¹Tunc stabunt justi in magna constantia adversus eos qui se angustiaverunt,Then the just will stand with great steadfastness against those who have oppressed themet qui abstulerunt labores eorum.and have taken away their labors.

¹Tunc stabunt justi in magna constantia adversus eos qui se angustiaverunt,Then the just will stand with great steadfastness against those who have oppressed themet qui abstulerunt labores eorum.and have taken away their labors.

²Videntes turbabuntur timore horribili,Seeing this, they will be troubled with terrible fear,et mirabuntur in subitatione insperatæ salutis;and they will be amazed at the suddenness of unexpected salvation.

²Videntes turbabuntur timore horribili,Seeing this, they will be troubled with terrible fear,et mirabuntur in subitatione insperatæ salutis;and they will be amazed at the suddenness of unexpected salvation.

³dicentes intra se,Driven toward regret,pœnitentiam agentes,and through the anguish of their groaning spirit,et præ angustia spiritus gementes:they will say within themselves:Hi sunt quos habuimus aliquando in derisum,“These are the ones whom we held for some time in derisionet in similitudinem improperii.and in mocking reproach.

³dicentes intra se,Driven toward regret,pœnitentiam agentes,and through the anguish of their groaning spirit,et præ angustia spiritus gementes:they will say within themselves:Hi sunt quos habuimus aliquando in derisum,“These are the ones whom we held for some time in derisionet in similitudinem improperii.and in mocking reproach.

⁴Nos insensati, vitam illorum æstimabamus insaniam,We foolish considered their life to be madness,et finem illorum sine honore;and their end to be without honor.

⁴Nos insensati, vitam illorum æstimabamus insaniam,We foolish considered their life to be madness,et finem illorum sine honore;and their end to be without honor.

⁵ecce quomodo computati sunt inter filios Dei,How is it that they are counted among the sons of God,et inter sanctos sors illorum est.and their place is among the holy?

⁵ecce quomodo computati sunt inter filios Dei,How is it that they are counted among the sons of God,et inter sanctos sors illorum est.and their place is among the holy?

⁶Ergo erravimus a via veritatis,Therefore, we have strayed from the way of truth,et justitiæ lumen non luxit nobis,and the light of justice has not shined on us,et sol intelligentiæ non est ortus nobis.and the sun of understanding has not risen on us.

⁶Ergo erravimus a via veritatis,Therefore, we have strayed from the way of truth,et justitiæ lumen non luxit nobis,and the light of justice has not shined on us,et sol intelligentiæ non est ortus nobis.and the sun of understanding has not risen on us.

⁷Lassati sumus in via iniquitatis et perditionis,We exhausted ourselves in the way of iniquity and perdition,et ambulavimus vias difficiles:and have walked a difficult way,viam autem Domini ignoravimus.while ignoring the way of the Lord.

⁷Lassati sumus in via iniquitatis et perditionis,We exhausted ourselves in the way of iniquity and perdition,et ambulavimus vias difficiles:and have walked a difficult way,viam autem Domini ignoravimus.while ignoring the way of the Lord.

⁸Quid nobis profuit superbia?How has arrogance benefited us?aut divitiarum jactantia quid contulit nobis?Or what has exalting in riches brought us?

⁸Quid nobis profuit superbia?How has arrogance benefited us?aut divitiarum jactantia quid contulit nobis?Or what has exalting in riches brought us?

⁹Transierunt omnia illa tamquam umbra,All those things have passed away like a shadow,et tamquam nuntius percurrens,and like a messenger traveling quickly by;

⁹Transierunt omnia illa tamquam umbra,All those things have passed away like a shadow,et tamquam nuntius percurrens,and like a messenger traveling quickly by;

¹⁰et tamquam navis quæ pertransit fluctuantem aquam,and like a ship passing over the waves of water,cujus cum præterierit non est vestigium invenire,when it has gone by, its trace cannot be found,neque semitam carinæ illius in fluctibus;nor can the pathway of its keel in the waves;

¹⁰et tamquam navis quæ pertransit fluctuantem aquam,and like a ship passing over the waves of water,cujus cum præterierit non est vestigium invenire,when it has gone by, its trace cannot be found,neque semitam carinæ illius in fluctibus;nor can the pathway of its keel in the waves;

¹¹aut tamquam avis quæ transvolat in aëre,or, like a bird flying through the air,cujus nullum invenitur argumentum itineris,there is no evidence of her journey to be found,sed tantum sonitus alarum verberans levem ventum,but there is hardly a sound as the beating of her wings lifts up the air and,et scindens per vim itineris aërem:by the force of her journey, divides the air she has flown across,commotis alis transvolavit,which was disturbed by her wings,et post hoc nullum signum invenitur itineris illius;and afterwards there is no sign of her journey to be found;

¹¹aut tamquam avis quæ transvolat in aëre,or, like a bird flying through the air,cujus nullum invenitur argumentum itineris,there is no evidence of her journey to be found,sed tantum sonitus alarum verberans levem ventum,but there is hardly a sound as the beating of her wings lifts up the air and,et scindens per vim itineris aërem:by the force of her journey, divides the air she has flown across,commotis alis transvolavit,which was disturbed by her wings,et post hoc nullum signum invenitur itineris illius;and afterwards there is no sign of her journey to be found;

¹²aut tamquam sagitta emissa in locum destinatum,or, like an arrow shot at a selected mark,divisus aër continuo in se reclusus est,the air continues to be divided and to be brought together again,ut ignoretur transitus illius:so that its passing is unknown.

¹²aut tamquam sagitta emissa in locum destinatum,or, like an arrow shot at a selected mark,divisus aër continuo in se reclusus est,the air continues to be divided and to be brought together again,ut ignoretur transitus illius:so that its passing is unknown.

