< Psalmorum 16 >
1 Tituli inscriptio ipsi David. Conserva me Domine, quoniam speravi in te.
A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
2 Dixi Domino: Deus meus es tu, quoniam bonorum meorum non eges.
I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
3 Sanctis, qui sunt in terra eius, mirificavit omnes voluntates meas in eis.
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
4 Multiplicatæ sunt infirmitates eorum: postea acceleraverunt. Non congregabo conventicula eorum de sanguinibus: nec memor ero nominum eorum per labia mea.
Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
5 Dominus pars hereditatis meæ, et calicis mei: tu es, qui restitues hereditatem meam mihi.
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
6 Funes ceciderunt mihi in præclaris: etenim hereditas mea præclara est mihi.
The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
7 Benedicam Dominum, qui tribuit mihi intellectum: insuper et usque ad noctem increpuerunt me renes mei.
I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
8 Providebam Dominum in conspectu meo semper: quoniam a dextris est mihi, ne commovear.
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9 Propter hoc lætatum est cor meum, et exultavit lingua mea: insuper et caro mea requiescet in spe.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
10 Quoniam non derelinques animam meam in inferno: nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem. (Sheol )
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. (Sheol )
11 Notas mihi fecisti vias vitæ, adimplebis me lætitia cum vultu tuo: delectationes in dextera tua usque in finem.
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.