Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

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Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

Psalm 86 with Gertrude the Great – Unequaled Glory God of my life, oh when will I enter into the tabernacle of your glory in order that I, too, may proclaim to you the most splendid alleluia and that my soul and my heart may confess to you in the presence of all your saints that you have magnified your mercies toward me. My God, my very bright inheritance, oh when, after the snares of this death have been destroyed, will I personally see you without mediation, and praise you? Oh when will I dwell in your tabernacle forever in order that I may assiduously 1 praise your name and sing to your magnificence a new hymn about your multitudinous 2 mercies? There is none among the gods like you, my Lord, nor is there anything equal to the lofty riches of your wondrous glory. Who will search into the abyss 3 of your wisdom, and who will count out the unlimited treasures of your most copious 4 mercy? Truly nothing is as wondrous as you, my God, immortal king, nothing as glorious. Who will unfold the glory of your majesty? Who will [ever] be able to be sated 5 with the sight of your brightness? How will the eye suffice to see or the ear to hear in wondering at the glory of your countenance? God, my God, you alone are wondrous and glorious. You alone are great and praiseworthy, alone dulcet 6 and lovable, alone beautiful and lovely, alone radiant and full

1 Assiduously – constantly 2 Multitudinous – many 3 Abyss – depths 4 Copious – abundant

5 Sated – satisfied 6 Dulcet – sweet