Canticum graduum.

(A song of ascents.)

A gradual canticle.

Levavi oculos meos in montes, unde veniet auxilium mihi.

I lift up my eyes to the hills, to find deliverance;

I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.

Auxilium meum a Domino, qui fecit cælum et terram.

from the Lord deliverance comes to me, the Lord who made heaven and earth.

My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Non det in commotionem pedem tuum, neque dormitet qui custodit te.

Never will he who guards thee allow thy foot to stumble; never fall asleep at his post!

May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.

Ecce non dormitabit neque dormiet qui custodit Israël.

Such a guardian has Israel, one who is never weary, never sleeps;

Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel.

Dominus custodit te; Dominus protectio tua super manum dexteram tuam.

it is the Lord that guards thee, the Lord that stands at thy right hand to give thee shelter.

The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.

Per diem sol non uret te, neque luna per noctem.

The sun’s rays by day, the moon’s by night, shall have no power to hurt thee.

The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.

Dominus custodit te ab omni malo; custodiat animam tuam Dominus.

The Lord will guard thee from all evil; the Lord will protect thee in danger;

The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul.

Dominus custodiat introitum tuum et exitum tuum, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.

the Lord will protect thy journeying and thy home-coming, henceforth and for ever.

May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; from henceforth now and for ever.