Psalmorum 40
1 In finem, Psalmus ipsi David. Expectans expectavi Dominum, et intendit mihi.
I waited patiently for Yhwh; and he inclined unto 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 also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
3 Et immisit in os meum canticum novum, carmen Deo nostro. Videbunt multi, et timebunt: et sperabunt in Domino.
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yhwh.
4 Beatus vir, cuius est nomen Domini spes eius: et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.
Blessed is that man that maketh Yhwh his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Multa fecisti tu Domine Deus meus mirabilia tua: et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi. Annunciavi et locutus sum: multiplicati sunt super numerum.
Many, O Yhwh my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti: aures autem perfecisti mihi. Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti:
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 tunc dixi: Ecce venio. In capite libri scriptum est de me
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 ut facerem voluntatem tuam: Deus meus volui, et legem tuam in medio cordis mei.
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9 Annunciavi iustitiam tuam in Ecclesia magna, ecce labia mea non prohibebo: Domine tu scisti.
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Yhwh, thou knowest.
10 Iustitiam 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 hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
11 Tu autem Domine ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me: misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me.
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Yhwh: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually 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.
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
13 Complaceat tibi Domine ut eruas me: Domine, ad adiuvandum me respice.
Be pleased, O Yhwh, to deliver me: O Yhwh, make haste to help me.
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 confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
15 Ferant confestim confusionem suam, qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge.
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16 Exultent et lætentur super te omnes quærentes te: et dicant semper: Magnificetur Dominus: qui diligunt salutare tuum.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, Yhwh be magnified.
17 Ego autem mendicus sum, et pauper: Dominus sollicitus est mei. Adiutor meus, et protector meus tu es: Deus meus ne tardaveris.
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
