Psalmorum 143
1 Psalmus David, quando persequebatur eum Absalom filius ejus. [Domine, exaudi orationem meam; auribus percipe obsecrationem meam in veritate tua; exaudi me in tua justitia.
A psalm of David. Listen, O Lord, to my prayer; attend to my plea. In your faithfulness give me answer, and in your righteousness.
2 Et non intres in judicium cum servo tuo, quia non justificabitur in conspectu tuo omnis vivens.
With your servant O enter you not into judgment, for in your sight can no one alive be justified.
3 Quia persecutus est inimicus animam meam; humiliavit in terra vitam meam; collocavit me in obscuris, sicut mortuos sæculi.
For the enemy persecutes me, crushing my life to the ground, making me live in the darkness, as those who have long been dead.
4 Et anxiatus est super me spiritus meus; in me turbatum est cor meum.
My spirit is faint within me, my heart is bewildered within me.
5 Memor fui dierum antiquorum; meditatus sum in omnibus operibus tuis: in factis manuum tuarum meditabar.
I remember the days of old, and brood over all you have done, musing on all that your hands have wrought.
6 Expandi manus meas ad te; anima mea sicut terra sine aqua tibi.
I spread out my hands to you: I thirst for you, like parched earth. (Selah)
7 Velociter exaudi me, Domine; defecit spiritus meus. Non avertas faciem tuam a me, et similis ero descendentibus in lacum.
Answer me soon, Lord, because my spirit is spent. Hide not your face from me, else become I like those who go down to the pit.
8 Auditam fac mihi mane misericordiam tuam, quia in te speravi. Notam fac mihi viam in qua ambulem, quia ad te levavi animam meam.
Let me learn of your love in the morning, for my trust is in you. Teach me the way I should go: for my heart longs for you.
9 Eripe me de inimicis meis, Domine: ad te confugi.
Save me, O Lord, from my foes: for to you I have fled for refuge.
10 Doce me facere voluntatem tuam, quia Deus meus es tu. Spiritus tuus bonus deducet me in terram rectam.
Teach me to do your will, for you yourself are my God. Guide me by your good spirit, O Lord, on a way that is smooth.
11 Propter nomen tuum, Domine, vivificabis me: in æquitate tua, educes de tribulatione animam meam,
Be true to your name Lord, spare me, bring me out of distress in your faithfulness.
12 et in misericordia tua disperdes inimicos meos, et perdes omnes qui tribulant animam meam, quoniam ego servus tuus sum.]
In your kindness extinguish my enemies, and all those who vex me destroy; for I am your servant.
