Canticum graduum. Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum, omnes servi Domini : qui statis in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri.
A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
In noctibus extollite manus vestras in sancta, et benedicite Dominum.
It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.
Benedicat te Dominus ex Sion, qui fecit cælum et terram.
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.