PSALTERIVM

PSALMVS LXXXIII — QVAM DILECTA

Prayer Text

LATINE
Quam dilecta tabernacula tua, Domine virtutum: concupiscit, et deficit anima mea in atria Domini.
Cor meum, et caro mea exsultaverunt in Deum vivum.
Etenim passer invenit sibi domum: et turtur nidum sibi, ubi ponat pullos suos. Altaria tua, Domine virtutum: Rex meus, et Deus meus.
Beati, qui habitant in domo tua, Domine: in saecula saeculorum laudabunt te.
Beatus vir, cuius est auxilium abs te: ascensiones in corde suo disposuit, in valle lacrimarum in loco, quem posuit.
Etenim benedictionem dabit legislator, ibunt de virtute in virtutem: videbitur Deus deorum in Sion.
Domine Deus virtutum, exaudi orationem meam: auribus percipe, Deus Iacob.
Protector noster, aspice, Deus: et respice in faciem christi tui.
Quia melior est dies una in atriis tuis super millia. Elegi abiectus esse in domo Dei mei: magis quam habitare in tabernaculis peccatorum.
Quia misericordiam, et veritatem diligit Deus: gratiam, et gloriam dabit Dominus.
Non privabit bonis eos, qui ambulant in innocentia: Domine virtutum, beatus homo, qui sperat in te.
ENGLISH
How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.
For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.
Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps, in the vale of tears, in the place which he hath set.
For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.
Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.
For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.
For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.
He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Liturgical Notes

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FONS
Douay-Rheims / Vulgata