Psalmorum 40
1 In finem. Psalmus ipsi David. [Exspectans exspectavi Dominum, et intendit mihi.
For the chief musician. A psalm of David. I waited patiently for Yahweh; he listened to me and heard my cry.
2 Et exaudivit preces meas, et eduxit me de lacu miseriæ et de luto fæcis. Et statuit super petram pedes meos, et direxit gressus meos.
He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and he set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure.
3 Et immisit in os meum canticum novum, carmen Deo nostro. Videbunt multi, et timebunt, et sperabunt in Domino.
He has put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God. Many will see it and honor him and will trust in Yahweh.
4 Beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus, et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.
Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not honor the proud or those who turn away from him to lies.
5 Multa fecisti tu, Domine Deus meus, mirabilia tua; et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi. Annuntiavi et locutus sum: multiplicati sunt super numerum.
Many, Yahweh my God, are the wonderful deeds that you have done, and your thoughts which are about us cannot be numbered; if I declared and spoke of them, they would be more than could be counted.
6 Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti; aures autem perfecisti mihi. Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti;
You have no delight in sacrifice or offering, but you have opened my ears; you have not required burnt offerings or sin offerings.
7 tunc dixi: Ecce venio. In capite libri scriptum est de me,
Then said I, “See, I have come; it is written about me in the scroll of the document.
8 ut facerem voluntatem tuam. Deus meus, volui, et legem tuam in medio cordis mei.
I delight to do your will, my God; your laws are in my heart.”
9 Annuntiavi justitiam tuam in ecclesia magna; ecce labia mea non prohibebo: Domine, tu scisti.
I have proclaimed good news of your righteousness in the great assembly; Yahweh, you know that my lips have not kept back from doing this.
10 Justitiam tuam non abscondi in corde meo; veritatem tuam et salutare tuum dixi; non abscondi misericordiam tuam et veritatem tuam a concilio multo.
I have not concealed your righteousness in my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your covenant faithfulness or your trustworthiness from the great assembly.
11 Tu autem, Domine, ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me; misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me.
Do not keep back your acts of mercy from me, Yahweh; let your covenant faithfulness and your trustworthiness always preserve me.
12 Quoniam circumdederunt me mala quorum non est numerus; comprehenderunt me iniquitates meæ, et non potui ut viderem. Multiplicatæ sunt super capillos capitis mei, et cor meum dereliquit me.
Troubles that cannot be numbered surround me; my iniquities have caught up with me so that I am no longer able to see anything; they are more than the hairs on my head, and my heart has failed me.
13 Complaceat tibi, Domine, ut eruas me; Domine, ad adjuvandum me respice.
Be pleased, Yahweh, to rescue me; hurry to help me, Yahweh.
14 Confundantur et revereantur simul, qui quærunt animam meam ut auferant eam; convertantur retrorsum et revereantur, qui volunt mihi mala.
Let them be ashamed and completely disappointed who pursue my life to take it away. Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor, those who delight in hurting me.
15 Ferant confestim confusionem suam, qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge!
Let them be shocked because of their shame, those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
16 Exsultent et lætentur super te omnes quærentes te; et dicant semper: Magnificetur Dominus, qui diligunt salutare tuum.
But may all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; let everyone who loves your salvation say continually, “May Yahweh be praised.”
17 Ego autem mendicus sum et pauper; Dominus sollicitus est mei. Adjutor meus et protector meus tu es; Deus meus, ne tardaveris.]
I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks about me. You are my help and you come to my rescue; do not delay, my God.
