Thursday Sext (Quinta) Flashcards
Rector potens, verax Deus,
Qui temperas rerum vices,
Splendore mane illuminas,
Et ignibus meridiem:
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Mighty ruler, truthful God
who tempers (regulates) things changing
splendor in morning you illumine
and ignite midday
Exstingue flammas litium,
Aufer calorem noxium,
Confer salutem corporum,
Veramque pacem cordium.
extinguish the flames of lawsuits (sins)
turn off (remove) the heat noxius (evil desires)
confer health (salutary) of body
true peace of heart
Præsta, Pater piissime,
Patrique compar Unice,
Cum Spiritu Paraclito
Regnans per omne sæculum
Grant (present this) Father most loving (pious)
from the father the equal (comprable) one
with spirit paraclete
reign for all eternity
Ut quid, Deus, repulísti in finem: * irátus est furor tuus super oves páscuæ tuæ?
but why, God, do you repel us to the end….your anger is fury over the sheep of your pasture?
oves = sheep
Memor esto congregatiónis tuæ, * quam possedísti ab inítio.
Remember your congregation, which you have possessed from the initial (beginning)
Redemísti virgam hereditátis tuæ: * mons Sion, in quo habitásti in eo.
the redeeming sceptre of your heredity (if you are Jesus’ son…you are redeemed)
mt sion in which you habitate in him. (dwell)
Leva manus tuas in supérbias eórum in finem: * quanta malignátus est inimícus in sancto!
lift your hand against their pride til the end. quantify the malignancies (wickedness) of enemies in the sanctuary
Et gloriáti sunt qui odérunt te: * in médio solemnitátis tuæ.
and they boast (gloria) who hate you. in the middle of your solemnity
Posuérunt signa sua, signa: * et non cognovérunt sicut in éxitu super summum.
They post their signs up there as signatures (banners)….and they don’t understand (what evil they creat)…as they put sign over common exits and over summits
maccabees 1 invasion of zion
Quasi in silva lignórum secúribus excidérunt iánuas eius in idípsum: * in secúri et áscia deiecérunt eam.
as in a forest of wood…axes excise (cut) the gates of the same (temple)….with ax and hatchet they descimated it
securi = ax
Incendérunt igni Sanctuárium tuum: * in terra polluérunt tabernáculum nóminis tui.
they set fire to your sanctuary…on earth they pollute the tabernacle of your name
-unt = they (verb)
Dixérunt in corde suo cognátio eórum simul: * Quiéscere faciámus omnes dies festos Dei a terra.
They said in their heart with the same mind…Let us silence (quiesce) all days of festival of God from the land.
cognatio = family/kinsmen
Signa nostra non vídimus, iam non est prophéta: * et nos non cognóscet ámplius.
OUR signs we can’t see, now there is no prophet*
and none of us knows amply anymore (seems God deserted us)
deiecérunt pronounce
day-ee-CHAIR-oont
Úsquequo, Deus, improperábit inimícus: * irrítat adversárius nomen tuum in finem?
how long, O God, will the enemy taunt (act improper)….the adversary irritates your name for ever
Ut quid avértis manum tuam, et déxteram tuam, * de médio sinu tuo in finem?
but why do you avert your hand…and your right hand….stays in the midst of your sinus (bosom) forever
why you keep hands crossed intstead of reaching out to us
(why wont you help us?!)
Deus autem Rex noster ante sǽcula: * operátus est salútem in médio terræ.
But God is our king before ages: * he operates salvation in the midst of earth
literally chose a place in the middle of the cultured world
Tu confirmásti in virtúte tua mare: * contribulásti cápita dracónum in aquis.
you made firm by your strength the sea….brought tribulation to the head of dragons in the water.
RED SEA….EGYPTIANS!
Tu confregísti cápita dracónis: * dedísti eum escam pópulis Æthíopum.
you fragmented the heads of dragons….you made them food for the people of ethiopia
ethiopians lived around the red sea…now the egyptians are their victims
or black crows - fed on carcusses
Tu dirupísti fontes, et torréntes: * tu siccásti flúvios Ethan.
you disrupt (make erupt) fountains and torrents (from the rock moses struck)….you dry up (sicca syndrome!) the Ethan rivers
let them cross big (ethan) river (jordan river) into promised land
Tuus est dies, et tua est nox: * tu fabricátus es auróram et solem.
yours is the day, and yours is the night….you fabricate the dawn and the sun
Tu fecísti omnes términos terræ: * æstátem et ver tu plasmásti ea.
you effected (fashioned) all terminals (ends) of the earth… summer and spring were formed from plasma (made) by you
Memor esto huius, inimícus improperávit Dómino: * et pópulus insípiens incitávit nomen tuum.
Remember this, the enemy has been acted improper (mocked) to the Lord:
* and a people incipient (dumb) have incited your name
Ne tradas béstiis ánimas confiténtes tibi, * et ánimas páuperum tuórum ne obliviscáris in finem.
Don’t trade to beasts the souls that confess you…and poor souls of yours don’t forget forever in oblivium
Réspice in testaméntum tuum: * quia repléti sunt, qui obscuráti sunt terræ dómibus iniquitátum.
Respect (regard) your testament….for they are replete (many), who obscure the earth with houses of iniquity.
Ne avertátur húmilis factus confúsus: * pauper et inops laudábunt nomen tuum.
Don’t avert them…the humble who are confused….poor and weak (inoperable) praise your name
Exsúrge, Deus, iúdica causam tuam: * memor esto improperiórum tuórum, eórum quæ ab insipiénte sunt tota die.
Surge, O God, judge your cause….remember you declare improper…those who are insipient (foolish) all day
Ne obliviscáris voces inimicórum tuórum: * supérbia eórum, qui te odérunt, ascéndit semper.
Don’t forget in oblivion the voices of your enemies….their pride…who hate you…ascends always
