1 Esultate in Dio, nostro alleato; dite la vostra gioia al Signore, Dio vivo e vero, in canto di esultanza .

  2. Poiché il Signore è grande, è terribile: è Re potente su tutta la terra.

  3. Poiché il Padre che è nei cieli, nostro Re dall’eternità, ha mandato dall’alto il diletto Figlio suo: che nacque dalla beata Vergine Maria.

 4. Egli mi invocherà: «Il Padre mio sei tu». Ed io esalterò il mio Primogenito sopra tutti i re della terra.

  5. In quel giorno Dio ha fatto scendere la sua misericordia, durante la notte si è udito il suo cantico.

 6. Questo è un giorno che ha fatto il Signore: esultiamo e rallegriamoci in esso.

 7. Perché il santissimo bambino che amiamo ci è stato dato, e per noi è nato, lungo la via e deposto in una mangiatoia, perché non c’era posto in albergo.

 8. Gloria a Dio nel vertice dei cieli; pace in terra agli uomini di buona volontà.

 9. Si allietino i cieli, esulti la terra, si commuova la distesa immensa dei mari: godano i campi e quanto in essi vive.

 10. Cantategli un inno mai prima udito; canti al Signore tutta la terra.

 11. Perché grande è il Signore, e degno di ogni lode: terribile più che ogni altro dio.

 12. Date gloria e onore al Signore, o patrie di tutte le genti: date gloria al nome del Signore.

1. Exult God our helper - raise a shout of joy to the Lord God living and true in a voice of exultation.

 2. Since the Lord is exalted - the terrible great King over every land.

 3. Because the Most Holy Father of Heaven, Our King before the ages~ sent His Beloved Son from on high - and He was born of the Blessed Virgin, Holy Mary.

 4. He Himself invoked Me: Thou art My Father - and I will set Him as My firstborn, exalted before the kings of the Earth.

 5. On that day the Lord commanded His mercy - and at night His song.

 6. This is the day, which the Lord has made - let us exalt and be glad in it.

 7. Because the Most Holy Beloved Boy has been given to us ~ and He has been born on our behalf on the road and placed in the manger - because there was no place in the inn.

 8. Glory in the highest to the Lord God - and on earth peace to men of good will .

 9. Let the heavens be glad and the earth exalt ~ let the sea be shaken and its fullness - the fields will rejoice and all, which is in them.

 10. Sing to Him a new song - sing to the Lord every land .

 11. Since the Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy - terrible above all gods.

 12. Bring to the Lord you fatherlands of the nations ~ bring to the Lord glory and honor - bring to the Lord the glory of His Name.

7. Because the Most Holy Beloved Boy has been given to us (Is. 9:5) ~ and He has been born on our behalf on the road and placed in the manger - because there was no place in the inn. (cf. Luke 2: 7)

7. Perché il santissimo bambino che amiamo ci è stato dato, (Is. 9:5) e per noi è nato, lungo la via e deposto in una mangiatoia, perché non c’era posto in albergo. (cf. Luke 2:7)

  In Francis’ psalms is revealed a great Love for the Sun of the Great King; for Francis there is neither Old nor New testament but only One Covenant between God and Man.

We see this when we read his Psalms and find the melding of both New and Old in one Song.

Francis’ Psalm XV is the “Psalm said from the Nativity of the Lord until the octave of the Epiphany at all hours.” 1 it is without doubt His Christ- Mass Song.

The baby Jesus, sent down from on high, was born of the Virgin Mary – Francis knew where his God resided and from where his Lord descended.

In the same manner that Jesus knelt in the garden and prayed to his “daddy”  Abba, so  Francis’s pictures His Lord sending us his bambino; his “Saintly Child” 2 from on high.

References

 English text of the Psalm from the website of The Third Order Regular of St. Francis, Province of the Immaculate Conception, St. Bernardine Monastery Hollidaysburg, PA 16648  http://www.franciscanfriarstor.com/stfrancis/stf_st_francis_psalms_writings.htm#15

 Italian texts with thanks to http://www.san-francesco.org/index_ita.html - since demised.

  Biblical Cross References - Armstrong, Regis, G., O.F.M and Brady, Ignatius, C., O.F.M, (Translation and Introduction), Vaughn, John, O.F.M ( Preface)  Francis and Clare The Complete Works, Paulist Press, New York Mahawah, 1982

 Biblical texts :  Meyers Rick, E-SWORD  version 2005 downloaded from  http://www.e-sword.net/

 Foot Notes

1. Armstrong, Regis, G., O.F.M and Brady, Ignatius, C., O.F.M, (Translation and Introduction), Vaughn, John, O.F.M ( Preface)  Francis and Clare The Complete Works, Paulist Press, New York Mahawah, 1982 (pg. 98)

2.  http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html

(Because the Saintest child that we love has been given)