1 A Prayer8605 of David.1732 Hear8085 the right,6664 O Lord3068 attend7181 unto my cry,7440 give ear238 unto my prayer,8605 that goeth not3808 out of feigned4820 lips.8193
2 Let my sentence4941 come forth3318 from thy presence;4480 6440 let thine eyes5869 behold2372 the things that are equal.4339
3 Thou hast proved974 mine heart;3820 thou hast visited6485 me in the night;3915 thou hast tried6884 me, and shalt find4672 nothing;1077 I am purposed2161 that my mouth6310 shall not1077 transgress.5674
4 Concerning the works6468 of men,120 by the word1697 of thy lips8193 I589 have kept8104 me from the paths734 of the destroyer.6530
5 Hold up8551 my goings838 in thy paths,4570 that my footsteps6471 slip4131 not.1077
6 I589 have called upon7121 thee, for3588 thou wilt hear6030 me, O God:410 incline5186 thine ear241 unto me, and hear8085 my speech.565
7 Show thy marvelous lovingkindness,6395 2617 O thou that savest3467 by thy right hand3225 them which put their trust2620 in thee from those that rise up4480 6965 against them.
8 Keep8104 me as the apple380 1323 of the eye,5869 hide5641 me under the shadow6738 of thy wings,3671
9 From4480 6440 the wicked7563 that2098 oppress7703 me, from my deadly5315 enemies,341 who compass me about.5362 5921
10 They are enclosed in5462 their own fat:2459 with their mouth6310 they speak1696 proudly.1348
11 They have now6258 compassed5437 us in our steps:838 they have set7896 their eyes5869 bowing down5186 to the earth;776
12 Like1825 as a lion738 that is greedy3700 of his prey,2963 and as it were a young lion3715 lurking3427 in secret places.4565
13 Arise,6965 O Lord,3068 disappoint6923 6440 him, cast him down:3766 deliver6403 my soul5315 from the wicked,4480 7563 which is thy sword:2719
14 From men4480 4962 which are thy hand,3027 O Lord,3068 from men4480 4962 of the world,4480 2465 which have their portion2506 in this life,2416 and whose belly990 thou fillest4390 with thy hid6845 treasure: they are full7646 of children,1121 and leave5117 the rest3499 of their substance to their babes.5768
15 As for me,589 I will behold2372 thy face6440 in righteousness:6664 I shall be satisfied,7646 when I awake,6974 with thy likeness.8544
1 In finem. Puero Domini David, qui locutus est Domino verba cantici hujus, in die qua eripuit eum Dominus de manu omnium inimicorum ejus, et de manu Saul, et dixit:
2 [Diligam te, Domine, fortitudo mea.
3 Dominus firmamentum meum, et refugium meum, et liberator meus.
Deus meus adjutor meus, et sperabo in eum;
protector meus, et cornu salutis me, et susceptor meus.
4 Laudans invocabo Dominum,
et ab inimicis meis salvus ero.
5 Circumdederunt me dolores mortis,
et torrentes iniquitatis conturbaverunt me.
6 Dolores inferni circumdederunt me;
proccupaverunt me laquei mortis.
7 In tribulatione mea invocavi Dominum,
et ad Deum meum clamavi:
et exaudivit de templo sancto suo vocem meam;
et clamor meus in conspectu ejus introivit in aures ejus.
8 Commota est, et contremuit terra;
fundamenta montium conturbata sunt, et commota sunt:
quoniam iratus est eis.
9 Ascendit fumus in ira ejus,
et ignis a facie ejus exarsit;
carbones succensi sunt ab eo.
10 Inclinavit clos, et descendit,
et caligo sub pedibus ejus.
11 Et ascendit super cherubim, et volavit;
volavit super pennas ventorum.
12 Et posuit tenebras latibulum suum;
in circuitu ejus tabernaculum ejus,
tenebrosa aqua in nubibus aris.
13 Pr fulgore in conspectu ejus nubes transierunt;
grando et carbones ignis.
14 Et intonuit de clo Dominus,
et Altissimus dedit vocem suam:
grando et carbones ignis.
15 Et misit sagittas suas, et dissipavit eos;
fulgura multiplicavit, et conturbavit eos.
16 Et apparuerunt fontes aquarum,
et revelata sunt fundamenta orbis terrarum,
ab increpatione tua, Domine,
ab inspiratione spiritus ir tu.
17 Misit de summo, et accepit me;
et assumpsit me de aquis multis.
18 Eripuit me de inimicis meis fortissimis, et ab his qui oderunt me.
Quoniam confortati sunt super me;
19 prvenerunt me in die afflictionis me:
et factus est Dominus protector meus.
20 Et eduxit me in latitudinem;
salvum me fecit, quoniam voluit me,
21 et retribuet mihi Dominus secundum justitiam meam,
et secundum puritatem manuum mearum retribuet mihi:
22 quia custodivi vias Domini,
nec impie gessi a Deo meo;
23 quoniam omnia judicia ejus in conspectu meo,
et justitias ejus non repuli a me.
24 Et ero immaculatus cum eo;
et observabo me ab iniquitate mea.
25 Et retribuet mihi Dominus secundum justitiam meam,
et secundum puritatem manuum mearum in conspectu oculorum ejus.
26 Cum sancto sanctus eris,
et cum viro innocente innocens eris,
27 et cum electo electus eris,
et cum perverso perverteris.
28 Quoniam tu populum humilem salvum facies,
et oculos superborum humiliabis.
29 Quoniam tu illuminas lucernam meam, Domine;
Deus meus, illumina tenebras meas.
30 Quoniam in te eripiar a tentatione;
et in Deo meo transgrediar murum.
31 Deus meus, impolluta via ejus;
eloquia Domini igne examinata:
protector est omnium sperantium in se.
32 Quoniam quis deus prter Dominum?
aut quis deus prter Deum nostrum?
33 Deus qui prcinxit me virtute,
et posuit immaculatam viam meam;
34 qui perfecit pedes meos tamquam cervorum,
et super excelsa statuens me;
35 qui docet manus meas ad prlium.
Et posuisti, ut arcum reum, brachia mea,
36 et dedisti mihi protectionem salutis tu:
et dextera tua suscepit me,
et disciplina tua correxit me in finem,
et disciplina tua ipsa me docebit.
37 Dilatasti gressus meos subtus me,
et non sunt infirmata vestigia mea.
38 Persequar inimicos meos, et comprehendam illos;
et non convertar donec deficiant.
39 Confringam illos, nec poterunt stare;
cadent subtus pedes meos.
40 Et prcinxisti me virtute ad bellum,
et supplantasti insurgentes in me subtus me.
41 Et inimicos meos dedisti mihi dorsum,
et odientes me disperdidisti.
42 Clamaverunt, nec erat qui salvos faceret;
ad Dominum, nec exaudivit eos.
43 Et comminuam eos ut pulverem ante faciem venti;
ut lutum platearum delebo eos.
44 Eripies me de contradictionibus populi;
constitues me in caput gentium.
45 Populus quem non cognovi servivit mihi;
in auditu auris obedivit mihi.
46 Filii alieni mentiti sunt mihi,
filii alieni inveterati sunt,
et claudicaverunt a semitis suis.
47 Vivit Dominus, et benedictus Deus meus,
et exaltetur Deus salutis me.
48 Deus qui das vindictas mihi,
et subdis populos sub me;
liberator meus de inimicis meis iracundis.
49 Et ab insurgentibus in me exaltabis me;
a viro iniquo eripies me.
50 Propterea confitebor tibi in nationibus, Domine,