Laudes - Antiphona
11 June, 2024
Antiphona
Salutáre vultus mei Deus meus.
The salvation of my countenance, my God.
(Ps. 42) Júdica me, Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta,
(Ps. 42) Judge me, O God, and discern my cause from that of a nation not holy;
ab hómine iníquo, et dolóso érue me.
rescue me from a man unjust and deceitful.
2. Quia tu es, Deus, fortitúdo mea:
2. For you are God, my strength.
quare me repulísti?
Why have you rejected me?
et quare tristis incédo, dum afflígit me inimícus?
And why do I walk in sadness, while the adversary afflicts me?
3. Emítte lucem tuam et veritátem tuam:
3. Send forth your light and your truth.
ipsa me deduxérunt, et adduxérunt in montem sanctum tuum,
They have guided me and led me, to your holy mountain
et in tabernácula tua.
and into your tabernacles.
4. Et introíbo ad altáre Dei:
4. And I will enter, upto the altar of God,
ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem meam.
to God who enlivens my youthfulness.
5. Confitébor tibi in cíthara, Deus, Deus meus:
5. To you, O God, my God, I will confess upon a stringed instrument.
quare tristis es, ánima mea? et quare contúrbas me?
Why are you sad, my soul? And why do you disquiet me?
6. Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi:
6. Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him:
salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.
the salvation of my countenance and my God.
7. Glória Patri, et Fílio,
7. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
et Spirítui Sancto.
and to the Holy Spirit,
8. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,
8. As it was in the beginning, is now,
et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Salutáre vultus mei Deus meus.
The salvation of my countenance, my God.