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1 αλληλουια ἐξομολογεῖ |
1 Praise the Lord, and call upon his name; tell the story of his doings for all the nations to hear; 2 greet him with song and psalm, recount his acts of miracle. 3 Triumph in that holy name; let every heart that longs for the Lord rejoice. 4 On the Lord, on the Lord’s greatness still let your hearts dwell, on the Lord’s presence be your hearts set. 5 Remember the marvellous acts he did, his miracles, his sentences of doom; 6 are you not the posterity of Abraham, his own servant, sons of that Jacob on whom his choice fell? 7 And he, the Lord, is our own God, wide though his writ runs through all the world. 8 He keeps in everlasting memory that covenant of his, that promise which a thousand ages might not cancel. 9 He gave Abraham a promise, bound himself to Isaac by an oath; 10 by that law Jacob should live, his Israel, bound to him with an eternal covenant. 11 To thee, he said, I will give the land of Chanaan, a portion allotted to thee and thine. 12 So few they were in number, only a handful, living there as strangers! 13 And ever they passed on from country to country, the guests of king or people; 14 but he suffered none to harm them;[1] to kings themselves the warning came; 15 Lay no hand on them, never hurt them, servants anointed and true spokesmen of mine. | 1 Confitemini Domino, et invocate nomen ejus; annuntiate inter gentes opera ejus. 2 Cantate ei, et psallite ei; narrate omnia mirabilia ejus. 3 Laudamini in nomine sancto ejus; lætetur cor quærentium Dominum. 4 Quærite Dominum, et confirmamini; quærite faciem ejus semper. 5 Mementote mirabilium ejus quæ fecit; prodigia ejus, et judicia oris ejus: 6 semen Abraham servi ejus; filii Jacob electi ejus. 7 Ipse Dominus Deus noster; in universa terra judicia ejus. 8 Memor fuit in sæculum testamenti sui; verbi quod mandavit in mille generationes: 9 quod disposuit ad Abraham, et juramenti sui ad Isaac: 10 et statuit illud Jacob in præceptum, et Israël in testamentum æternum, 11 dicens: Tibi dabo terram Chanaan, funiculum hæreditatis vestræ: 12 cum essent numero brevi, paucissimi, et incolæ ejus. 13 Et pertransierunt de gente in gentem, et de regno ad populum alterum. 14 Non reliquit hominem nocere eis: et corripuit pro eis reges. 15 Nolite tangere christos meos, et in prophetis meis nolite malignari. |
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16 And now he brought famine on the land, cutting off all their supply of bread. 17 But he had sent an envoy to prepare the way for them, that very Joseph, who was sold as a slave. 18 Fetters held his feet, the yoke galled his neck, 19 but he proved a true prophet at last, the Lord’s accomplished word to vindicate him.[2] 20 Then the king sent to release him; the proud ruler of many peoples set him free, 21 and appointed him master of his household, lord of all the possessions that were his. 22 Joseph should teach his courtiers to be as Joseph was, should train his aged counsellors in wisdom. 23 So it was that Israel came into Egypt, that Jacob dwelt as an alien in the country of Cham. | 16 Et vocavit famem super terram, et omne firmamentum panis contrivit. 17 Misit ante eos virum: in servum venundatus est, Joseph. 18 Humiliaverunt in compedibus pedes ejus; ferrum pertransiit animam ejus: 19 donec veniret verbum ejus. Eloquium Domini inflammavit eum. 20 Misit rex, et solvit eum; princeps populorum, et dimisit eum. 21 Constituit eum dominum domus suæ, et principem omnis possessionis suæ: 22 ut erudiret principes ejus sicut semetipsum, et senes ejus prudentiam doceret. 23 Et intravit Israël in Ægyptum, et Jacob accola fuit in terra Cham. |
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24 Time passed, and he gave his people great increase of numbers, till it outmatched its rivals. 25 And in these he wrought a change of heart; they grew weary of his people’s presence, devised ruin for his worshippers. 26 And now he sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, the man of his choice, 27 to bring about those signs, those miracles of his which the country of Cham would witness. 28 Dark night he sent to benight them, and still his warnings went unheeded.[3] 29 He turned their supply of water into blood, killing all the fish; 30 frogs swarmed out of the ground, even in their royal palaces; 31 at his word, flies attacked them, and gnats all their land over; 32 hail was the rain he gave them, and it brought fire that burned up their countryside; 33 he shattered their vines and fig-trees, broke down all the wood that grew in their domains. 34 He gave the word, and locusts came, grasshoppers, too, past all numbering, 35 eating up all the grass they had, eating up all the crops their land yielded. 36 Then, his hand fell upon Egypt’s first-born, on the first-fruits of all they had engendered; 37 and so he brought his people out, enriched with silver and gold, no foot that stumbled among all their tribes. | 24 Et auxit populum suum vehementer, et firmavit eum super inimicos ejus. 25 Convertit cor eorum, ut odirent populum ejus, et dolum facerent in servos ejus. 26 Misit Moysen servum suum; Aaron quem elegit ipsum. 27 Posuit in eis verba signorum suorum, et prodigiorum in terra Cham. 28 Misit tenebras, et obscuravit; et non exacerbavit sermones suos. 29 Convertit aquas eorum in sanguinem, et occidit pisces eorum. 30 Edidit terra eorum ranas in penetralibus regum ipsorum. 31 Dixit, et venit cœnomyia et ciniphes in omnibus finibus eorum. 32 Posuit pluvias eorum grandinem: ignem comburentem in terra ipsorum. 33 Et percussit vineas eorum, et ficulneas eorum, et contrivit lignum finium eorum. 34 Dixit, et venit locusta, et bruchus cujus non erat numerus: 35 et comedit omne fœnum in terra eorum, et comedit omnem fructum terræ eorum. 36 Et percussit omne primogenitum in terra eorum, primitias omnis laboris eorum. 37 Et eduxit eos cum argento et auro, et non erat in tribubus eorum infirmus. |
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38 Glad indeed was Egypt at their going, such fear of them had overtaken it. 39 He spread out a cloud to cover them, that turned to fire in the darkness, lighting their journey. 40 Quails came, when they asked for food; he satisfied their desire, too, with bread from heaven, 41 and pierced the rock so that water flowed down, running streams in the wilderness. 42 So well did he remember that holy promise of his, made to his servant Abraham; 43 in joy and triumph he led them out, his chosen people, 44 and gave them the lands of the heathen for their own. 45 There, on soil Gentile hands had tilled, his commandments should be kept sacred, his law should reign. Alleluia. | 38 Lætata est Ægyptus in profectione eorum, quia incubuit timor eorum super eos. 39 Expandit nubem in protectionem eorum, et ignem ut luceret eis per noctem. 40 Petierunt, et venit coturnix, et pane cæli saturavit eos. 41 Dirupit petram, et fluxerunt aquæ: abierunt in sicco flumina. 42 Quoniam memor fuit verbi sancti sui, quod habuit ad Abraham puerum suum. 43 Et eduxit populum suum in exsultatione, et electos suos in lætitia. 44 Et dedit illis regiones gentium, et labores populorum possederunt: 45 ut custodiant justificationes ejus, et legem ejus requirant. |
[1] See Gen. 12.17.
[2] See Gen. 40, 41.
[3] The Hebrew text gives ‘And they?(Moses and Aaron) heeded his words’.
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Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
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