¹Audite me,Listen to me,qui sequimini quod justum est,you who follow what is justet quæritis Dominum;and who seek the Lord.attendite ad petram unde excisi estis,Pay attention to the rock from which you have been hewn,et ad cavernam laci de qua præcisi estis.and to the walls of the pit from which you have been dug.

¹Audite me,Listen to me,qui sequimini quod justum est,you who follow what is justet quæritis Dominum;and who seek the Lord.attendite ad petram unde excisi estis,Pay attention to the rock from which you have been hewn,et ad cavernam laci de qua præcisi estis.and to the walls of the pit from which you have been dug.

²Attendite ad Abraham,Pay attention to Abraham,patrem vestrum,your father,et ad Saram,and to Sarah,quæ peperit vos:who bore you.quia unum vocavi eum,For I called him alone,et benedixi ei,and I blessed him,et multiplicavi eum.and I multiplied him.

²Attendite ad Abraham,Pay attention to Abraham,patrem vestrum,your father,et ad Saram,and to Sarah,quæ peperit vos:who bore you.quia unum vocavi eum,For I called him alone,et benedixi ei,and I blessed him,et multiplicavi eum.and I multiplied him.

³Consolabitur ergo Dominus Sion,Therefore, the Lord will console Zion,et consolabitur omnes ruinas ejus:and he will console all its ruins.et ponet desertum ejus quasi delicias,And he will turn her desert into a place of delights,et solitudinem ejus quasi hortum Domini.and her wilderness into a garden of the Lord.Gaudium et lætitia invenietur in ea,Gladness and rejoicing will be found in her,gratiarum actio et vox laudis.thanksgiving and a voice of praise.

³Consolabitur ergo Dominus Sion,Therefore, the Lord will console Zion,et consolabitur omnes ruinas ejus:and he will console all its ruins.et ponet desertum ejus quasi delicias,And he will turn her desert into a place of delights,et solitudinem ejus quasi hortum Domini.and her wilderness into a garden of the Lord.Gaudium et lætitia invenietur in ea,Gladness and rejoicing will be found in her,gratiarum actio et vox laudis.thanksgiving and a voice of praise.

⁴Attendite ad me,Pay attention to me,popule meus,my people,et tribus mea,and listen to me,me audite:my tribes.quia lex a me exiet,For a law will go forth from me,et judicium meum in lucem populorum requiescet.and my judgment will rest as a light for the nations.

⁴Attendite ad me,Pay attention to me,popule meus,my people,et tribus mea,and listen to me,me audite:my tribes.quia lex a me exiet,For a law will go forth from me,et judicium meum in lucem populorum requiescet.and my judgment will rest as a light for the nations.

⁵Prope est justus meus,My just one is near.egressus est salvator meus,My savior has gone forth.et brachia mea populos judicabunt;And my arms will judge the people.me insulæ exspectabunt,The islands will hope in me,et brachium meum sustinebunt.and they will patiently wait for my arm.

⁵Prope est justus meus,My just one is near.egressus est salvator meus,My savior has gone forth.et brachia mea populos judicabunt;And my arms will judge the people.me insulæ exspectabunt,The islands will hope in me,et brachium meum sustinebunt.and they will patiently wait for my arm.

⁶Levate in cælum oculos vestros,Lift up your eyes to heaven,et videte sub terra deorsum:and look down to the earth below.quia cæli sicut fumus liquescent,For the heavens will vanish like smoke,et terra sicut vestimentum atteretur,and the earth will be worn away like a garment,et habitatores ejus sicut hæc interibunt:and its inhabitants will pass away in like manner.salus autem mea in sempiternum erit,But my salvation will be forever,et justitia mea non deficiet.and my justice will not fail.

⁶Levate in cælum oculos vestros,Lift up your eyes to heaven,et videte sub terra deorsum:and look down to the earth below.quia cæli sicut fumus liquescent,For the heavens will vanish like smoke,et terra sicut vestimentum atteretur,and the earth will be worn away like a garment,et habitatores ejus sicut hæc interibunt:and its inhabitants will pass away in like manner.salus autem mea in sempiternum erit,But my salvation will be forever,et justitia mea non deficiet.and my justice will not fail.

⁷Audite me,Listen to me,qui scitis justum,you who know what is just,populus meus, lex mea in corde eorum:my people who have my law in their heart.nolite timere opprobrium hominum,Do not be afraid of disgrace among men,et blasphemias eorum ne metuatis:and do not dread their blasphemies.

⁷Audite me,Listen to me,qui scitis justum,you who know what is just,populus meus, lex mea in corde eorum:my people who have my law in their heart.nolite timere opprobrium hominum,Do not be afraid of disgrace among men,et blasphemias eorum ne metuatis:and do not dread their blasphemies.

⁸sicut enim vestimentum, sic comedet eos vermis,For the worm will consume them like a garment,et sicut lanam, sic devorabit eos tinea:and the moth will devour them like wool.salus autem mea in sempiternum erit,But my salvation will be forever,et justitia mea in generationes generationum.and my justice will be from generation to generation.

