Psalmorum 40
1 In finem, Psalmus ipsi David. Expectans expectavi Dominum, et intendit mihi.
I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.
2 Et exaudivit preces meas: et eduxit me de lacu miseriæ, et de luto fæcis. Et statuit super petram pedes meos: et direxit gressus meos.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock, and established my goings.
3 Et immisit in os meum canticum novum, carmen Deo nostro. Videbunt multi, et timebunt: et sperabunt in Domino.
And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
4 Beatus vir, cuius est nomen Domini spes eius: et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.
Blessed is that man that makes the LORD his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Multa fecisti tu Domine Deus meus mirabilia tua: et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi. Annunciavi et locutus sum: multiplicati sunt super numerum.
Many, O LORD my God, are your wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order to you: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti: aures autem perfecisti mihi. Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti:
Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you not required.
7 tunc dixi: Ecce venio. In capite libri scriptum est de me
Then said I, See, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 ut facerem voluntatem tuam: Deus meus volui, et legem tuam in medio cordis mei.
I delight to do your will, O my God: yes, your law is within my heart.
9 Annunciavi iustitiam tuam in Ecclesia magna, ecce labia mea non prohibebo: Domine tu scisti.
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: see, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, you know.
10 Iustitiam tuam non abscondi in corde meo: veritatem tuam et salutare tuum dixi. Non abscondi misericordiam tuam, et veritatem tuam a concilio multo.
I have not hid your righteousness within my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation: I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great congregation.
11 Tu autem Domine ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me: misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me.
Withhold not you your tender mercies from me, O LORD: let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
12 Quoniam circumdederunt me mala, quorum non est numerus: comprehenderunt me iniquitates meæ, et non potui ut viderem. Multiplicatæ sunt super capillos capitis mei: et cor meum dereliquit me.
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: my iniquities have taken hold on me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me.
13 Complaceat tibi Domine ut eruas me: Domine, ad adiuvandum me respice.
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
14 Confundantur et revereantur simul, qui quærunt animam meam, ut auferant eam. Convertantur retrorsum, et revereantur qui volunt mihi mala.
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
15 Ferant confestim confusionem suam, qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge.
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say to me, Aha, aha.
16 Exultent et lætentur super te omnes quærentes te: et dicant semper: Magnificetur Dominus: qui diligunt salutare tuum.
Let all those that seek you rejoice and be glad in you: let such as love your salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
17 Ego autem mendicus sum, et pauper: Dominus sollicitus est mei. Adiutor meus, et protector meus tu es: Deus meus ne tardaveris.
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks on me: you are my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
