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Exaltabo te, Deus. A psalm of praise, to the infinite majesty of God.

1 I will extol thee, O God my king: and I will bless thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever. 2 Every day I will bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end. 4 Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power. 5 They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works.

6 And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and shall declare thy greatness. 7 They shall publish the memory of the abundance of thy sweetness: and shall rejoice in thy justice. 8 The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy. 9 The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. 10 Let all thy works, O lord, praise thee: and let thy saints bless thee.

11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom: and shall tell of thy power: 12 To make thy might known to the sons of men: and the glory of the magnificence of thy kingdom. 13 Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all his words: and holy in all his works.

Latin Vulgate Bible

1 laudatio David exaltabo te Deus meus rex et benedicam nomini tuo in saeculum et in saeculum saeculi 2 per singulos dies benedicam tibi et laudabo nomen tuum in saeculum et in saeculum saeculi 3 magnus Dominus et laudabilis nimis et magnitudinis eius non est finis 4 generatio et generatio laudabit opera tua et potentiam tuam pronuntiabunt 5 magnificentiam gloriae sanctitatis tuae loquentur et mirabilia tua narrabunt

6 et virtutem terribilium tuorum dicent et magnitudinem tuam narrabunt 7 memoriam abundantiae suavitatis tuae eructabunt et iustitia tua exultabunt 8 miserator et misericors Dominus patiens et multum misericors 9 suavis Dominus universis et miserationes eius super omnia opera eius 10 confiteantur tibi Domine omnia opera tua et sancti tui confiteantur tibi

11 gloriam regni tui dicent et potentiam tuam loquentur 12 ut notam faciant filiis hominum potentiam tuam et gloriam magnificentiae regni tui 13 regnum tuum regnum omnium saeculorum et dominatio tua in omni generatione et progenie fidelis Dominus in omnibus verbis suis et sanctus in omnibus operibus suis

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful during his weekly Wednesday general audience at Paul VI Hall at the Vatican February 1, 2006. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful during his weekly Wednesday general audience at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican February 1, 2006. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Pope Benedict XVI leaves the Paul VI Hall at the end of his weekly Wednesday general audience at the Vatican February 1, 2006. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

It is a kind of prayer in the form of a litany which proclaims the entry of God in human vicissitudes to lead the whole of created reality to a salvific fullness. We are not at the mercy of dark forces, or alone with our freedom, but we have been entrusted to the action of the powerful and loving Lord, who will establish for us a plan, a "reign" .

I don't know how much of Benedict's works you've read, but this kind of encapsulates a running theme that he has in all the books that I've read so far...that God pierces our darkness and gives Himself for us and through the Church and her sacraments and liturgies, He continually makes himself Incarnate. Deus caritas est is really a marvelous summary of his life's meditation on the life of Christ.