Psalmorum 56
1 In finem, Pro populo, qui a Sanctis longe factus est, David in tituli inscriptionem, cum tenuerunt eum Allophyli in Geth. Miserere mei Deus, quoniam conculcavit me homo: tota die impugnans tribulavit me.
“To the chief musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, by David, a Michtham, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.” Be gracious unto me, O God; for man longeth to swallow me up; all the time he oppresseth me fighting.
2 Conculcaverunt me inimici mei tota die: quoniam multi bellantes adversum me.
Those that regard me with envy long to swallow [me] up all the time; for many are they that fight against me, O thou Most High.
3 Ab altitudine diei timebo: ego vero in te sperabo.
The day [when] I am afraid, I will still trust in thee.
4 In Deo laudabo sermones meos, in Deo speravi: non timebo quid faciat mihi caro.
In God will I praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid: what can flesh do unto me?
5 Tota die verba mea execrabantur: adversum me omnes cogitationes eorum, in malum.
All the day they wrest my words: against me are all their thoughts for evil.
6 Inhabitabunt et abscondent: ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt. Sicut sustinuerunt animam meam,
They come together in troops, they hide themselves, they are those that watch my heels, as though they hoped [to take] my soul.
7 pro nihilo salvos facies illos: in ira populos confringes.
Because of their wrong-doing let me escape from them: in anger cast down the people, O God.
8 Deus, vitam meam annunciavi tibi: posuisti lacrymas meas in conspectu tuo, Sicut et in promissione tua:
My wanderings hast thou well numbered: put thou my tears into thy bottle; behold, they are numbered by thee.
9 tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum: In quacumque die invocavero te: ecce cognovi quoniam Deus meus es.
Then shall my enemies retire backward on the day when I call [on thee]: this I know—that God is for me.
10 In Deo laudabo verbum, in Domino laudabo sermonem:
In God will I praise the word: in the Lord will I praise the word.
11 in Deo speravi, non timebo quid faciat mihi homo.
In God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid: what can man do unto me?
12 In me sunt Deus vota tua, quæ reddam, laudationes tibi.
Upon me, O God, [rest] thy vows: I will pay thanksgiving offerings unto thee.
13 Quoniam eripuisti animam meam de morte, et pedes meos de lapsu: ut placeam coram Deo in lumine viventium.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death—yea, behold, my feet from slipping, that I may walk before God in the light of the life.
