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Preces Quotidianae

Surrounded by Mercy

The opening scripture references and the phrase 'From every side' set the theme of being encompassed by God's mercy.

Psalm✦ 77. 8.✦ (Prz: coming upon, 23.1 6. 4 Following, 32.2 16. Surrounding,3 From every side.

God Rewards Abundantly

God rewards our good works beyond measure, crowning us with mercy and not letting even a small act go unrewarded.

7. But whatever we have done by our work—with that grace helping us—he rewards abundantly. Ps. 103.✦ 4. He crowns us with mercy and compassion.✦ [corrupt citation fragment] 10. He is merciful, for he rewards us both according to and beyond our good works. Nor does he let even a cup of cold water go unrewarded.4 unrewarded.✦5

Mercy in Practice

God's mercy is not only in His nature but also in His actions, as He has practiced mercy from of old.

8. He is merciful not only by nature, but also in practice. Ps. 25. 6. He learned to show mercy, and has practiced it from ancient times.6 50.7 Rightly, then, we call him that.8

Trust in God's Mercy

Our fathers trusted in God's mercy and were not ashamed; even when mercy seems hidden, God's hand is not shortened.

21.9 4.✦ Our fathers put their hope in you; they trusted in your mercy, and they were not put to shame.✦10 77.11 5.✦ Has God already forgotten how to show mercy?✦ And will he shut your mercies up inside himself?✦12 Not a dried-up fountain: His hand is not shortened, His ear not grown dull.✦13

Ancient and Eternal Mercies

The psalmist asks where God's ancient mercies are and declares that he will sing of God's mercy forever.

— 89. 48.✦ Where are Your ancient mercies?✦ 1.✦ I will sing of the mercies of God forever.✦ 4.✦ I said, Your mercy will be established forever.✦

Mercy in Promise

God is merciful not only in practice but also in promise, as David prays for God to remember His word.

9. He is merciful not only in practice, but also in promise. Ps. 119:49.✦14 So David says: "Remember Your word✦15

Read the original Latin

Psal. lxxvii. 8. ( Prz:evenientem, xxiii. 6. 4 Subsequentem, xxxii. 16. | Circumdantem,

Ex omni parte.

7. Quicquid vero opelle (praestante nobis gratia illa) nos egerimus, remunerat abunde. Psal. ciii. 4. — Coronat nos in misericordia et miserationibus. ]xu. 10.

Misericors est, nam et secundum et supra bona opera retribuit nobis. Nec calicem aque fnrgide patitur inre-

muneratum.

8. Nec vero natura misericors modo, sed et praxi. Psal. xxv. 6. — Misereri didicit, ejusque praxin habuit a sceculo. l. Recte ergo appellamus eum.

xxl. 4. Patres nostri speraverunt in Te, confisi sunt in misericordia "lua, nec sunt confusi. Ixxvii. 5. An jam oblitus est Deus misereri? et continebit intra Se misericordias Tuas? fons siccatus, Non est 4 manus abbreviata, auris aggravata.

— Ixxxix. 48. Ubi sunt misericordiz€ Tuz antiquse? 1. Misericordias Dei in zeternum cantabo. 4. Dixi, In zeternum stabilietur misericordia Tua.

