Carolingian Minuscule Transcription and Translation: Section 4

Carolingian Minuscule Transcription and Translation: Section 4

[rubric].. CIII· IPSI DAUID·
B......ENEDICANIMA
.........mea domino : domine deus meus
......magnificatus es uehementer;

......C...onfessionem et decorem
............induisti ; amictus lumine
............sicut uestimento ;

......E.... xtendens caelum sicut
............pellem ; quitegis aquis

......>......superiora eius ;
......Q...uipones nubem ascensum

If you were to break this up into individual words, and punctuate it, it would read:

CIII· IPSI DAUID ·
B.. ENEDIC ANIMA
.......mea domino : domine deus meus
.......magnificatus es uehementer.
C...onfessionem et decorem
.......induisti ; amictus lumine
.......sicut uestimento ;
E...xtendens caelum sicut
.......pellem ; qui tegis aquis
.......superiora eius;
Q...uipones nubem ascensum

From the Douai Translation of the Vulgate:
(I have altered this slightly to match the Latin lines).

103·.... OF DAVID HIMSELF ·
B... LESS, O MY SOUL,
.........the Lord: O Lord my God,
.........Thou are exceedingly great.
.........Thou hast put on praise and beauty.
[2] ...and art clothed with light
......... as with a garment.
.........Who stretchest out the heaven as
.........a pavilion [skin]: [3] who coverest with waters
.........the highest rooms thereof.
.........Who places a rising cloud

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