¹³sic et nos nati continuo desivimus esse;And in like manner we, having been born,et virtutis quidem nullum signum valuimus ostendere,continuously cease to exist, and indeed, we depart with no sign of virtue to show,in malignitate autem nostra consumpti sumus.but we are consumed in our malice.”

¹³sic et nos nati continuo desivimus esse;And in like manner we, having been born,et virtutis quidem nullum signum valuimus ostendere,continuously cease to exist, and indeed, we depart with no sign of virtue to show,in malignitate autem nostra consumpti sumus.but we are consumed in our malice.”

¹⁴Talia dixerunt in inferno hi qui peccaverunt:Such things those who sinned said in hell.

¹⁴Talia dixerunt in inferno hi qui peccaverunt:Such things those who sinned said in hell.

¹⁵quoniam spes impii tamquam lanugo est quæ a vento tollitur,For the hope of the impious is like feathers, which are blown away by the wind,et tamquam spuma gracilis quæ a procella dispergitur,and like a thin foam, which is dispersed by a storm,et tamquam fumus qui a vento diffusus est,and like smoke, which is scattered by the wind,et tamquam memoria hospitis unius diei prætereuntis.and like the memory of a guest who passes by one day.

¹⁵quoniam spes impii tamquam lanugo est quæ a vento tollitur,For the hope of the impious is like feathers, which are blown away by the wind,et tamquam spuma gracilis quæ a procella dispergitur,and like a thin foam, which is dispersed by a storm,et tamquam fumus qui a vento diffusus est,and like smoke, which is scattered by the wind,et tamquam memoria hospitis unius diei prætereuntis.and like the memory of a guest who passes by one day.

¹⁶Justi autem in perpetuum vivent,But the just will live forever,et apud Dominum est merces eorum,and their reward is with the Lord,et cogitatio illorum apud Altissimum.and the thought of them is with the Most High.

¹⁶Justi autem in perpetuum vivent,But the just will live forever,et apud Dominum est merces eorum,and their reward is with the Lord,et cogitatio illorum apud Altissimum.and the thought of them is with the Most High.

¹⁷Ideo accipient regnum decoris,Therefore,et diadema speciei de manu Domini:they will receive a beautiful kingdom and a crown of splendor from the hand of the Lord,quoniam dextera sua teget eos,for with his right hand he will cover them,et brachio sancto suo defendet illos.and with his holy arm he will defend them.

¹⁷Ideo accipient regnum decoris,Therefore,et diadema speciei de manu Domini:they will receive a beautiful kingdom and a crown of splendor from the hand of the Lord,quoniam dextera sua teget eos,for with his right hand he will cover them,et brachio sancto suo defendet illos.and with his holy arm he will defend them.

¹⁸Accipiet armaturam zelus illius,And his zeal will take up arms,et armabit creaturam ad ultionem inimicorum.and he will equip his servants for retribution on their enemies.

¹⁸Accipiet armaturam zelus illius,And his zeal will take up arms,et armabit creaturam ad ultionem inimicorum.and he will equip his servants for retribution on their enemies.

¹⁹Induet pro thorace justitiam,He will put on justice as a breastplate,et accipiet pro galea judicium certum;and he will grasp sure judgment as a helmet.

¹⁹Induet pro thorace justitiam,He will put on justice as a breastplate,et accipiet pro galea judicium certum;and he will grasp sure judgment as a helmet.

²⁰sumet scutum inexpugnabile æquitatem.He will select fairness as an invincible shield.

²⁰sumet scutum inexpugnabile æquitatem.He will select fairness as an invincible shield.

²¹Acuet autem duram iram in lanceam,Yet he will sharpen his severe wrath into a spear,et pugnabit cum illo orbis terrarum contra insensatos.and he will fight with those of the world against the irrational.

²¹Acuet autem duram iram in lanceam,Yet he will sharpen his severe wrath into a spear,et pugnabit cum illo orbis terrarum contra insensatos.and he will fight with those of the world against the irrational.

²²Ibunt directe emissiones fulgurum,Shafts of lightning will hurl forth accurately, and,et tamquam a bene curvato arcu nubium exterminabuntur, et ad certum locum insilient.as if from a well-curved bow of clouds, they will be expelled and will fly to the determined mark.

²²Ibunt directe emissiones fulgurum,Shafts of lightning will hurl forth accurately, and,et tamquam a bene curvato arcu nubium exterminabuntur, et ad certum locum insilient.as if from a well-curved bow of clouds, they will be expelled and will fly to the determined mark.

²³Et a petrosa ira plenæ mittentur grandines;And hail will be cast like stones full of anger,excandescet in illos aqua maris,and the water of the sea will rise up against them,et flumina concurrent duriter.and the rivers will charge forth harshly.

²³Et a petrosa ira plenæ mittentur grandines;And hail will be cast like stones full of anger,excandescet in illos aqua maris,and the water of the sea will rise up against them,et flumina concurrent duriter.and the rivers will charge forth harshly.

²⁴Contra illos stabit spiritus virtutis,The spirit of virtue will stand firm against themet tamquam turbo venti dividet illos;and like a whirlwind will divide them,et ad eremum perducet omnem terram iniquitas illorum,and he will lead all the world of iniquity into a wasteland,et malignitas evertet sedes potentium.and malice will overthrow the seats of power.

²⁴Contra illos stabit spiritus virtutis,The spirit of virtue will stand firm against themet tamquam turbo venti dividet illos;and like a whirlwind will divide them,et ad eremum perducet omnem terram iniquitas illorum,and he will lead all the world of iniquity into a wasteland,et malignitas evertet sedes potentium.and malice will overthrow the seats of power.