Alleluja.

(Alleluia.)

Alleluia.

Dilexi, quoniam exaudiet Dominus vocem orationis meæ.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Misericors Dominus et justus, et Deus noster miseretur.

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

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

Custodiens parvulos Dominus; humiliatus sum, et liberavit me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Placebo Domino in regione vivorum.

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

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