Carolingian Minuscule Transcription and Translation: Section 5

.........tuum : quiambulas super
.......pennas uentorum ;
Q.......uifacis angelos tuos spiritus
.........etministros tuos ignem
.........urentem ;
Q... ui fundasti terram super
........stabilitatem suam nonincli
.......nabitur insaeculum saeculi :
A.... byssus sicut uestimentum
.........amictus eius super montes

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

.......tuum : qui ambulas super
.......pennas uentorum.
Q...ui facis angelos tuos spiritus:
.......et ministros tuos ignem
...... urentem.
Q...ui fundasti terram super
.......stabilitatem suam: non incli
.......nabitur in saeculum saeculi.
A....byssus sicut uestimentum
.......amictus eius: super montes.

From the Douai Translation of the Vulgate:
........who walkest upon
........the wings of the wind.
[4]...Who makest Thy [messengers] spirits:
........and Thy ministers
........a burning fire.
[5]...Who hast founded the earth upon
........its own bases: it shall not be
........moved for ever and ever.
[6]...The deep like a garment
........is in its clothing: above the mountains

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