Tertia - Antiphona
01 November, 2019
Antiphona
Et omnes Angeli stabant in circúitu throni,
And all the angels were standing round about the throne,
et cecidérunt in conspéctu throni in fácies suas,
and fell before the throne on their faces,
et adoravérunt Deum.
and worshiped God.
(Ps. 17) Díligam te, Dómine, fortitúdo mea:
(Ps. 17) I will love you, O Lord my strength.
Dóminus firmaméntum meum, et refúgium meum,
The Lord is my firmament, my refuge,
et liberátor meus.
and my liberator.
2. Deus meus adjútor meus,
2. My God is my helper,
et sperábo in eum.
and I hope in him.
3. Protéctor meus, et cornu salútis meæ,
3. My protector, and the horn of my salvation,
et suscéptor meus.
and my support.
4. Laudans invocábo Dóminum:
4. Praising, I will call upon the Lord.
et ab inimícis meis salvus ero.
And I will be saved from my enemies.
5. Circumdedérunt me dolóres mortis:
5. The sorrows of death surrounded me,
et torréntes iniquitátis conturbavérunt me.
and the torrents of iniquity dismayed me.
6. Dolóres inférni circumdedérunt me:
6. The sorrows of Hell encompassed me,
præoccupavérunt me láquei mortis.
and the snares of death intercepted me.
7. In tribulatióne mea invocávi Dóminum,
7. In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord,
et ad Deum meum clamávi.
and I cried out to my God.
8. Et exaudívit de templo sancto suo vocem meam:
8. And he listened to my voice from his holy temple.
et clamor meus in conspéctu ejus, introívit in aures ejus.
And my cry in his presence entered into his ears.
9. Commóta est, et contrémuit terra:
9. The earth was shaken, and it trembled.
fundaménta móntium conturbáta sunt, et commóta sunt,
The foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and they were shaken,
quóniam irátus est eis.
because he was angry with them.
10. Glória Patri, et Fílio,
10. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
et Spirítui Sancto.
and to the Holy Spirit,
11. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,
11. As it was in the beginning, is now,
et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
12. Ascéndit fumus in ira ejus:
12. A smoke ascended by his wrath,
et ignis a fácie ejus exársit:
and a fire flared up from his face:
carbónes succénsi sunt ab eo.
coals were kindled by it.
13. Inclinávit cælos, et descéndit:
13. He bent the heavens, and they descended.
et calígo sub pédibus ejus.
And darkness was under his feet.
14. Et ascéndit super Chérubim, et volávit:
14. And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew:
volávit super pennas ventórum.
he flew upon the feathers of the winds.
15. Et pósuit ténebras latíbulum suum,
15. And he set darkness as his hiding place,
in circúitu ejus tabernáculum ejus:
with his tabernacle all around him:
tenebrósa aqua in núbibus áeris.
dark waters in the clouds of the air.
16. Præ fulgóre in conspéctu ejus nubes transiérunt,
16. At the brightness that was before his sight, the clouds crossed by,
grando et carbónes ignis.
with hail and coals of fire.
17. Et intónuit de cælo Dóminus,
17. And the Lord thundered from heaven,
et Altíssimus dedit vocem suam:
and the Most High uttered his voice:
grando et carbónes ignis.
hail and coals of fire.
18. Et misit sagíttas suas, et dissipávit eos:
18. And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them.
fúlgura multiplicávit, et conturbávit eos.
He multiplied lightnings, and he set them in disarray.
19. Et apparuérunt fontes aquárum,
19. Then the fountains of waters appeared,
et reveláta sunt fundaménta orbis terrárum:
and the foundations of the world were revealed,
20. Ab increpatióne tua, Dómine,
20. by your rebuke, O Lord,
ab inspiratióne spíritus iræ tuæ.
by the inspiration of the Spirit of your wrath.
21. Glória Patri, et Fílio,
21. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
et Spirítui Sancto.
and to the Holy Spirit,
22. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,
22. As it was in the beginning, is now,
et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
23. Misit de summo, et accépit me:
23. He sent from on high, and he accepted me.
et assúmpsit me de aquis multis.
And he took me up, out of many waters.
24. Erípuit me de inimícis meis fortíssimis,
24. He rescued me from my strongest enemies,
et ab his qui odérunt me:
and from those who hated me.
quóniam confortáti sunt super me.
For they had been too strong for me.
25. Prævenérunt me in die afflictiónis meæ:
25. They intercepted me in the day of my affliction,
et factus est Dóminus protéctor meus.
and the Lord became my protector.
26. Et edúxit me in latitúdinem:
26. And he led me out, into a wide place.
salvum me fecit, quóniam vóluit me.
He accomplished my salvation, because he willed me.
27. Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum justítiam meam:
27. And the Lord will reward me according to my justice,
et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum retríbuet mihi:
and he will repay me according to the purity of my hands.
28. Quia custodívi vias Dómini,
28. For I have preserved the ways of the Lord,
nec ímpie gessi a Deo meo.
and I have not behaved impiously before my God.
29. Quóniam ómnia judícia ejus in conspéctu meo:
29. For all his judgments are in my sight,
et justítias ejus non répuli a me.
and his justice, I have not pushed away from me.
30. Et ero immaculátus cum eo:
30. And I will be immaculate together with him,
et observábo me ab iniquitáte mea.
and I will keep myself from my iniquity.
31. Et retríbuet mihi Dóminus secúndum justítiam meam:
31. And the Lord will reward me according to my justice
et secúndum puritátem mánuum meárum in conspéctu oculórum ejus.
and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
32. Glória Patri, et Fílio,
32. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
et Spirítui Sancto.
and to the Holy Spirit,
33. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,
33. As it was in the beginning, is now,
et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Et omnes Angeli stabant in circúitu throni,
And all the angels were standing round about the throne,
et cecidérunt in conspéctu throni in fácies suas,
and fell before the throne on their faces,
et adoravérunt Deum.
and worshiped God.