Psalmorum 138

1 Ipsi David. Confitebor tibi Domine in toto corde meo: quoniam audisti verba oris mei. In conspectu angelorum psallam tibi:

David’s. I will give thee thanks with all my heart, Before the messengers of God, will I praise thee in song:

2 adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum, et confitebor nomini tuo. Super misericordia tua, et veritate tua: quoniam magnificasti super omne, nomen sanctum tuum.

I will bow down towards thy holy temple, and thank thy Name, for thy lovingkindness and for thy faithfulness, For thou hast magnified, above all thy Name, thy word!

3 In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me: multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem.

In the day I cried unto thee, then didst thou answer me, and didst excite me, in my soul, mightily.

4 Confiteantur tibi Domine omnes reges terræ: quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui:

All the kings of the earth, will thank thee, O Yahweh, when they have heard the sayings of thy mouth;

5 Et cantent in viis Domini: quoniam magna est gloria Domini.

And they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, That great is the glory of Yahweh:

6 Quoniam excelsus Dominus, et humilia respicit: et alta a longe cognoscit.

Though lofty is Yahweh, yet, the lowly, he regardeth, but, the haughty—afar off, doth he acknowledge.

7 Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivificabis me: et super iram inimicorum meorum extendisti manum tuam, et salvum me fecit dextera tua.

Though I walk in the midst of distress, thou wilt give me life, —Because of the anger of my foes, thou wilt thrust forth thy hand, and thy right hand, will save me:

8 Dominus retribuet pro me: Domine misericordia tua in sæculum: opera manuum tuarum ne despicias.

Yahweh, will carry through my cause, —O Yahweh! thy lovingkindness, is age-abiding, The works of thine own hands, do not thou desert.