< Psalmorum 108 >

1 Canticum Psalmi ipsi David. Paratum cor meum Deus, paratum cor meum: cantabo, et psallam in gloria mea.
[A Song. A Psalm by David.] My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.
2 Exurge gloria mea, exurge psalterium, et cithara: exurgam diluculo.
Wake up, harp and lyre. I will wake up the dawn.
3 Confitebor tibi in populis Domine: et psallam tibi in nationibus.
I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.
4 Quia magna est super cælos misericordia tua: et usque ad nubes veritas tua:
For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
5 Exaltare super cælos Deus, et super omnem terram gloria tua:
Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.
6 ut liberentur dilecti tui. Salvum fac dextera tua, et exaudi me:
That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
7 Deus locutus est in sancto suo: Exultabo, et dividam Sichimam, et convallem tabernaculorum dimetiar.
God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the Valley of Succoth.
8 Meus est Galaad, et meus est Manasses: et Ephraim susceptio capitis mei. Iuda rex meus:
Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter.
9 Moab lebes spei meæ. In Idumæam extendam calceamentum meum: mihi alienigenæ amici facti sunt.
Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout in triumph over Philistia."
10 Quis deducet me in civitatem munitam? quis deducet me usque in Idumæam?
Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom?
11 Nonne tu Deus, qui repulisti nos, et non exibis Deus in virtutibus nostris?
Haven't you rejected us, God? You do not go forth, God, with our armies.
12 Da nobis auxilium de tribulatione: quia vana salus hominis.
Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.
13 In Deo faciemus virtutem: et ipse ad nihilum deducet inimicos nostros.
Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will trample down our enemies.

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