Douay-Rheims><Vulgate><Knox Bible
A gradual canticle.
Canticum graduum.
(A song of ascents.)
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Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord:
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Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum, omnes servi Domini: qui statis in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri.
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Come, then, praise the Lord, all you that are the Lord’s servants; you that wait on the Lord’s house at midnight,
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Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. In the nights lift up your hands to the holy places, and bless ye the Lord.
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In noctibus extollite manus vestras in sancta, et benedicite Dominum.
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lift up your hands towards the sanctuary and bless the Lord.
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May the Lord out of Sion bless thee, he that made heaven and earth.
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Benedicat te Dominus ex Sion, qui fecit cælum et terram.
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May the Lord who dwells in Sion bless thee, the Lord who made heaven and earth!