Psalmorum 143
1 Psalmus David, Quando persequebatur eum Absalom filius eius. Domine exaudi orationem meam: auribus percipe obsecrationem meam in veritate tua: exaudi me in tua iustitia.
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 iudicium cum servo tuo: quia non iustificabitur 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.
