Thursday Sext (Quinta)

Question 1

Rector potens, verax Deus,
Qui temperas rerum vices,
Splendore mane illuminas,
Et ignibus meridiem:

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Answer 1

Mighty ruler, truthful God
who tempers (regulates) things changing
splendor in morning you illumine
and ignite midday

Question 2

Exstingue flammas litium,
Aufer calorem noxium,
Confer salutem corporum,
Veramque pacem cordium.

Answer 2

extinguish the flames of lawsuits (sins)
turn off (remove) the heat noxius (evil desires)
confer health (salutary) of body
true peace of heart

Question 3

Præsta, Pater piissime,
Patrique compar Unice,
Cum Spiritu Paraclito
Regnans per omne sæculum

Answer 3

Grant (present this) Father most loving (pious)
from the father the equal (comprable) one
with spirit paraclete
reign for all eternity

Question 4

Ut quid, Deus, repulísti in finem: * irátus est furor tuus super oves páscuæ tuæ?

Answer 4

but why, God, do you repel us to the end….your anger is fury over the sheep of your pasture?

oves = sheep

Question 5

Memor esto congregatiónis tuæ, * quam possedísti ab inítio.

Answer 5

Remember your congregation, which you have possessed from the initial (beginning)

Question 6

Redemísti virgam hereditátis tuæ: * mons Sion, in quo habitásti in eo.

Answer 6

the redeeming sceptre of your heredity (if you are Jesus’ son…you are redeemed)

mt sion in which you habitate in him. (dwell)

Question 7

Leva manus tuas in supérbias eórum in finem: * quanta malignátus est inimícus in sancto!

Answer 7

lift your hand against their pride til the end. quantify the malignancies (wickedness) of enemies in the sanctuary

Question 8

Et gloriáti sunt qui odérunt te: * in médio solemnitátis tuæ.

Answer 8

and they boast (gloria) who hate you. in the middle of your solemnity

Question 9

Posuérunt signa sua, signa: * et non cognovérunt sicut in éxitu super summum.

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Quasi in silva lignórum secúribus excidérunt iánuas eius in idípsum: * in secúri et áscia deiecérunt eam.

Answer 10

as in a forest of wood…axes excise (cut) the gates of the same (temple)….with ax and hatchet they descimated it

securi = ax

Question 11

Incendérunt igni Sanctuárium tuum: * in terra polluérunt tabernáculum nóminis tui.

Answer 11

they set fire to your sanctuary…on earth they pollute the tabernacle of your name

-unt = they (verb)

Question 12

Dixérunt in corde suo cognátio eórum simul: * Quiéscere faciámus omnes dies festos Dei a terra.

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Signa nostra non vídimus, iam non est prophéta: * et nos non cognóscet ámplius.

Answer 13

OUR signs we can’t see, now there is no prophet*
and none of us knows amply anymore (seems God deserted us)

Question 14

deiecérunt pronounce

Answer 14

day-ee-CHAIR-oont

Question 15

Úsquequo, Deus, improperábit inimícus: * irrítat adversárius nomen tuum in finem?

Answer 15

how long, O God, will the enemy taunt (act improper)….the adversary irritates your name for ever

Question 16

Ut quid avértis manum tuam, et déxteram tuam, * de médio sinu tuo in finem?

Answer 16

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?!)

Question 17

Deus autem Rex noster ante sǽcula: * operátus est salútem in médio terræ.

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Tu confirmásti in virtúte tua mare: * contribulásti cápita dracónum in aquis.

Answer 18

you made firm by your strength the sea….brought tribulation to the head of dragons in the water.

RED SEA….EGYPTIANS!

Question 19

Tu confregísti cápita dracónis: * dedísti eum escam pópulis Æthíopum.

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Tu dirupísti fontes, et torréntes: * tu siccásti flúvios Ethan.

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Tuus est dies, et tua est nox: * tu fabricátus es auróram et solem.

Answer 21

yours is the day, and yours is the night….you fabricate the dawn and the sun

Question 22

Tu fecísti omnes términos terræ: * æstátem et ver tu plasmásti ea.

Answer 22

you effected (fashioned) all terminals (ends) of the earth… summer and spring were formed from plasma (made) by you

Question 23

Memor esto huius, inimícus improperávit Dómino: * et pópulus insípiens incitávit nomen tuum.

Answer 23

Remember this, the enemy has been acted improper (mocked) to the Lord:
* and a people incipient (dumb) have incited your name

Question 24

Ne tradas béstiis ánimas confiténtes tibi, * et ánimas páuperum tuórum ne obliviscáris in finem.

Answer 24

Don’t trade to beasts the souls that confess you…and poor souls of yours don’t forget forever in oblivium

Question 25

Réspice in testaméntum tuum: * quia repléti sunt, qui obscuráti sunt terræ dómibus iniquitátum.

Answer 25

Respect (regard) your testament….for they are replete (many), who obscure the earth with houses of iniquity.

Question 26

Ne avertátur húmilis factus confúsus: * pauper et inops laudábunt nomen tuum.

Answer 26

Don’t avert them…the humble who are confused….poor and weak (inoperable) praise your name

Question 27

Exsúrge, Deus, iúdica causam tuam: * memor esto improperiórum tuórum, eórum quæ ab insipiénte sunt tota die.

Answer 27

Surge, O God, judge your cause….remember you declare improper…those who are insipient (foolish) all day

Question 28

Ne obliviscáris voces inimicórum tuórum: * supérbia eórum, qui te odérunt, ascéndit semper.

Answer 28

Don’t forget in oblivion the voices of your enemies….their pride…who hate you…ascends always