stablish me with thy free Spirit.
14  Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, * and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
15  Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health; * and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness.
16  Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, * and my mouth shall shew thy praise.
17  For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee; * but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings.
18  The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: * a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.
19  O be favourable and gracious unto Sion; * build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
20  Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations; * then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    O mors, ero mors tua, morsus tuus ero, inférne.

Ant.    O death, I will be thy plague : O grave, I will be thy destruction.

Ant.    Plangent eum * quasi unigénitum, quia ínnocens Dóminus occísus est.

Ant.    They shall mourn for him * as one mourneth for his own son, because the Lord, who is without sin, is put to death.

Psalmus 91.  Bonus est confiteri

Bonum est confitéri Dómino: * et psállere nómini tuo, Altíssime.
2  Ad annuntiándum mane misericórdiam tuam: * et veritátem tuam per noctem.
3  In decachórdo, psaltério: * cum cántico, in cíthara.
4  Quia delectásti me, Dómine, in factúra tua: * et in opéribus mánuum tuárum exsultábo.
5  Quam magnificáta sunt ópera tua, Dómine! * nimis profúndæ factæ sunt cogitatiónes tuæ.
6  Vir insípiens non cognóscet: * et stultus non intélliget hæc.
7  Cum exórti fúerint peccatóres sicut fœnum: * et apparúerint omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem.
8  Ut intéreant in sæculum sæculi: * tu autem Altíssimus in ætérnum, Dómine.
9  Quóniam ecce inimíci tui, Dómine, quóniam ecce inimíci tui períbunt: * et dispergéntur omnes, qui operántur iniquitátem.
10  Et exaltábitur sicut unicórnis cornu meum: * et senéctus mea in misericórdia úberi.
11  Et despéxit óculus meus inimícos meos: * et in insurgéntibus in me malignántibus áudiet auris mea.
12  Justus, ut palma florébit: * sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur.
13  Plantáti in domo Dómini, *  in átriis domus Dei nostri florébunt.
14  Adhuc multiplicabúntur in senécta úberi: * et bene patiéntes erunt,  ut annúntient:
15  Quóniam rectus Dóminus, Deus noster: * et non est iníquitas in eo.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

Psalm 91.  Bonus est confiteri

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, * and to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most Highest;
2  To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning, * and of thy truth in the night season;
3  Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute; * with a canticle, and upon the harp.
4  For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy works; * and I will rejoice in the operations of thy hands.
5  O Lord, how glorious are thy works! * thy thoughts are exceeding deep.
6  The unwise man doth not know, * nor will the fool understand these things.
7  When the ungodly shall spring up as the grass, * and all the workers of wickedness shall appear.
8  That they may perish for ever and ever : * but thou, Lord, art the Most Highest for evermore.
9  For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, lo, thine enemies shall perish; * and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed.
10  But my horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn; * and my old age in plentiful mercy.
11  Mine eye also hath looked down upon mine enemies, * and mine ear shall hear of the downfall of the wicked that arise up against me.
12  The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, * and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Lebanon.
13  They that are planted in the house of the Lord, * shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.
14  They shall still increase in a fruitful old age, * and shall be well treated, that they may declare :
15  That the Lord our God is righteous, * and there is no iniquity in him.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Plangent eum quasi unigénitum, quia ínnocens Dóminus occísus est.

Ant.    They shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his own son, because the Lord, who is without sin, is put to death.

Ant.    Atténdite, * univérsi pópuli, et vidéte dolórem meum.

Ant.    I pray you * all my people, behold ye and see my sorrow.

Psalmus 63.  Exaudi, Deus

Exáudi, Deus, oratiónem meam cum déprecor: * a timóre inimíci éripe ánimam meam.
2  Protexísti me a convéntu malignántium: * a multitúdine operántium iniquitátem 3  Quia exacuérunt ut gládium linguas suas: * intendérunt arcum rem amáram, ut sagíttent in occúltis immaculátum.
4  Súbito sagittábunt eum, et non timébunt: * firmavérunt sibi sermónem nequam.
5  Narravérunt ut abscónderent láqueos: * dixérunt: Quis vidébit eos?
6  Scrutáti sunt iniquitátes: * defecérunt scrutántes scrutínio.
7  Accédet homo ad cor altum: * et exaltábitur Deus.
8  Sagíttæ parvulórum factæ sunt plagæ eórum: * et infirmátæ sunt contra eos linguæ eórum.
9  Conturbáti sunt omnes qui vidébant eos: * et tímuit omnis homo.
10  Et annuntiavérunt ópera Dei, * et facta ejus intellexérunt.
11  Lætábitur justus in Dómino, et sperábit in eo: * et laudabúntur omnes recti corde.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

Psalm 63.  Exaudi, Deus

Hear my prayer, O God, when I make supplication to thee : * preserve my soul from the fear of the enemy.
2  Thou hast protected me from the gathering together of the froward, * and from the multitude of wicked doers.
3  Who have whet their tongue like a sword, * and have bent their bow a bitter thing, to shoot out their arrows in secret at the undefiled.
4  They shall shoot at him on a sudden, and shall not fear : * they are resolute in wickedness.
5  They have communed among themselves, how they may lay snares; * and they have said, Who shall see them?
6  They have searched after wickedness : * they have failed in their search.
7  Man shall come to the deep of his heart : * and God shall be exalted.
8  The arrows of children are their wounds : * yea, their tongues shall make them fall.
9  All they that saw them were troubled : * and every man feared.
10  And they have declared the works of God : * and understood that which he hath done.
11  The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and put his trust in him; * and all they that are true of heart shall be glad.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    Atténdite, univérsi pópuli, et vidéte dolórem meum.

