XXXIV. O viriditas digiti dei (De sancto Dysibodo)
The Greenness of God's Finger
The response opens by invoking the greenness of God's finger, in which God planted a radiant, column-like foundation on high.
Response: O greenness of God's finger, in which God established the planting that shines forth on high like a firm column.
Glory in God's Preparation
A brief acclamation declares the addressee glorious in God's preparation.
You are glorious in God's preparation.
The Unshaken Mountain
The verse addresses the height of the mountain, affirming its security in God's discernment despite its exile-like distance from the armed one.
Verse: And O height of the mountain, you will never be scattered in God's discernment; nevertheless, you stand far off like an exile, yet it is not in the power of the armed one to seize you.
Doxology and Acclamation
The chapter closes by repeating the acclamation of glory in God's preparation, now framed within a Trinitarian doxology.
You are glorious in God's preparation. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. You are glorious in God's preparation.
Read the original Latin
Responsum: O viriditas digiti dei, in qua deus constituit plantationem, que in excelso resplendet ut statuta columna. Tu gloriosa in preparatione dei. Versus: Et o altitudo montis, que numquam dissipaberis in discretione dei, tu tamen stas a longe ut exul, sed non est in potestate armati, qui te rapiat. Tu gloriosa in preparatione dei. Gloria patri et filio et spiritui sancto Tu gloriosa in preparatione dei.
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