¹Direxit opera eorum in manibus prophetæ sancti.She directed their works in the hands of the holy prophet.

¹Direxit opera eorum in manibus prophetæ sancti.She directed their works in the hands of the holy prophet.

²Iter fecerunt per deserta quæ non habitabantur,They made a path through desolate areas, which were uninhabited,et in locis desertis fixerunt casas.and set up their homes in remote places.

²Iter fecerunt per deserta quæ non habitabantur,They made a path through desolate areas, which were uninhabited,et in locis desertis fixerunt casas.and set up their homes in remote places.

³Steterunt contra hostes,They stood firm against the enemy,et de inimicis se vindicaverunt.and vindicated themselves from their adversaries.

³Steterunt contra hostes,They stood firm against the enemy,et de inimicis se vindicaverunt.and vindicated themselves from their adversaries.

⁴Sitierunt,They thirsted,et invocaverunt te,and they called upon you,et data est illis aqua de petra altissima,and water was given them out of the deepest rock,et requies sitis de lapide duro.and respite from thirst out of the hard stone.

⁴Sitierunt,They thirsted,et invocaverunt te,and they called upon you,et data est illis aqua de petra altissima,and water was given them out of the deepest rock,et requies sitis de lapide duro.and respite from thirst out of the hard stone.

⁵Per quæ enim pœnas passi sunt inimici illorum a defectione potus sui, et in eis cum abundarent filii Israël lætati sunt:For through water, their enemies had been punished, by the corruption of their drinking water; and so, among them, when the sons of Israel lacked the abundance they would have had, their enemies rejoiced;

⁵Per quæ enim pœnas passi sunt inimici illorum a defectione potus sui, et in eis cum abundarent filii Israël lætati sunt:For through water, their enemies had been punished, by the corruption of their drinking water; and so, among them, when the sons of Israel lacked the abundance they would have had, their enemies rejoiced;

⁶per hæc,yet through water,cum illis deessent,when they were in need,bene cum illis actum est.it turned out well for them.

⁶per hæc,yet through water,cum illis deessent,when they were in need,bene cum illis actum est.it turned out well for them.

⁷Nam pro fonte quidem sempiterni fluminis,For instead of a fountain, even everlasting in flow,humanum sanguinem dedisti injustis.you gave human blood to the unjust,

⁷Nam pro fonte quidem sempiterni fluminis,For instead of a fountain, even everlasting in flow,humanum sanguinem dedisti injustis.you gave human blood to the unjust,

⁸Qui cum minuerentur in traductione infantium occisorum,and while they would be crushed into disgrace because of the murdering of infants,dedisti illis abundantem aquam insperate,you unexpectedly gave your own abundant water,

⁸Qui cum minuerentur in traductione infantium occisorum,and while they would be crushed into disgrace because of the murdering of infants,dedisti illis abundantem aquam insperate,you unexpectedly gave your own abundant water,

⁹ostendens per sitim quæ tunc fuit,revealing through the thirst,quemadmodum tuos exaltares,which occurred at that time,et adversarios illorum necares.how you would exalt your own and would kill their adversaries.

⁹ostendens per sitim quæ tunc fuit,revealing through the thirst,quemadmodum tuos exaltares,which occurred at that time,et adversarios illorum necares.how you would exalt your own and would kill their adversaries.

¹⁰Cum enim tentati sunt,For when they were being tested,et quidem cum misericordia disciplinam accipientes,and even when receiving merciful correction, they knew in what way,scierunt quemadmodum cum ira judicati impii tormenta paterentur.when your wrath judged the impious, they would suffer torments.

¹⁰Cum enim tentati sunt,For when they were being tested,et quidem cum misericordia disciplinam accipientes,and even when receiving merciful correction, they knew in what way,scierunt quemadmodum cum ira judicati impii tormenta paterentur.when your wrath judged the impious, they would suffer torments.

¹¹Hos quidem tamquam pater monens probasti;For these, advising like a father, you approved;illos autem tamquam durus rex interrogans condemnasti.but the others, interrogating like a severe king, you condemned.

¹¹Hos quidem tamquam pater monens probasti;For these, advising like a father, you approved;illos autem tamquam durus rex interrogans condemnasti.but the others, interrogating like a severe king, you condemned.

¹²Absentes enim,For whether absentet præsentes,or present,similiter torquebantur.they were tortured alike.

¹²Absentes enim,For whether absentet præsentes,or present,similiter torquebantur.they were tortured alike.

¹³Duplex enim illos acceperat tædium et gemitus,For they had received double:cum memoria præteritorum.weariness and groaning in the remembrance of things past.

¹³Duplex enim illos acceperat tædium et gemitus,For they had received double:cum memoria præteritorum.weariness and groaning in the remembrance of things past.

¹⁴Cum enim audirent per sua tormenta bene secum agi,For when they paid attention to their punishments, to attend to their own benefit,commemorati sunt Dominum,they called to mind the Lord,admirantes in finem exitus.admiring the end result.

¹⁴Cum enim audirent per sua tormenta bene secum agi,For when they paid attention to their punishments, to attend to their own benefit,commemorati sunt Dominum,they called to mind the Lord,admirantes in finem exitus.admiring the end result.

¹⁵Quem enim in expositione prava projectum deriserunt,For though they showed scorn by throwing out distorted statements,in finem eventus mirati sunt,in the end they were amazed at the result,non similiter justis sitientes.but this is not the same as thirsting for justice.

¹⁵Quem enim in expositione prava projectum deriserunt,For though they showed scorn by throwing out distorted statements,in finem eventus mirati sunt,in the end they were amazed at the result,non similiter justis sitientes.but this is not the same as thirsting for justice.