Ant.    I pray you all my people, behold ye and see my sorrow.

Ant.    A porta ínferi * érue, Dómine, ánimam meam.

Ant.    From the gate of hell, * deliver my soul, O Lord.

Canticum Ezechiæ.      Is. 38. 10.

Ego dixi: in dimídio diérum meórum * vadam ad portas ínferi.
2  Quæsívi resíduum annórum meórum. * Dixi : Non vidébo Dóminum Deum in terra vivéntium.
3  Non aspíciam hóminem ultra, * et habitatórem quiétis.
4  Generátio mea abláta est, et convolúta est a me, * quasi tabernáculum pastórum.
5  Præcísa est velut a texénte, vita mea: dum adhuc ordírer, succídit me: * de mane usque ad vésperam fínies me.
6  Sperábam usque ad mane, * quasi leo sic contrívit ómnia ossa mea:
7  De mane usque ad vésperam fínies me: * sicut pullus hirúndinis sic clamábo, meditábor ut colúmba:
8  Attenuáti sunt óculi mei, * suspiciéntes in excélsum:
9  Dómine, vim pátior, respónde pro me. * Quid dicam, aut quid respondébit mihi, cum ipse fécerit?
10  Recogitábo tibi omnes annos meos * in amaritúdine ánimæ meæ.
11  Dómine, si sic vivítur, et in tálibus vita spíritus mei, corrípies me et vivificábis me. * Ecce in pace amaritúdo mea amaríssima:
12  Tu autem eruísti ánimam meam ut non períret: * projecísti post tergum tuum ómnia peccáta mea.
13  Quia non inférnus confitébitur tibi, neque mors laudábit te: * non exspectábunt qui descéndunt in lacum, veritátem tuam.
14  Vivens vivens ipse confitébitur tibi, sicut et ego hódie: * pater fíliis notam fáciet veritátem tuam.
15  Dómine, salvum me fac, * et psalmos nostros cantábimus cunctis diébus vitæ nostræ in domo Dómini.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

Canticle of Hezekias.      Isa. 38.10.

I said, In the midst of my days * I shall go down unto the portals of hell.
2  I sought for the residue of my years.  * I said, I shall not see the Lord God in the land of the living.
3  I shall behold man no more, * neither the inhabitant of the land of rest.
4  Mine age is departed, and is rolled up from me, * like as it were a shepherd's tent.
5  My life is cut off as by a weaver, whilst I was yet but beginning, he cut me off : * from morning even until night shalt thou make an end of me.
6  I hoped till morning, * as a lion, so hath he broken all my bones.
7  From morning even until night shalt thou make an end of me : * I will cry like a young swallow; I will meditate like a dove.
8  Mine eyes are weakened, * with looking upward.
9  O Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou for me. * What shall I say, or what shall he answer me, whereas he himself hath done it?
10  I will call to remembrance before thee all my years * in the bitterness of my soul.
11  O Lord, if man's life be such, and the life of my spirit be in such things as these, thou shalt chasten me, and make me to live. * Behold, in peace is my my bitterness most bitter.
12  But thou hast delivered my soul that it should not perish: * thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
13  For hell shall not give glory unto thee, neither shall death praise thee, * nor yet shall they that go down into the pit look for thy truth.
14  The living, yea the living, he shall give praise unto thee, as I do this day; * the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
15  O Lord, save me, * and we will sing our psalms all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    A porta ínferi érue, Dómine, ánimam meam.

Ant.    From the gate of hell, deliver my soul, O Lord.

Ant.    O vos omnes, * qui transítis per viam, atténdite, et vidéte si est dolor sicut dolor meus.

Ant.    All ye * that pass by, behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

Psalmus 150.  Laudate Dominum

Laudáte Dóminum in sanctis ejus: * laudáte eum in firmaménto virtútis ejus.
2  Laudáte eum in virtútibus ejus: * laudáte eum secúndum multitúdinem magnitúdinis ejus.
3  Laudáte eum in sono tubæ: * laudáte eum in psaltério, et cíthara.
4  Laudáte eum in tympano, et choro: * laudáte eum in cordis, et órgano.
5  Laudáte eum in cymbalis benesonántibus: laudáte eum in cymbalis jubilatiónis: * omnis spíritus laudet Dóminum.
Et non dicitur Glória Patri.

Psalm 150.  Laudate Dominum

O praise the Lord in his sanctuary : * praise him in the firmament of his power.
2  Praise him in his mighty acts: * praise him according to the multitude of his greatness.
3  Praise him in the sound of the trumpet : * praise him upon the lute and harp.
4  Praise him in the timbrels and choir : * praise him upon the strings and organs.
5  Praise him upon the high-sounding cymbals: praise him upon the cymbals of joy : * let every spirit praise the Lord.
Here is not said Glory be.

Ant.    O vos omnes, qui transítis per viam, atténdite, et vidéte si est dolor sicut dolor meus.

Ant.    All ye that pass by, behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

STAND

V.  Caro mea requiéscet in spe.
R.  Et nec dabis sanctum tuum vidére corruptiónem.

V.  My flesh also shall rest in hope.
R.  Neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

Ad Bened. Ant:  Mulíeres * sedéntes ad monuméntum lamentabántur, flentes Dóminum.

Ant. on Bened:  The women * sitting over against the sepulchre, made lamentation, weeping for the Lor