⁸sicut enim vestimentum, sic comedet eos vermis,For the worm will consume them like a garment,et sicut lanam, sic devorabit eos tinea:and the moth will devour them like wool.salus autem mea in sempiternum erit,But my salvation will be forever,et justitia mea in generationes generationum.and my justice will be from generation to generation.

⁹Consurge,Rise up,consurge,Rise up!induere fortitudinem,Clothe yourself in strength,brachium Domini!O arm of the Lord!consurge sicut in diebus antiquis,Rise up as in the days of antiquity,in generationibus sæculorum.as in generations long past.Numquid non tu percussisti superbum,Have you not struck the arrogant onevulnerasti draconem?and wounded the dragon?

⁹Consurge,Rise up,consurge,Rise up!induere fortitudinem,Clothe yourself in strength,brachium Domini!O arm of the Lord!consurge sicut in diebus antiquis,Rise up as in the days of antiquity,in generationibus sæculorum.as in generations long past.Numquid non tu percussisti superbum,Have you not struck the arrogant onevulnerasti draconem?and wounded the dragon?

¹⁰numquid non tu siccasti mare,Have not you dried up the sea,aquam abyssi vehementis;the waters of the great abyss,qui posuisti profundum maris viam,and turned the depths of the sea into a road,ut transirent liberati?so that the delivered could cross over it?

¹⁰numquid non tu siccasti mare,Have not you dried up the sea,aquam abyssi vehementis;the waters of the great abyss,qui posuisti profundum maris viam,and turned the depths of the sea into a road,ut transirent liberati?so that the delivered could cross over it?

¹¹Et nunc qui redempti sunt a Domino, revertentur,And now, those who have been redeemed by the Lord will return.et venient in Sion laudantes,And they will arrive in Zion, praising.et lætitia sempiterna super capita eorum:And everlasting rejoicing will be upon their heads.gaudium et lætitiam tenebunt;They will take hold of gladness and rejoicing.fugiet dolor et gemitus.Anguish and mourning will flee away.

¹¹Et nunc qui redempti sunt a Domino, revertentur,And now, those who have been redeemed by the Lord will return.et venient in Sion laudantes,And they will arrive in Zion, praising.et lætitia sempiterna super capita eorum:And everlasting rejoicing will be upon their heads.gaudium et lætitiam tenebunt;They will take hold of gladness and rejoicing.fugiet dolor et gemitus.Anguish and mourning will flee away.

¹²Ego,It is I,ego ipse consolabor vos.I myself, who will console you.Quis tu, ut timeres ab homine mortali,Who are you that you would be afraid of a mortal man,et a filio hominis qui quasi fœnum ita arescet?and of a son of man, who will wither like the grass?

¹²Ego,It is I,ego ipse consolabor vos.I myself, who will console you.Quis tu, ut timeres ab homine mortali,Who are you that you would be afraid of a mortal man,et a filio hominis qui quasi fœnum ita arescet?and of a son of man, who will wither like the grass?

¹³Et oblitus es Domini, factoris tui,And have you forgotten the Lord, your Maker,qui tetendit cælos et fundavit terram;who extended the heavens, and who founded the earth?et formidasti jugiter tota die a facie furoris ejus qui te tribulabat,And have you been in constant dread, all day long, at the face of his fury,et paraverat ad perdendum. Ubi nunc est furor tribulantis?of the one who afflicted you and who had prepared to destroy you? Where is the fury of the oppressor now?

¹³Et oblitus es Domini, factoris tui,And have you forgotten the Lord, your Maker,qui tetendit cælos et fundavit terram;who extended the heavens, and who founded the earth?et formidasti jugiter tota die a facie furoris ejus qui te tribulabat,And have you been in constant dread, all day long, at the face of his fury,et paraverat ad perdendum. Ubi nunc est furor tribulantis?of the one who afflicted you and who had prepared to destroy you? Where is the fury of the oppressor now?

¹⁴Cito veniet gradiens ad aperiendum;Advancing quickly, he will arrive to be revealed,et non interficiet usque ad internecionem,and he will not kill unto utter destruction,nec deficiet panis ejus.nor will his bread fail.

¹⁴Cito veniet gradiens ad aperiendum;Advancing quickly, he will arrive to be revealed,et non interficiet usque ad internecionem,and he will not kill unto utter destruction,nec deficiet panis ejus.nor will his bread fail.

¹⁵Ego autem sum Dominus Deus tuus,But I am the Lord, your God,qui conturbo mare,who stirs up the sea,et intumescunt fluctus ejus:and who makes the waves swell.Dominus exercituum nomen meum.The Lord of hosts is my name.

¹⁵Ego autem sum Dominus Deus tuus,But I am the Lord, your God,qui conturbo mare,who stirs up the sea,et intumescunt fluctus ejus:and who makes the waves swell.Dominus exercituum nomen meum.The Lord of hosts is my name.

