Psalmorum 138

1 Ipsi David. Confitebor tibi Domine in toto corde meo: quoniam audisti verba oris mei. In conspectu angelorum psallam tibi:

Of David. I will thank you, O Lord, with all my heart: in the sight of the gods I will sing your praise,

2 adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum, et confitebor nomini tuo. Super misericordia tua, et veritate tua: quoniam magnificasti super omne, nomen sanctum tuum.

and prostrate before your holy temple, will praise your name for your constant love, for you have exulted your promise above all.

3 In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me: multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem.

When I called you, you answered; you gave me strength, you inspired me.

4 Confiteantur tibi Domine omnes reges terræ: quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui:

All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O Lord, when they shall have heard the words you have uttered;

5 Et cantent in viis Domini: quoniam magna est gloria Domini.

and they shall sing of the ways of the Lord, and tell of the Lord’s transcendent glory.

6 Quoniam excelsus Dominus, et humilia respicit: et alta a longe cognoscit.

For, high though the Lord is, he looks on the lowly, and strikes down the haughty from far away.

7 Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivificabis me: et super iram inimicorum meorum extendisti manum tuam, et salvum me fecit dextera tua.

Though my way be distressful, yet you preserve me: you lay your hand on my angry foes, and your right hand gives me victory.

8 Dominus retribuet pro me: Domine misericordia tua in sæculum: opera manuum tuarum ne despicias.

The Lord will accomplish all that which concerns me. Your kindness, O Lord, endures forever. O do not abandon the work of your hands.