¹Voca ergo,Therefore call,si est qui tibi respondeat,if there are any who will respond to you,et ad aliquem sanctorum convertere.and turn to one or another of the saints.

¹Voca ergo,Therefore call,si est qui tibi respondeat,if there are any who will respond to you,et ad aliquem sanctorum convertere.and turn to one or another of the saints.

²Vere stultum interficit iracundia,Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death,et parvulum occidit invidia.and envy kills the petty.

²Vere stultum interficit iracundia,Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death,et parvulum occidit invidia.and envy kills the petty.

³Ego vidi stultum firma radice,I have seen a fool with a strong root,et maledixi pulchritudini ejus statim.and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation.

³Ego vidi stultum firma radice,I have seen a fool with a strong root,et maledixi pulchritudini ejus statim.and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation.

⁴Longe fient filii ejus a salute,His sons will be far from prosperityet conterentur in porta,and will be crushed at the gate,et non erit qui eruat.and there will be none who can rescue them.

⁴Longe fient filii ejus a salute,His sons will be far from prosperityet conterentur in porta,and will be crushed at the gate,et non erit qui eruat.and there will be none who can rescue them.

⁵Cujus messem famelicus comedet,Their harvest, the starving will eat.et ipsum rapiet armatus,The armed man will rob him,et bibent sitientes divitias ejus.and the thirsty will drink his resources.

⁵Cujus messem famelicus comedet,Their harvest, the starving will eat.et ipsum rapiet armatus,The armed man will rob him,et bibent sitientes divitias ejus.and the thirsty will drink his resources.

⁶Nihil in terra sine causa fit,Nothing on earth occurs without a reason,et de humo non oritur dolor.and sorrow does not rise from the earth.

⁶Nihil in terra sine causa fit,Nothing on earth occurs without a reason,et de humo non oritur dolor.and sorrow does not rise from the earth.

⁷Homo nascitur ad laborem,Man is born to labor,et avis ad volatum.and the bird to fly.

⁷Homo nascitur ad laborem,Man is born to labor,et avis ad volatum.and the bird to fly.

⁸Quam ob rem ego deprecabor Dominum,Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord,et ad Deum ponam eloquium meum:and place my eloquence before God.

⁸Quam ob rem ego deprecabor Dominum,Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord,et ad Deum ponam eloquium meum:and place my eloquence before God.

⁹qui facit magna et inscrutabilia, et mirabilia absque numero;He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.

⁹qui facit magna et inscrutabilia, et mirabilia absque numero;He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.

¹⁰qui dat pluviam super faciem terræ,He gives rain over the face of the earthet irrigat aquis universa;and irrigates all things with the waters.

¹⁰qui dat pluviam super faciem terræ,He gives rain over the face of the earthet irrigat aquis universa;and irrigates all things with the waters.

¹¹qui ponit humiles in sublime,He places the humble on highet mœrentes erigit sospitate;and encourages the grieving towards health.

¹¹qui ponit humiles in sublime,He places the humble on highet mœrentes erigit sospitate;and encourages the grieving towards health.

¹²qui dissipat cogitationes malignorum,He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful,ne possint implere manus eorum quod cœperant;lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.

¹²qui dissipat cogitationes malignorum,He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful,ne possint implere manus eorum quod cœperant;lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.

¹³qui apprehendit sapientes in astutia eorum,He catches the wise in their clevernesset consilium pravorum dissipat.and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.

¹³qui apprehendit sapientes in astutia eorum,He catches the wise in their clevernesset consilium pravorum dissipat.and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.

¹⁴Per diem incurrent tenebras,They will encounter darkness in the daytime,et quasi in nocte, sic palpabunt in meridie.and they will grope at midday just as in the night.

¹⁴Per diem incurrent tenebras,They will encounter darkness in the daytime,et quasi in nocte, sic palpabunt in meridie.and they will grope at midday just as in the night.

