Alleluja.

Alleluia.

(Alleluia.)

Dilexi, quoniam exaudiet Dominus vocem orationis meæ.

I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.

My heart is aflame, so graciously the Lord listens to my entreaty;

Quia inclinavit aurem suam mihi, et in diebus meis invocabo.

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.

the Lord, who grants me audience when I invoke his name.

Circumdederunt me dolores mortis; et pericula inferni invenerunt me. Tribulationem et dolorem inveni,

The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

Death’s noose about me, caught in the snares of the grave, ever I found distress and grief at my side,

et nomen Domini invocavi: o Domine, libera animam meam.

and I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.

till I called upon the Lord, Save me, Lord, in my peril.

Misericors Dominus et justus, et Deus noster miseretur.

The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.

Merciful the Lord our God is, and just, and full of pity;

Custodiens parvulos Dominus; humiliatus sum, et liberavit me.

The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was humbled, and he delivered me.

he cares for simple hearts, and to me, when I lay humbled, he brought deliverance.

Convertere, anima mea, in requiem tuam, quia Dominus benefecit tibi:

Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.

Return, my soul, where thy peace lies; the Lord has dealt kindly with thee;

quia eripuit animam meam de morte, oculos meos a lacrimis, pedes meos a lapsu.

For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

he has saved my life from peril, banished my tears, kept my feet from falling.

Placebo Domino in regione vivorum.

I will please the Lord in the land of the living.

Mine to walk at ease, enjoying the Lord’s presence, in the land of the living.