¹Magna sunt enim judicia tua,For your judgments, O Lord,Domine,are great,et inenarrabilia verba tua:and your words are indescribable.propter hoc indisciplinatæ animæ erraverunt.Therefore, undisciplined souls have wandered astray.

¹Magna sunt enim judicia tua,For your judgments, O Lord,Domine,are great,et inenarrabilia verba tua:and your words are indescribable.propter hoc indisciplinatæ animæ erraverunt.Therefore, undisciplined souls have wandered astray.

²Dum enim persuasum habent iniqui posse dominari nationi sanctæ,For, while they managed to convince the unjust, so as to obtain dominion over the holy nation,vinculis tenebrarum et longæ noctis compediti,they themselves were fettered with chains of darkness and of endless night,inclusi sub tectis,enclosed in their houses,fugitivi perpetuæ providentiæ jacuerunt.fugitives of everlasting providence, lying in ruins.

²Dum enim persuasum habent iniqui posse dominari nationi sanctæ,For, while they managed to convince the unjust, so as to obtain dominion over the holy nation,vinculis tenebrarum et longæ noctis compediti,they themselves were fettered with chains of darkness and of endless night,inclusi sub tectis,enclosed in their houses,fugitivi perpetuæ providentiæ jacuerunt.fugitives of everlasting providence, lying in ruins.

³Et dum putant se latere in obscuris peccatis,And, while they thought to escape notice in their secret sins,tenebroso oblivionis velamento dispersi sunt,they were scattered under a dark veil of oblivion,paventes horrende,being horribly afraid,et cum admiratione nimia perturbati.and having been disturbed with great astonishment.

³Et dum putant se latere in obscuris peccatis,And, while they thought to escape notice in their secret sins,tenebroso oblivionis velamento dispersi sunt,they were scattered under a dark veil of oblivion,paventes horrende,being horribly afraid,et cum admiratione nimia perturbati.and having been disturbed with great astonishment.

⁴Neque enim quæ continebat illos spelunca sine timore custodiebat,For neither did the cave which enclosed them preserve them from fear,quoniam sonitus descendens perturbabat illos,because descending noises disturbed them,et personæ tristes illis apparentes pavorem illis præstabant.and the sorrowful persons appearing to them intensified their fear.

⁴Neque enim quæ continebat illos spelunca sine timore custodiebat,For neither did the cave which enclosed them preserve them from fear,quoniam sonitus descendens perturbabat illos,because descending noises disturbed them,et personæ tristes illis apparentes pavorem illis præstabant.and the sorrowful persons appearing to them intensified their fear.

⁵Et ignis quidem nulla vis poterat illis lumen præbere,And, indeed, even fire had no strength to provide them light,nec siderum limpidæ flammæ illuminare poterant illam noctem horrendam.nor could the clear flames of the stars illuminate that horrible night.

⁵Et ignis quidem nulla vis poterat illis lumen præbere,And, indeed, even fire had no strength to provide them light,nec siderum limpidæ flammæ illuminare poterant illam noctem horrendam.nor could the clear flames of the stars illuminate that horrible night.

⁶Apparebat autem illis subitaneus ignis,Yet there appeared to them a sudden fire,timore plenus;filled with fear;et timore perculsi illius quæ non videbatur faciei,and, having been struck with the fear of that face which is unseen,æstimabant deteriora esse quæ videbantur.they considered those things which they did see to be worse,

⁶Apparebat autem illis subitaneus ignis,Yet there appeared to them a sudden fire,timore plenus;filled with fear;et timore perculsi illius quæ non videbatur faciei,and, having been struck with the fear of that face which is unseen,æstimabant deteriora esse quæ videbantur.they considered those things which they did see to be worse,

⁷Et magicæ artis appositi erant derisus, et sapientiæ gloriæ correptio cum contumelia.and, having been ridiculed, the illusions were removed from their arts along with their contemptuous rebuke of glorious wisdom.

⁷Et magicæ artis appositi erant derisus, et sapientiæ gloriæ correptio cum contumelia.and, having been ridiculed, the illusions were removed from their arts along with their contemptuous rebuke of glorious wisdom.

⁸Illi enim qui promittebant timores et perturbationes expellere se ab anima languente,Indeed, those who promised to drive away fears and disturbances from a languishing soul, though they were filled with derision,hi cum derisu pleni timore languebant.were themselves languishing in fear.

⁸Illi enim qui promittebant timores et perturbationes expellere se ab anima languente,Indeed, those who promised to drive away fears and disturbances from a languishing soul, though they were filled with derision,hi cum derisu pleni timore languebant.were themselves languishing in fear.

⁹Nam etsi nihil illos ex monstris perturbabat,And,transitu animaliumeven if nothing unnatural disturbed them,et serpentium sibilatione commoti,yet being agitated by the passing of animals and the hissing of snakes,tremebundi peribant,they died of fear,et aërem quem nulla ratione quis effugere posset,denying what they themselves saw even in the air,negantes se videre.which no one thinks to be able to escape.

⁹Nam etsi nihil illos ex monstris perturbabat,And,transitu animaliumeven if nothing unnatural disturbed them,et serpentium sibilatione commoti,yet being agitated by the passing of animals and the hissing of snakes,tremebundi peribant,they died of fear,et aërem quem nulla ratione quis effugere posset,denying what they themselves saw even in the air,negantes se videre.which no one thinks to be able to escape.

