Deus in adjutorium

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General information

This is used as the opening versicle of Vespers and is often set (with the doxology gloria Patri), sometimes beginning with the response Domine ad adjuvandum.
Source of text is Psalm 69:2 (Vulgate).

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Deus in adjutorium
Domine ad adjuvandum
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Text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Deus, in adiutorium meum intende:
Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto:
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper,
et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. Alleluja.

English.png English translation

Haste thee, O God, to deliver me:
make haste to help me, O Lord.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost:
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen. Alleluia.

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