Psalmorum 55
1 In finem, In carminibus, intellectus David. Exaudi Deus orationem meam, et ne despexeris deprecationem meam:
Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:
2 intende mihi, et exaudi me. Contristatus sum in exercitatione mea: et conturbatus sum
Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,
3 a voce inimici, et a tribulatione peccatoris. Quoniam declinaverunt in me iniquitates, et in ira molesti erant mihi.
At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.
4 Cor meum conturbatum est in me: et formido mortis cecidit super me.
My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.
5 Timor et tremor venerunt super me: et contexerunt me tenebræ:
Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
6 Et dixi: Quis dabit mihi pennas sicut columbæ, et volabo, et requiescam?
And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?
7 Ecce elongavi fugiens: et mansi in solitudine.
Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.
8 Expectabam eum, qui salvum me fecit a pusillanimitate spiritus, et tempestate.
I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
9 Præcipita Domine, divide linguas eorum: quoniam vidi iniquitatem, et contradictionem in civitate.
Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
10 Die ac nocte circumdabit eam super muros eius iniquitas: et labor in medio eius,
Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,
11 et iniustitia. Et non defecit de plateis eius usura et dolus.
And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.
12 Quoniam si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi, sustinuissem utique. Et si is, qui oderat me, super me magna locutus fuisset: abscondissem me forsitan ab eo.
For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.
13 Tu vero homo unanimis: dux meus, et notus meus:
But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,
14 Qui simul mecum dulces capiebas cibos: in domo Dei ambulavimus cum consensu.
Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.
15 Veniat mors super illos: et descendant in infernum viventes: Quoniam nequitiæ in habitaculis eorum: in medio eorum. (Sheol h7585)
Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them. (Sheol h7585)
16 Ego autem ad Deum clamavi: et Dominus salvabit me.
But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.
17 Vespere, et mane, et meridie narrabo et annuntiabo: et exaudiet vocem meam.
Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.
18 Redimet in pace animam meam ab his, qui appropinquant mihi: quoniam inter multos erant mecum.
He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.
19 Exaudiet Deus, et humiliabit illos, qui est ante sæcula. Non enim est illis commutatio, et non timuerunt Deum:
God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:
20 extendit manum suam in retribuendo. Contaminaverunt testamentum eius,
He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
21 divisi sunt ab ira vultus eius: et appropinquavit cor illius. Molliti sunt sermones eius super oleum: et ipsi sunt iacula.
They are divided by the wrath Of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts.
22 Iacta super Dominum curam tuam, et ipse te enutriet: non dabit in æternum fluctuationem iusto.
Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.
23 Tu vero Deus deduces eos, in puteum interitus. Viri sanguinum, et dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos: ego autem sperabo in te Domine.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord.