¹⁶Posui verba mea in ore tuo,I have placed my words in your mouth,et in umbra manus meæ protexi te,and I have protected you in the shadow of my hand,ut plantes cælos,so that you might plant the heavens,et fundes terram,and found the earth,et dicas ad Sion:and so that you might say to Zion,Populus meus es tu.“You are my people.”

¹⁶Posui verba mea in ore tuo,I have placed my words in your mouth,et in umbra manus meæ protexi te,and I have protected you in the shadow of my hand,ut plantes cælos,so that you might plant the heavens,et fundes terram,and found the earth,et dicas ad Sion:and so that you might say to Zion,Populus meus es tu.“You are my people.”

¹⁷Elevare,Lift up,elevare,Lift up! Arise,consurge,O Jerusalem!Jerusalem,You drank,quæ bibisti de manu Domini calicem iræ ejus;from the hand of the Lord, the cup of his wrath.usque ad fundum calicis soporis bibisti,You drank, even to the bottom of the cup of deep sleep.et potasti usque ad fæces.And you were given to drink, all the way to the dregs.

¹⁷Elevare,Lift up,elevare,Lift up! Arise,consurge,O Jerusalem!Jerusalem,You drank,quæ bibisti de manu Domini calicem iræ ejus;from the hand of the Lord, the cup of his wrath.usque ad fundum calicis soporis bibisti,You drank, even to the bottom of the cup of deep sleep.et potasti usque ad fæces.And you were given to drink, all the way to the dregs.

¹⁸Non est qui sustentet eam,There is no one who can uphold her,ex omnibus filiis quos genuit;out of all the sons whom she has conceived.et non est qui apprehendat manum ejus,And there is no one who would take her by the hand,ex omnibus filiis quos enutrivit.out of all the sons whom she has raised.

¹⁸Non est qui sustentet eam,There is no one who can uphold her,ex omnibus filiis quos genuit;out of all the sons whom she has conceived.et non est qui apprehendat manum ejus,And there is no one who would take her by the hand,ex omnibus filiis quos enutrivit.out of all the sons whom she has raised.

¹⁹Duo sunt quæ occurrerunt tibi;There are two things which have happened to you.quis contristabitur super te?Who will be saddened over you?Vastitas,There is devastationet contritio,and destruction,et fames,and famineet gladius;and sword.quis consolabitur te?Who will console you?

¹⁹Duo sunt quæ occurrerunt tibi;There are two things which have happened to you.quis contristabitur super te?Who will be saddened over you?Vastitas,There is devastationet contritio,and destruction,et fames,and famineet gladius;and sword.quis consolabitur te?Who will console you?

²⁰Filii tui projecti sunt,Your sons have been cast out.dormierunt in capite omnium viarum sicut oryx illaqueatus,They have slept at the head of all the roads, and they have been ensnared like a gazelle.pleni indignatione Domini, increpatione Dei tui.They have been filled by the indignation of the Lord, by the rebuke of your God.

²⁰Filii tui projecti sunt,Your sons have been cast out.dormierunt in capite omnium viarum sicut oryx illaqueatus,They have slept at the head of all the roads, and they have been ensnared like a gazelle.pleni indignatione Domini, increpatione Dei tui.They have been filled by the indignation of the Lord, by the rebuke of your God.

²¹Idcirco audi hoc,Therefore, listen to this,paupercula,O poor little ones,et ebria non a vino.and you who have been inebriated, but not by wine.

²¹Idcirco audi hoc,Therefore, listen to this,paupercula,O poor little ones,et ebria non a vino.and you who have been inebriated, but not by wine.

²²Hæc dicit dominator tuus Dominus,Thus says your Sovereign, the Lord,et Deus tuus,and your God,qui pugnabit pro populo suo:who will fight on behalf of his people:Ecce tuli de manu tua calicem soporis,Behold, I have taken the cup of deep sleep from your hand.fundum calicis indignationis meæ: non adjicies ut bibas illum ultra.You shall no longer drink from the bottom of the cup of my indignation.

²²Hæc dicit dominator tuus Dominus,Thus says your Sovereign, the Lord,et Deus tuus,and your God,qui pugnabit pro populo suo:who will fight on behalf of his people:Ecce tuli de manu tua calicem soporis,Behold, I have taken the cup of deep sleep from your hand.fundum calicis indignationis meæ: non adjicies ut bibas illum ultra.You shall no longer drink from the bottom of the cup of my indignation.

²³Et ponam illum in manu eorum qui te humiliaverunt,And I will set it in the hand of those who have humiliated you,et dixerunt animæ tuæ:and who have said to your soul:Incurvare,“Bow down,ut transeamus;so that we pass over.”et posuisti ut terram corpus tuum,And you placed your body on the ground,et quasi viam transeuntibus.as a path for them to pass over.

²³Et ponam illum in manu eorum qui te humiliaverunt,And I will set it in the hand of those who have humiliated you,et dixerunt animæ tuæ:and who have said to your soul:Incurvare,“Bow down,ut transeamus;so that we pass over.”et posuisti ut terram corpus tuum,And you placed your body on the ground,et quasi viam transeuntibus.as a path for them to pass over.