PSALM 23: God’s Sanctuary

A hymn for the installation of the Ark of the Covenant on Mount Sion. It declares that only the innocent can ascend with the Lord into his Holy Place.

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Psalm 23: Prayer Audio in Latin

[1] Prima sabbati. Psalmus David. Domini est terra, et plenitudo ejus; orbis terrarum, et universi qui habitant in eo.
[1] On the first day of the week, a psalm for David. The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein.

[2] Quia ipse super maria fundavit eum, et super flumina praeparavit eum.
[2] For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

[3] Quis ascendet in montem Domini? aut quis stabit in loco sancto ejus?
[3] Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: or who shall stand in his holy place?

[4] Innocens manibus et mundo corde, qui non accepit in vano animam suam, nec juravit in dolo proximo suo.
[4] The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

[5] Hic accipiet benedictionem a Domino, et misericordiam a Deo salutari suo.
[5] He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour.

[6] Haec est generatio quaerentium eum, quaerentium faciem Dei Jacob.
[6] This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.

[7] Attollite portas, principes, vestras, et elevamini, portae aeternales, et introibit rex gloriae.
[7] Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.

[8] Quis est iste rex gloriae? Dominus fortis et potens, Dominus potens in praelio.
[8] Who is this King of Glory? the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.

[9] Attollite portas, principes, vestras, et elevamini, portae aeternales, et introibit rex gloriae.
[9] Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.

[10] Quis est iste rex gloriae? Dominus virtutum ipse est rex gloriae.
[10] Who is this King of Glory? the Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.