Tuesday, February 04, 2003

Here is one of my favoritesPSALMUS 131 (130)
1 Canticum ascensionum. David.
Domine, non est exaltatum cor meum,
neque elati sunt oculi mei,
neque ambulavi in magnis
neque in mirabilibus super me.
2 Vere pacatam et quietam
feci animam meam;
sicut ablactatus in sinu matris suae,
sicut ablactatus, ita in me est anima mea.
3 Speret Israel in Domino
ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum.
Which is rendered in English thus.

I especially like the line "sicut ablactatus in sinu matris suae." The image of a weaned child in his mother's arms is very evocative.

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