Sol 5.6

  1. My God, who exalts the saints through His protection,

    His forgiveness, and everlasting mercy;

  2. my God, You grant sovereignty and glory to whom You will—

    this is a prerogative whose secret belongs to divinity.

  3. By Your might, O God—there is no might above it;

    glory be to the Lord of everlasting might.

  4. The glory of one You exalt is glory bestowed by You;

    through Your might, O God, it grows mighty and sublime.

  5. The glory of one You exalt, O Giver of glory, shall never

    be oppressed, nor shall it fade, fortified by mighty strength.

  6. How mighty is the one You clothe in glory as he ascends:

    his humility before God is the loftiest rank.

  7. All glory—glory in its entirety—is nothing but humble surrender

    before Your face, where every claim and honor fades away.

  8. Who will enable me to attain glory, while my soul drives me

    toward humiliation and ruin with the longing of a sacrificial victim?

  9. My true glory and sovereignty are established

    by my crushing and effacing the realm of human nature.

  10. And if my soul grows mighty, it is You who exalt it,

    when it casts off the bondage of desire.

  11. So grant me the spirit’s glory in You, sustained

    by the might of manifestation, O Giver of glory, and by empowerment.

Sol 5.6