¹⁰Cum sit enim timida nequitia,For,dat testimonium condemnationis:while there may be apprehension with wickedness,semper enim præsumit sæva,it gives testimony to condemnation,perturbata conscientia:for a troubled conscience always forecasts harshness.

¹⁰Cum sit enim timida nequitia,For,dat testimonium condemnationis:while there may be apprehension with wickedness,semper enim præsumit sæva,it gives testimony to condemnation,perturbata conscientia:for a troubled conscience always forecasts harshness.

¹¹nihil enim est timor nisi proditio cogitationis auxiliorum.For fear is nothing else but unfaithfulness to thinking helpful things.

¹¹nihil enim est timor nisi proditio cogitationis auxiliorum.For fear is nothing else but unfaithfulness to thinking helpful things.

¹²Et dum ab intus minor est exspectatio,And, while expectation is driven from within,majorem computat inscientiam ejus causæ,the cause of this is supposing that one is great in knowledge,de qua tormentum præstat.and as a result, conflict excels.

¹²Et dum ab intus minor est exspectatio,And, while expectation is driven from within,majorem computat inscientiam ejus causæ,the cause of this is supposing that one is great in knowledge,de qua tormentum præstat.and as a result, conflict excels.

¹³Illi autem qui impotentem vere noctem,Yet those who were truly powerless that night,et ab infimis et ab altissimis inferis supervenientem,being overcome by both the vilest and the deepest hell,eumdem somnum dormientes,were sleeping the same sleep,

¹³Illi autem qui impotentem vere noctem,Yet those who were truly powerless that night,et ab infimis et ab altissimis inferis supervenientem,being overcome by both the vilest and the deepest hell,eumdem somnum dormientes,were sleeping the same sleep,

¹⁴aliquando monstrorum exagitabantur timore,sometimes stirred up by the fear of unnatural things,aliquando animæ deficiebant traductione:other times sinking down in disgrace of soul,subitaneus enim illis et insperatus timor supervenerat.for a sudden and unexpected fear overcame them.

¹⁴aliquando monstrorum exagitabantur timore,sometimes stirred up by the fear of unnatural things,aliquando animæ deficiebant traductione:other times sinking down in disgrace of soul,subitaneus enim illis et insperatus timor supervenerat.for a sudden and unexpected fear overcame them.

¹⁵Deinde si quisquam ex illis decidisset,Then, if any among them had fallen away,custodiebatur in carcere sine ferro reclusus.he was kept in a prison without bars which had been left open.

¹⁵Deinde si quisquam ex illis decidisset,Then, if any among them had fallen away,custodiebatur in carcere sine ferro reclusus.he was kept in a prison without bars which had been left open.

¹⁶Si enim rusticus quis erat,For if a farmer,aut pastor,or a shepherd,aut agri laborum operarius præoccupatus esset,or a worker in a field of labor were suddenly overcome,ineffugibilem sustinebat necessitatem;he endured an inescapable necessity.

¹⁶Si enim rusticus quis erat,For if a farmer,aut pastor,or a shepherd,aut agri laborum operarius præoccupatus esset,or a worker in a field of labor were suddenly overcome,ineffugibilem sustinebat necessitatem;he endured an inescapable necessity.

¹⁷una enim catena tenebrarum omnes erant colligati.For they were all bound together with one chain of darkness.Sive spiritus sibilans,Or if there were a whistling wind,aut inter spissos arborum ramos avium sonus suavis,or the sweet sound of birds among the thick tree branches,aut vis aquæ decurrentis nimium,or the force of water rushing excessively,

¹⁷una enim catena tenebrarum omnes erant colligati.For they were all bound together with one chain of darkness.Sive spiritus sibilans,Or if there were a whistling wind,aut inter spissos arborum ramos avium sonus suavis,or the sweet sound of birds among the thick tree branches,aut vis aquæ decurrentis nimium,or the force of water rushing excessively,

¹⁸aut sonus validus præcipitatarum petrarum,or the strong noise of rocks crashing down,aut ludentium animalium cursus invisus,or the scattering of playful animals having been seen,aut mugientium valida bestiarum vox,or the strong voice of bellowing beasts,aut resonans de altissimis montibus echo:or the resounding of the highest mountain echo,deficientes faciebant illos præ timore.these things made them sink down because of fear.

¹⁸aut sonus validus præcipitatarum petrarum,or the strong noise of rocks crashing down,aut ludentium animalium cursus invisus,or the scattering of playful animals having been seen,aut mugientium valida bestiarum vox,or the strong voice of bellowing beasts,aut resonans de altissimis montibus echo:or the resounding of the highest mountain echo,deficientes faciebant illos præ timore.these things made them sink down because of fear.

¹⁹Omnis enim orbis terrarum limpido illuminabatur lumine,For the whole world was enlightened with a clear light,et non impeditis operibus continebatur.and none were being hindered in their labors.

¹⁹Omnis enim orbis terrarum limpido illuminabatur lumine,For the whole world was enlightened with a clear light,et non impeditis operibus continebatur.and none were being hindered in their labors.

²⁰Solis autem illis superposita erat gravis nox,But then, the heavy night was placed over the sun for them,imago tenebrarum quæ superventura illis erat:an image of that darkness which was about to overcome them.ipsi ergo sibi erant graviores tenebris.Yet they were more grievous to themselves than was the darkness.

²⁰Solis autem illis superposita erat gravis nox,But then, the heavy night was placed over the sun for them,imago tenebrarum quæ superventura illis erat:an image of that darkness which was about to overcome them.ipsi ergo sibi erant graviores tenebris.Yet they were more grievous to themselves than was the darkness.