74 LATIN TRANSLATIONS

LATIN TRANSLATIONS.

l'l‘he. following attempts at a translation of a couple of Psalms, and some atom bountiful Evangelical Hymns into Latin, will interest those who are acquainted with that noble old tongue; more especially if they are at all conversant with the Latin Hymnology and methods of versification of what are designated the i’llfn'n’lr

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PSALMUS XXIII.

1. Est Jehova Pastor meus Meus Dominus et Deus,—~ Ego impotens ct reus— Ergo non carebo. Suam ovem stabulatque, Prata graminosa datque, Rivis placadis lavatque, Illuc ducit, propinatque; Itaque valebo

2. Animamque reportavit

Meam, saepe recreavit;

Me quaesivit et servavit, Optimus Curator.

Vus rectis, praeparatis,

Aequitati consecratis,

Ducit Deus bonitatis,

Propter suum nomen gratis, Ductor et Salvator.

3. Transeam caliginosa

Loca, et calamitosa,

Dura, dira, luctuosa, Hostes et obstantes;