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Psalmus 121.
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Psalm 121.
121:1. Lætátus sum in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi : * In domum Dómini íbimus. 1. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: * We shall go into the house of the Lord.
121:2. Stantes erant pedes nostri, * in átriis tuis, Jerúsalem. 2. Our feet were standing * in thy courts, O Jerusalem.
121:3. Jerúsalem, quæ ædificátur ut cívitas : * cujus participátio ejus in idípsum. 3. Jerusalem, which is built as a city, * which is compact together.
121:4. Illuc enim ascendérunt tribus, tribus Dómini : * testimónium Israël ad confiténdum nómini Dómini. 4. For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: * the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.
121:5. Quia illic sedérunt sedes in judício, * sedes super domum David. 5. Because their seats have sat in judgment, * seats upon the house of David.
121:6. Rogáte quæ ad pacem sunt Jerúsalem : * et abundántia diligéntibus te : 6. Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: * and abundance for them that love thee.
121:7. Fiat pax in virtúte tua : * et abundántia in túrribus tuis. 7. Let peace be in thy strength: * and abundance in thy towers.
121:8. Propter fratres meos, et próximos meos, * loquébar pacem de te : 8. For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, * I spoke peace of thee.
121:9. Propter domum Dómini, Dei nostri, * quæsívi bona tibi. 9. Because of the house of the Lord our God, * I have sought good things for thee.
V. Glória Patri, et lio, * et Spirítu-i Sancto. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæcu-rum. Amen. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.


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