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Roráte caéli désuper, et núbes plúant jústum. |
Drop down ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: |
Ne irascáris Dómine, |
Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, |
Peccávimus, et fácti súmus tamquam immúndus nos, |
We have sinned, and are as an unclean thing, |
Víde Dómine afflictiónem pópuli túi, |
Behold, O Lord, the affliction of thy people |
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Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, |
Consolámini, consolámini, pópule méus: |
Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, |
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