Psalmorum 20

1 In finem, Psalmus David. Exaudiat te Dominus in die tribulationis: protegat te nomen Dei Iacob.

Unto the end. A Psalm of David. May the Lord hear you in the day of tribulation. May the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

2 Mittat tibi auxilium de sancto: et de Sion tueatur te.

May he send you help from the sanctuary and watch over you from Zion.

3 Memor sit omnis sacrificii tui: et holocaustum tuum pingue fiat.

May he be mindful of all your sacrifices, and may your burnt-offerings be fat.

4 Tribuat tibi secundum cor tuum: et omne consilium tuum confirmet.

May he grant to you according to your heart, and confirm all your counsels.

5 Lætabimur in salutari tuo: et in nomine Dei nostri magnificabimur.

We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God, we will be magnified.

6 Impleat Dominus omnes petitiones tuas: nunc cognovi quoniam salvum fecit Dominus CHRISTUM suum. Exaudiet illum de cælo sancto suo: in potentatibus salus dexteræ eius.

May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ. He will hear him from his holy heaven. The salvation of his right hand is in his power.

7 Hi in curribus, et hi in equis: nos autem in nomine Domini Dei nostri invocabimus.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.

8 Ipsi obligati sunt, et ceciderunt: nos autem surreximus et erecti sumus.

They have been bound, and they have fallen. But we have risen up, and we have been set upright.

9 Domine salvum fac regem: et exaudi nos in die, qua invocaverimus te.

O Lord, save the king, and hear us on the day that we will call upon you.