Thou hast protected me, o God, from the assembly of the malignant, allelúja; from the multitude of them that work of iniquity, allelúja, allelúja. Ps 63 Hear, O God, my prayer, when I beseech (Thee): deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy. Glory be... Thou hast protected me... (A very nice recording of the Introit from the Common Mass of Martyrs in Eastertide, also sung today for the Mass of St Mark the Evangelist, with some bell-ringing added for good measure.)
Introitus Protexisti me, Deus, a conventu malignantium, allelúja: a multitúdine operantium iniquitátem, allelúja. allelúja. Ps 63 Exaudi, Deus, oratiónem meam, cum déprecor: a timore inimíci éripe ánimam meam. Gloria Patri... Protexísti me...
