Psalmorum 71
1 Psalmus David, Filiorum Ionadab, et priorum captivorum. In te Domine speravi, non confundar in æternum:
In you, Yahweh, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame.
2 in iustitia tua libera me, et eripe me. Inclina ad me aurem tuam, et salva me.
Rescue me and make me safe in your righteousness; turn your ear to me and save me.
3 Esto mihi in Deum protectorem, et in locum munitum: ut salvum me facias. Quoniam firmamentum meum, et refugium meum es tu.
Be to me a rock for refuge where I may always go; you have given a command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
4 Deus meus eripe me de manu peccatoris, et de manu contra legem agentis et iniqui:
Rescue me, my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel.
5 Quoniam tu es patientia mea Domine: Domine spes mea a iuventute mea.
For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh. I have trusted in you ever since I was a child.
6 In te confirmatus sum ex utero: de ventre matris meæ tu es protector meus: In te cantatio mea semper:
By you I have been supported from the womb; you are he who took me out of my mother's belly; my praise will be always about you.
7 tamquam prodigium factus sum multis: et tu adiutor fortis.
I am an example to many people; you are my strong refuge.
8 Repleatur os meum laude, ut cantem gloriam tuam: tota die magnitudinem tuam.
My mouth will be filled with your praise, all the day with your honor.
9 Ne proiicias me in tempore senectutis: cum defecerit virtus mea, ne derelinquas me.
Do not throw me away in my time of old age; do not abandon me when my strength fails.
10 Quia dixerunt inimici mei mihi: et qui custodiebant animam meam, consilium fecerunt in unum,
For my enemies are talking about me; those who watch for my life are plotting together.
11 Dicentes: Deus dereliquit eum, persequimini, et comprehendite eum: quia non est qui eripiat.
They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue and take him, for there is no one to save him.”
12 Deus ne elongeris a me: Deus meus in auxilium meum respice.
God, do not be far from me; my God, hurry to help me.
13 Confundantur, et deficiant detrahentes animæ meæ: operiantur confusione, et pudore qui quærunt mala mihi.
Let them be put to shame and destroyed, those who are hostile to my life; let them be covered with rebuke and dishonor, those who seek my hurt.
14 Ego autem semper sperabo: et adiiciam super omnem laudem tuam.
But I will always hope in you and will praise you more and more.
15 Os meum annuntiabit iustitiam tuam: tota die salutare tuum. Quoniam non cognovi litteraturam,
My mouth will tell about your righteousness and your salvation all the day, although I cannot understand it.
16 introibo in potentias Domini: Domine, memorabor iustitiæ tuæ solius.
I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh; I will make mention of your righteousness, yours alone.
17 Deus docuisti me a iuventute mea: et usque nunc pronuntiabo mirabilia tua.
God, you have taught me from my youth; even now I declare your wonderful deeds.
18 Et usque in senectam et senium: Deus ne derelinquas me, Donec annunciem brachium tuum generationi omni, quæ ventura est: Potentiam tuam,
Indeed, even when I am old and gray-headed, God, do not forsake me, as I have been declaring your strength to the next generation, your power to everyone who is to come.
19 et iustitiam tuam Deus usque in altissima, quæ fecisti magnalia: Deus quis similis tibi?
Your righteousness also, God, is very high; you who have done great things, God, who is like you?
20 Quantas ostendisti mihi tribulationes multas, et malas: et conversus vivificasti me: et de abyssis terræ iterum reduxisti me:
You who made me see many troubles will revive us again and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
21 Multiplicasti magnificentiam tuam: et conversus consolatus es me.
May you increase my honor; turn again and comfort me.
22 Nam et ego confitebor tibi in vasis psalmi veritatem tuam: Deus psallam tibi in cithara, Sanctus Israel.
I will also give thanks to you with the harp for your trustworthiness, my God; to you I will sing praises with the harp, Holy One of Israel.
23 Exultabunt labia mea cum cantavero tibi: et anima mea, quam redemisti.
My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you— even my soul, which you have redeemed.
24 Sed et lingua mea tota die meditabitur iustitiam tuam: cum confusi et reveriti fuerint qui quærunt mala mihi.
My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long; for they have been put to shame and are confused, those who sought my hurt.
