198:1
Hæc sunt cantica Dei quæ canit catholica Ecclesia Dei. Hæc sunt quæ hic noster conventus sono etiam vocis exercet: hæc non solum cantorem non res lvunt, sed potius stringunt. Haec cantica placent l'eo, ubi totum quod agitur spectat ad gloriam Creatoris. Merito idem propheta omnes et omnia ad laudem Dei cuncta gnbernantis hortaiur dicens: Omnis spiritus laudet Dominum (Psal. CL, 6). Se ipsum quoque pollicens laudatorem dicebat: Laudabo nomen Domini cum cantico, et magnificabo eum in laude (Psal. LXIII, 51). Laudate Dominum in vita vestra, immolate Deo sacrilicium laudis pro anima et vita vestra, et per ipsum ostenditur vobis in anima vestra, qua ad ejus perveniatis salutare.
這些就是神的歌頌，是神的大公教會所唱的。這些就是我們這聚會甚至以聲音所演奏的：它們不單不使歌唱者鬆懈，反倒堅固他。這些歌頌討神喜悅，因為其中所行的一切都指向造物主的榮耀。同一位先知理當勸勉一切人、一切受造物來讚美那統管萬有的神，說：凡有氣息的，都要讚美耶和華（詩一五〇6）。他也應許自己作讚美者，說：我要用詩歌讚美神的名，以稱謝尊祂為大（詩六九30）。你們在一生中要讚美耶和華，為你們的靈魂和生命向神獻上讚美的祭，並藉此在你們的靈魂裡向你們顯明，你們可由何得著祂的救恩。
These are the songs of God which the catholic Church of God sings. These are what this our assembly performs even with the sound of the voice: these not only do not loosen the singer, but rather strengthen him. These songs please God, where all that is done looks to the glory of the Creator. Rightly does the same prophet exhort all men and all things to the praise of God who governs all things, saying: Let every spirit praise the Lord (Ps. 150:6). Promising himself also as a praiser, he said: I will praise the name of the Lord with a song, and I will magnify him with praise (Ps. 68:31). Praise the Lord in your life, offer to God the sacrifice of praise for your soul and your life, and through it is shown to you in your soul whereby you may attain to his salvation.
198:2
Delectat Dominum nostrum de pura conscientia laus emissa, sicul idem hortatur hymnigraphus, dicens: Laudate Dominum, quia bonus est psalmus; Deo nostro sit jucunda decoraque laudatio (Psal, CilIa v, 3). Hanc scientiam Gerens. hoc officium Deo placitum sciens idem Psalmista testatur: Septies in die laudem dixi tibi (Psal. CXVIII, 464). Et adhuc amplius aliquid pollicetur: Et lingua, inquit, mea meditabitur justitiam tuam, tota die laudem tuam (Psal. XXXIV, 28). Sentiebat enim sine dubio de tali opere beneficium, sicut ipse commemorans dicit: Laudans invocabo Dominum, et ab inimicis mei salvus ero (Psal. XXVI, 4).
從純潔良心發出的讚美使我們的主喜悅，正如同一位詩歌作者所勸勉，說：你們要讚美耶和華，因歌頌是美善的；願讚美我們的神是歡樂、合宜的（詩一四七1）。同一位詩人懷此知識，知道這事奉討神喜悅，作見證說：我因你公義的典章，一天七次讚美你（詩一一九164）。他又應許更多的事：他說，我的舌頭要終日默想你的公義，述說對你的讚美（詩三五28）。因為他無疑感受到這樣工作所帶來的益處，正如他自己追述說：我要呼求那當受讚美的耶和華，這樣，我必從仇敵手中得救（詩十八3）。
Praise sent up from a pure conscience delights our Lord, as the same hymn-writer exhorts, saying: Praise the Lord, for the psalm is good; let praise to our God be joyous and comely (Ps. 146:1). Bearing this knowledge, knowing this office to be pleasing to God, the same Psalmist testifies: Seven times a day have I given praise to thee (Ps. 118:164). And he promises yet something more: And my tongue, he says, shall meditate on thy justice, thy praise all the day long (Ps. 34:28). For he felt, without doubt, the benefit from such a work, as he himself recalling says: Praising I will call upon the Lord, and I shall be saved from my enemies (Ps. 17:4).
198:3
Tali tutamine ct tali clypeo armatus, et fortissimum illum Goliam gigantem straverat, et saepe de alienigenis victoriam reportarat.
他既有這樣的保障、這樣的盾牌為甲冑，便擊倒了那勇猛的巨人歌利亞，又屢次勝過外邦人凱旋而歸。
Armed with such a safeguard and such a shield, he had both laid low that mighty giant Goliath, and had often carried off victory over the foreigners.