O Lord, I have heard Thy report and was afraid: I have considered Thy works and trembled.
V. In the midst of two living beings Thou shalt be made known: when the years shall draw nigh Thou shalt be known: when the time shall come, Thou shalt be manifested.
V. When my soul shall be in trouble, Thou wilt remember mercy, even in Thy wrath.
V. God will come from Libanus, and the Holy One from the shady and thickly covered mountain.
V. His majesty covered the heavens: and the earth is full of His praise. (
The first Tract of the Mass of the Presanctified on Good Friday.)
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| Christ on the Cross between the two Thieves, by Peter Paul Rubens, 1619 |
Dómine, audívi audítum tuum, et tímui: considerávi ópera tua, et expávi.
V. In medio duórum animalium innotescéris: dum appropinquáverint anni, cognoscéris: dum advénerit tempus, ostendéris.
V. In eo, dum conturbáta fúerit ánima mea: in ira, misericordiae memor eris.
V. Deus a Líbano veniet, et Sanctus de monte umbróso et condenso.
V. Opéruit caelos majestas ejus: et laudis ejus plena est terra.
