Psalmorum 115
1 NON NOBIS DOMINE, NON NOBIS: sed nomini tuo da gloriam.
Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your kindness’ and faithfulness’ sake.
2 Super misericordia tua, et veritate tua: nequando dicant Gentes: Ubi est Deus eorum?
Why should the heathen say, ‘Where is now their God?’
3 Deus autem noster in cælo: omnia quæcumque voluit, fecit.
Our God he is in heaven; whatever he wishes, he does.
4 Simulacra gentium argentum, et aurum, opera manuum hominum.
Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
5 Os habent, et non loquentur: oculos habent, et non videbunt.
They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see.
6 Aures habent, et non audient: nares habent, et non odorabunt.
They have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell.
7 Manus habent, et non palpabunt: pedes habent, et non ambulabunt: non clamabunt in gutture suo.
They have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk: no sound comes from their throats.
8 Similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea: et omnes qui confidunt in eis.
Their makers become like them, so do all who trust in them.
9 Domus Israel speravit in Domino: adiutor eorum et protector eorum est.
O Israel, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
10 Domus Aaron speravit in Domino: adiutor eorum et protector eorum est.
House of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
11 Qui timent Dominum, speraverunt in Domino: adiutor eorum et protector eorum est.
You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord he is their help and their shield.
12 Dominus memor fuit nostri: et benedixit nobis: Benedixit domui Israel: benedixit domui Aaron.
The Lord, mindful of us, will bless us: he will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron.
13 Benedixit omnibus, qui timent Dominum, pusillis cum maioribus.
He will bless those who fear the Lord, the small and the great together.
14 Adiiciat Dominus super vos: super vos, et super filios vestros.
May the Lord add to your numbers to you and to your children.
15 Benedicti vos a Domino, qui fecit cælum, et terram.
Blessed be you of the Lord, creator of heaven and earth.
16 Cælum cæli Domino: terram autem dedit filiis hominum.
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, but the earth has he given to people.
17 Non mortui laudabunt te Domine: neque omnes, qui descendunt in infernum. (questioned)
The dead cannot praise the Lord, nor those who go down into silence.
18 Sed nos qui vivimus, benedicimus Domino, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.
But we will bless the Lord from now and for evermore. Hallelujah.
