Psalmorum 31
1 in finem psalmus David in te Domine speravi non confundar in aeternum in iustitia tua libera me
Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy. In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice.
2 inclina ad me aurem tuam adcelera ut eruas me esto mihi in Deum protectorem et in domum refugii ut salvum me facias
Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.
3 quoniam fortitudo mea et refugium meum es tu et propter nomen tuum deduces me et enutries me
For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name’s sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.
4 educes me de laqueo hoc quem absconderunt mihi quoniam tu es protector meus
Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.
5 in manus tuas commendabo spiritum meum redemisti me Domine Deus veritatis
Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
6 odisti observantes vanitates supervacue ego autem in Domino speravi
Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord:
7 exultabo et laetabor in misericordia tua quoniam respexisti humilitatem meam salvasti de necessitatibus animam meam
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou best regarded my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.
8 nec conclusisti me in manibus inimici statuisti in loco spatioso pedes meos
And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.
9 miserere mei Domine quoniam tribulor conturbatus est in ira oculus meus anima mea et venter meus
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:
10 quoniam defecit in dolore vita mea et anni mei in gemitibus infirmata est in paupertate virtus mea et ossa mea conturbata sunt
For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed.
11 super omnes inimicos meos factus sum obprobrium et vicinis meis valde et timor notis meis qui videbant me foras fugerunt a me
I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without fled from me.
12 oblivioni datus sum tamquam mortuus a corde factus sum tamquam vas perditum
I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.
13 quoniam audivi vituperationem multorum commorantium in circuitu in eo dum convenirent simul adversus me accipere animam meam consiliati sunt
For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life.
14 ego autem in te speravi Domine dixi Deus meus es tu
But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.
15 in manibus tuis sortes meae eripe me de manu inimicorum meorum et a persequentibus me
My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.
16 inlustra faciem tuam super servum tuum salvum me fac in misericordia tua
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.
Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell. (Sheol h7585)
18 muta fiant labia dolosa quae loquuntur adversus iustum iniquitatem in superbia et in abusione
Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.
19 quam magna multitudo dulcedinis tuae Domine quam abscondisti timentibus te perfecisti eis qui sperant in te in conspectu filiorum hominum
O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men.
20 abscondes eos in abdito faciei tuae a conturbatione hominum proteges eos in tabernaculo a contradictione linguarum
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.
21 benedictus Dominus quoniam mirificavit misericordiam suam mihi in civitate munita
Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.
22 ego autem dixi in excessu mentis meae proiectus sum a facie oculorum tuorum ideo exaudisti vocem orationis meae dum clamarem ad te
But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to thee.
23 diligite Dominum omnes sancti eius quoniam veritates requirit Dominus et retribuit abundanter facientibus superbiam
O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.
24 viriliter agite et confortetur cor vestrum omnes qui speratis in Domino
Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.
