Chants of the Vatican Graduale - MusicaSacra

124 First Sunday in Lent
TRACT (Ps. 90)
The entire ninetieth psalm with the exception of verses eight to ten
now follows. Each verse has an almost identical mediant f; if this sign
appears twice in a verse, the mediant occurs twice also. Several verses
have a caesura, indicated by (—).
1. Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi,
f in protectione Dei caeli
commorabitur. 2. Dicet Domino:
Susceptor meus es, f e t refugium
meum, Deus meus (—): sperabo in
eum. 3. Quoniam ipse liberavit me
de laqueo venantium, ^ et a verbo
aspero. 4. Scapulis suis obumbrabit
tibi, f et sub pennis ejus sperabis.
5. Scuto circumdabit te veritas
ejus: f w°w timebis (—) a timore
nocturno. 6. A sagitta volante per
diem, f « negotio perambulante in
tenebris, f a ruina et daemonio
meridiano. 7. Cadent a latere tuo
mille, f et decem millia a dextris
tuis: f tibi autem (—) non appropinquabit.
8. Quoniam Angelis suis
mandavit de te, t ut custodiant te
(—) in omnibus viis tuis. 9. In
manibus portabunt te, ne unquam
offendas f ad lapidem pedem tuum.
10. Super aspidem et basiliscum
ambulabis, f e -t conculcabis (—)
leonem et draconem. 11. Quoniam
in me speravit liberabo eum: t protegam
eum, (—) qoniam cognovit
nomen meum. 12. Invocabit me, et
ego exaudiam eum: f cum ipso (—)
sum in tribulatione. 13. Eripiam
eum, et glorificabo eum: f longitudine
dierum adimplebo eum, f
et ostendam illi salutare meum.
1. He that dwelleth in the aid of
the Most High, f shall abide in the
protection of the God of heaven. 2.
He shall say to the Lord: Thou art
my protector, f and my refuge, my
God (—): in him will I trust. 3. He
hath delivered me from the snare of
the hunters, t «wd from the sharp
word. 4. He will overshadow thee
with his shoulders, f ^nd under
his wings thou shalt trust. 5. His
truth shall compass thee with a
shield: f thou shalt not be afraid
(—) of the terror of the night. 6. Of
the arrow that flieth in the day, t of
the business that walketh in the dark
f of ruin, or of the noonday devil. 7.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, f
and ten thousand at thy right hand:
t but to thee (—) it shall not approach.
8. For he hath given his
angels charge over thee, f to keep
thee (—) in all thy ways. 9. In
their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest thou dash f thy foot against a
stone. [The phrasing here is not
happy.] 10. Thou shalt walk upon
the asp and the basilisk, f ^nd
thou shalt trample under foot (—)
the lion and the dragon. [This verse
has a proper middle and closing
cadence.] 11. Because he hath hoped
in me, I will deliver him: f / will
protect him, (—) because he hath
known my name. 12. He shall call
upon me, and I will hear him: f