DIVINUM OFFICIUM Responsory

Responsorium Breve

Common of Confessors - Sext Brief Responsory

Psalm 36:30 (Vulgate) provides this text on the righteous man's wisdom. 'Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam' (The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom) uses 'meditari' in its Hebrew sense of 'hagah' - to murmur, ponder, recite aloud. The 'lingua loquetur iudicium' (tongue shall speak judgment) refers to just decisions, not condemnation - the confessor's teaching guided souls rightly. At Sext, when Christ was judged unjustly, this responsory contrasts human injustice with the confessor's just speech that flowed from wisdom's meditation.

LATINE
R. br. Os iusti * meditabitur sapientiam. Os iusti. V. Et lingua eius loquetur iudicium. Meditabitur. Gloria Patri. Os iusti.
ENGLISH
R. br. He is established for ever * as the sun. He is. V. And as the moon perfect for ever. As the sun. Glory be. He is.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Common of Confessors - Sext Brief Responsory
HORA
Sext
GENVS
Responsory