¹⁵Porro salvum faciet egenum a gladio oris eorum,Thereafter, he will act to save the needy from the sword of their mouth,et de manu violenti pauperem.and the poor from the hand of the violent.

¹⁵Porro salvum faciet egenum a gladio oris eorum,Thereafter, he will act to save the needy from the sword of their mouth,et de manu violenti pauperem.and the poor from the hand of the violent.

¹⁶Et erit egeno spes;And there will be hope for those in need,iniquitas autem contrahet os suum.for iniquity will diminish its speech.

¹⁶Et erit egeno spes;And there will be hope for those in need,iniquitas autem contrahet os suum.for iniquity will diminish its speech.

¹⁷Beatus homo qui corripitur a Deo:Blessed is the man whom God corrects;increpationem ergo Domini ne reprobes:therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.

¹⁷Beatus homo qui corripitur a Deo:Blessed is the man whom God corrects;increpationem ergo Domini ne reprobes:therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.

¹⁸quia ipse vulnerat,For he woundset medetur;and he cures;percutit,he strikeset manus ejus sanabunt.and his hands will heal.

¹⁸quia ipse vulnerat,For he woundset medetur;and he cures;percutit,he strikeset manus ejus sanabunt.and his hands will heal.

¹⁹In sex tribulationibus liberabit te,He will deliver you into six tribulations,et in septima non tanget te malum.and in the seventh, evil will not touch you.

¹⁹In sex tribulationibus liberabit te,He will deliver you into six tribulations,et in septima non tanget te malum.and in the seventh, evil will not touch you.

²⁰In fame eruet te de morte,During famine, he will rescue you from death,et in bello de manu gladii.and during war, from the hand of the sword.

²⁰In fame eruet te de morte,During famine, he will rescue you from death,et in bello de manu gladii.and during war, from the hand of the sword.

²¹A flagello linguæ absconderis,You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,et non timebis calamitatem cum venerit.and you will not fear calamity when it arrives.

²¹A flagello linguæ absconderis,You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,et non timebis calamitatem cum venerit.and you will not fear calamity when it arrives.

²²In vastitateIn desolation and in famine,et fame ridebis,you will laugh,et bestias terræ non formidabis.and you will not dread the beasts of the earth.

²²In vastitateIn desolation and in famine,et fame ridebis,you will laugh,et bestias terræ non formidabis.and you will not dread the beasts of the earth.

²³Sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum tuum,For you are in harmony with the stones of the land,et bestiæ terræ pacificæ erunt tibi.and the beasts of the earth will make peace with you.

²³Sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum tuum,For you are in harmony with the stones of the land,et bestiæ terræ pacificæ erunt tibi.and the beasts of the earth will make peace with you.

²⁴Et scies quod pacem habeat tabernaculum tuum;And you will know that your home has peace, and,et visitans speciem tuam,concerning your appearance,non peccabis.you will not sin.

²⁴Et scies quod pacem habeat tabernaculum tuum;And you will know that your home has peace, and,et visitans speciem tuam,concerning your appearance,non peccabis.you will not sin.

²⁵Scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum,Likewise,et progenies tua quasi herba terræ.you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth.

²⁵Scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum,Likewise,et progenies tua quasi herba terræ.you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth.

²⁶Ingredieris in abundantia sepulchrum,You will enter the grave with abundance,sicut infertur acervus tritici in tempore suo.just as a crop of wheat is gathered in its time.

²⁶Ingredieris in abundantia sepulchrum,You will enter the grave with abundance,sicut infertur acervus tritici in tempore suo.just as a crop of wheat is gathered in its time.

²⁷Ecce hoc, ut investigavimus,Behold, this is just as we have found it,ita est: quod auditum,which you have heard;mente pertracta.walk it through your mind.

²⁷Ecce hoc, ut investigavimus,Behold, this is just as we have found it,ita est: quod auditum,which you have heard;mente pertracta.walk it through your mind.