Hymnus Paradisi

— Tacet —

Requiem aeternam dona eis,  ... , 
et lux perpetua luceat eis 
 ... 

The Lord is my shepherd: 
therefore can I lack nothing.
He shall feed me in a green pasture:
and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
He shall convert my soul: 
and bring me forth 
in the paths of righteousness. 
Yea, though I walk through 
the valley of the shadow of death, 
I will fear no evil:
thy rod and thy staff comfort me. 
Thou shalt prepare a table before me 
against them that trouble me:
thou hast anointed my head with oil, 
and my cup shall be full.
But thy loving kindness 
and mercy shall follow me 
all the days of my life: 
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus,
Domine Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.
 ... 

1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,
  from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh even from the LORD,
  who hath made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
  and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel
  shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD himself is thy keeper:
  The Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand; 
So that the sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: 
  Yea, it is even He that shall preserve thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in 
  from this time forth for evermore..

I heard a voice from heaven,
saying unto me,
Write,
From henceforth blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord:
even so saith the Spirit,
for they rest from their labours.

    Holy is the True Light, and passing wonderful,
lending radiance to them that endured in the heat
of the conflict, from Christ they inherit a home of
unfading splendour, wherein they rejoice with
gladness evermore. Alleluia!