Gratius unguento est, quo summi incana madescens
Barba Sacerdotis late diffundit odores.
Talis ab arce tua, Sion, diffunditur aura,
Sacro thure gravis, siquando roscidus Hermon
Verticibus depasta suis armenta gregesque
Mittit adurandos excelsa ad Templa Jehovæ,
Unde salus terris promissa ac vita perennis.
PSALM CXXXVII.
Jam pridem captiva altum Babylonis ad amnem