Saturday Lauds

The first part of Lauds is in the Ordinary

COMMENTARY

Psalmus 149.  Cantate Domino

Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: * laus ejus in ecclésia sanctórum.
2  Lætétur Israël in eo, qui fecit eum: * et fílii Sion exsúltent in rege suo.
3  Laudent nomen ejus in choro: * in tympano, et psaltério psallant ei.
4  Quia beneplácitum est Dómino in pópulo suo: * et exaltábit mansuétos in salútem.
5  Exsultábunt sancti in glória: * lætabúntur in cubílibus suis.
6  Exaltatiónes Dei in gútture eórum: * et gládii ancípites in mánibus eórum.
7  Ad faciéndam vindíctam in natiónibus: * increpatiónes in pópulis.
8  Ad alligándos reges eórum in compédibus: * et nóbiles eórum in mánicis férreis.
9  Ut fáciant in eis judícium conscríptum: * glória hæc est ómnibus sanctis ejus.

O sing unto the Lord a new song; * let his praise be in the congregation of saints.
2  Let Israël rejoice in him that made him, * and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King.
3  Let them praise his Name in the choir : * let them sing praises unto him with tabret and harp.
4  For the Lord hath pleasure in his people, * and shall exalt the meek unto salvation.
5  The saints shall rejoice in glory; * they shall be joyful in their beds.
6  The high praises of God shall be in their mouth; * and a two-edged sword in their hands;
7  To bring vengeance upon the nations, * chastisements amongst the peoples.
8  To bind their kings in chains, * and their nobles with links of iron.
9  To execute upon them the judgment that is written, * such glory is unto all his saints.

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.

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 my God is righteous, * and there is no iniquity in him.

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.

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.

Canticum Ecclesiastici.      Eccli. 36. 1.

Miserére nostri, Deus ómnium, et réspice nos, * et osténde nobis lucem miseratiónum tuárum:
2  Et immítte timórem tuum super Gentes, * quæ non exquisiérunt te,
3  Ut cognóscant quia non est Deus nisi tu, * et enárrent magnália tua.
4  Alleva manum tuam super Gentes aliénas, * ut vídeant poténtiam tuam.
5  Sicut enim in conspéctu eórum sanctificátus es in nobis: * sic in conspéctu nostro magnificáberis in eis.
6  Ut cognóscant te, sicut et nos cognóvimus: * quóniam non est Deus præter te, Dómine.
7  Innova signa, et immúta mirabília. * Glorífica manum, et bráchium dextrum.
8  Excita furórem, et effúnde iram. * Tolle adversárium, et afflíge inimícum.
9  Festína tempus, et meménto finis: * ut enárrent mirabília tua.
10  In ira flammæ devorétur qui salvátur: * et qui péssimant plebem tuam, invéniant perditiónem.
11  Cóntere caput príncipum inimicórum, * dicéntium: Non est álius præter nos.
12  Cóngrega omnes tribus Jacob: ut cognóscant quia non est Deus nisi tu, * et enárrent magnália tua.
13  Et hereditábis eos, * sicut ab inítio.
14  Miserére plebi tuæ, super quam invocátum est nomen tuum: * et Israël, quem coæquásti primogénito tuo.
15  Miserére civitáti sanctificatiónis tuæ Jerúsalem, * civitáti requiéi tuæ.
16  Reple Sion inenarrabílibus verbis tuis, * et glória tua pópulum tuum.

Canticle of the Son of Sirach.      Eccli. 36. 1.

Have mercy upon us, O God of all, and behold us, * and shew the light of thy mercies upon us.
2  And send thy fear upon the nations, * that have not sought after thee.
3  That they may know that there is no God beside thee, * and they may shew forth thy wonders.
4  Lift up thine hand over the strange nations, * that they may see thy power.
5  For as thou hast been sanctified amongst us in their sight : * so even in our sight shalt thou be magnified amongst them.
6  That they may know thee, as we also have known thee : * that there is no God but only thou, O Lord.
7  Renew thy signs, and repeat thy wonders: * glorify thy hand and thy right arm.
8  Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: * take away the adversary and crush the enemy.
9  Hasten the time, and remember the end : * that they may declare thy mighty works.
10  Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire; * and let them perish that oppress the people.
11  Smite in sunder the heads of the princes of the enemy, * that say, There is none other but we.
12  Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, that they may know that there is no God beside thee, * and may declare thy mighty works.
13  And thou shalt inherit them, * as from the beginning.
14  Have mercy upon thy people that is called by thy Name, * and upon Israel whom thou hast raised up to be thy first-born.
15  Have mercy upon the city of thy sanctuary, even upon Jerusalem, * the city of thy rest.
16  Fill Sion with thine unspeakable words, * and thy people with thy glory.

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.

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.

On Feastdays, unless otherwise specified in the Ordo, the Chapter and Brief Respond are taken from the Common of the Saints.