9. Nec praxi modo misericors est, sed et promissione.

Psal. cexix, 49. Sic David affatur, Memor esto verbi Tui

Scripture echoes

  1. ↩Ps.77.8 — Has the Lord rejected forever? Will he never again be pleased?
  2. ↩Ps.77.8 — Has the Lord rejected forever? Will he never again be pleased?
  3. ↩Ps.103.4 — who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy
  4. ↩Ps.103.4;Ps.104.4 — who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy Ps.104.4 — He makes his messengers winds, his ministers a blazing fire.
  5. ↩Mark.9.41 — For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, truly I tell you, will not lose their reward.
  6. ↩Ps.21.5-Ps.21.6 — He asked you for life, and you gave him length of days forever and ever. Ps.21.6 — Great is your glory in your salvation; honor and splendor you lay upon him.
  7. ↩Ps.22.5-Ps.22.6;Ps.23.4-Ps.23.5 — In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. Ps.22.6 — To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. Ps.23.4 — Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff — they comfort me. Ps.23.5 — You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
  8. ↩Ps.77.9;Ps.76.10 — Has God utterly ceased to be gracious? Has his compassion come to an end? Has he spoken once and for all to generation after generation? Ps.76.10 — When God rises to execute judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah.
  9. ↩Ps.77.10;Ps.78.9 — Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his mercies? Selah Ps.78.9 — The sons of Ephraim, armed with bows, turned back in the day of battle.
  10. ↩Ps.77.10;Ps.78.9 — Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his mercies? Selah Ps.78.9 — The sons of Ephraim, armed with bows, turned back in the day of battle.
  11. ↩Isa.59.1 — Look, the LORD's hand is not too short to save, and his ear is not too heavy to hear.
  12. ↩Ps.89.49 — What man can live and not see death, who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
  13. ↩Ps.89.49 — What man can live and not see death, who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
  14. ↩Ps.89.1 — A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
  15. ↩Ps.89.1 — A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
  16. ↩Ps.89.2-Ps.89.4 — I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD forever; to generation and generation I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth. Ps.89.3 — For I have said, "Forever steadfast love is built up; the heavens—you establish your faithfulness in them." Ps.89.4 — I have cut a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant.
  17. ↩Ps.89.2 — I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD forever; to generation and generation I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.
  18. ↩Ps.119.49 — Remember your word to your servant, upon which you have given me hope.
  19. ↩Ps.119.49 — Remember your word to your servant, upon which you have given me hope.

Notes

  1. 1 ↩evenientem rendered as 'coming upon' (participle of evenire). 'Prz' is unexpanded: unknown siglum, label, or likely OCR/segmentation artifact.
  2. 2 ↩Subsequentem rendered as 'Following' (thematic rubric/participle). Leading '4' may be a verse number, list item, or segmentation artifact from the previous citation cluster.
  3. 3 ↩Circumdantem rendered as 'Surrounding' (participle of circumdare). Leading '|' treated as editorial/separator markup and omitted from the English surface.
  4. 4 ↩Printed/OCR Latin is corrupt: 'aque fnrgide' and hyphenated 'inre-' read as aquae frigidae and the start of inremuneratum (completed by next section's 'muneratum'). Sense follows the Gospel cold-water reward saying.
  5. 5 ↩This section is only the line-break completion of previous PrecesPriv.1.277.4.s2: inre- + muneratum = inremuneratum. Rendered as the completing sense of the full clause 'Nec calicem aquae frigidae patitur inremuneratum' (Nor does he let a cup of cold water go unrewarded).
  6. 6 ↩Source 'sceculo' read as 'saeculo' (from of old / from ages past).
  7. 7 ↩Standalone 'l.' treated as Roman numeral L = 50 (likely a psalm number, matching neighboring numeral-only citation style).
  8. 8 ↩Latin 'appellamus eum' has no explicit complement; 'so' supplies the implied name/title from the preceding mercy argument (merciful).
  9. 9 ↩Source reads “xxl.”; taken as the roman numeral xxi. (Psalm 21, Vulgate numbering), matching the following petition’s psalm language.
  10. 10 ↩Source “misericordia "lua” read as misericordia Tua (“Your mercy”).
  11. 11 ↩Source “Ixxvii.” taken as lxxvii. (Psalm 77), capital I read as l.
  12. 12 ↩Source has continebit intra Se misericordias Tuas (hold/restrain Your mercies within Himself), not the common Vulg. in ira sua misericordias suas (restrain His mercies in His anger).
  13. 13 ↩Stray “4” in “Non est 4 manus” treated as intrusion (likely a misplaced numeral), not translated. Compressed asyndetic list read as denials answering the prior questions, in line with Isa 59:1 imagery for manus abbreviata / auris aggravata.
  14. 14 ↩Source reads 'cexix'; treated as Vulgate Psalm cxix (119), the standard citation for this verse.
  15. 15 ↩Quotation of Ps 119:49 begins here and continues into the next section ('to Your servant, in which You gave me hope…').

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