¹⁶Pro cogitationibus autem insensatis iniquitatis illorum,For according to the thinking of their irrational iniquity,quod quidam errantes colebant mutos serpentes et bestias supervacuas,because some, going astray, were worshiping mute serpents and worthless beasts,immisisti illis multitudinem mutorum animalium in vindictam;you sent upon them a multitude of mute beasts for vengeance,

¹⁶Pro cogitationibus autem insensatis iniquitatis illorum,For according to the thinking of their irrational iniquity,quod quidam errantes colebant mutos serpentes et bestias supervacuas,because some, going astray, were worshiping mute serpents and worthless beasts,immisisti illis multitudinem mutorum animalium in vindictam;you sent upon them a multitude of mute beasts for vengeance,

¹⁷ut scirent quia per quæ peccat quis,so that they might know that by whatever things a man sins,per hæc et torquetur.by the same also is he tormented.

¹⁷ut scirent quia per quæ peccat quis,so that they might know that by whatever things a man sins,per hæc et torquetur.by the same also is he tormented.

¹⁸Non enim impossibilis erat omnipotens manus tua,For it was not impossible for your all-powerful hand,quæ creavit orbem terrarum ex materia invisa,which created the world from unknown material,immittere illis multitudinem ursorum,to send forth upon them a multitude of bears,aut audaces leones,or fierce lions,

¹⁸Non enim impossibilis erat omnipotens manus tua,For it was not impossible for your all-powerful hand,quæ creavit orbem terrarum ex materia invisa,which created the world from unknown material,immittere illis multitudinem ursorum,to send forth upon them a multitude of bears,aut audaces leones,or fierce lions,

¹⁹aut novi generis ira plenas ignotas bestias,or, in anger, beasts of a new kind,aut vaporem ignium spirantes,massive and strange, either breathing out a fiery vapor,aut fumi odorem proferentes,or sending forth an odorous smoke,aut horrendas ab oculis scintillas emittentes;or shooting horrible sparks from their eyes;

¹⁹aut novi generis ira plenas ignotas bestias,or, in anger, beasts of a new kind,aut vaporem ignium spirantes,massive and strange, either breathing out a fiery vapor,aut fumi odorem proferentes,or sending forth an odorous smoke,aut horrendas ab oculis scintillas emittentes;or shooting horrible sparks from their eyes;

²⁰quarum non solum læsura poterat illos exterminare,whereby,sednot only wounds would be able to destroy them,et aspectus per timorem occidere.but also the very sight would kill them through fear.

²⁰quarum non solum læsura poterat illos exterminare,whereby,sednot only wounds would be able to destroy them,et aspectus per timorem occidere.but also the very sight would kill them through fear.

²¹Sed et sine his uno spiritu poterant occidi,Yet,persecutionem passi ab ipsis factis suis,even without these,et dispersi per spiritum virtutis tuæ:they could have been killed with one breath,sed omnia in mensura,suffering persecution of their own making and being scattered by your spirit of virtue;et numero et pondere disposuisti.but you have ordered all things in size and number and weight.

²¹Sed et sine his uno spiritu poterant occidi,Yet,persecutionem passi ab ipsis factis suis,even without these,et dispersi per spiritum virtutis tuæ:they could have been killed with one breath,sed omnia in mensura,suffering persecution of their own making and being scattered by your spirit of virtue;et numero et pondere disposuisti.but you have ordered all things in size and number and weight.

²²Multum enim valere,Though many are strong,tibi soli supererat semper:you alone always overcome.et virtuti brachii tui quis resistet?And who will withstand the strength of your arm?

²²Multum enim valere,Though many are strong,tibi soli supererat semper:you alone always overcome.et virtuti brachii tui quis resistet?And who will withstand the strength of your arm?

²³Quoniam tamquam momentum stateræ,For, like a tiny grain on a scale,sic est ante te orbis terrarum,just so is the world before you,et tamquam gutta roris antelucani quæ descendit in terram.and like a drop of dew before dawn, which descends upon the earth.

²³Quoniam tamquam momentum stateræ,For, like a tiny grain on a scale,sic est ante te orbis terrarum,just so is the world before you,et tamquam gutta roris antelucani quæ descendit in terram.and like a drop of dew before dawn, which descends upon the earth.

²⁴Sed misereris omnium,But you are merciful to all,quia omnia potes;because you can do all,et dissimulas peccata hominum, propter pœnitentiam.and you dismiss the sins of man because of repentance.

²⁴Sed misereris omnium,But you are merciful to all,quia omnia potes;because you can do all,et dissimulas peccata hominum, propter pœnitentiam.and you dismiss the sins of man because of repentance.

²⁵Diligis enim omnia quæ sunt,For you love all things that are,et nihil odisti eorum quæ fecisti;and you hate nothing of the things you have made;nec enim odiens aliquid constituisti aut fecisti.for you would not have created or established anything that you hated.

²⁵Diligis enim omnia quæ sunt,For you love all things that are,et nihil odisti eorum quæ fecisti;and you hate nothing of the things you have made;nec enim odiens aliquid constituisti aut fecisti.for you would not have created or established anything that you hated.

²⁶Quomodo autem posset aliquid permanere,For how could anything endure,nisi tu voluisses?except by your will?aut quod a te vocatum non esset conservaretur?Or what, having been called by you not to exist, would be preserved?

²⁶Quomodo autem posset aliquid permanere,For how could anything endure,nisi tu voluisses?except by your will?aut quod a te vocatum non esset conservaretur?Or what, having been called by you not to exist, would be preserved?

²⁷Parcis autem omnibus,Yet you spare all things,quoniam tua sunt,because they are yours,Domine,O Lord,qui amas animas.who loves souls.

²⁷Parcis autem omnibus,Yet you spare all things,quoniam tua sunt,because they are yours,Domine,O Lord,qui amas animas.who loves souls.