< Psalmorum 138 >
1 Ipsi David. Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo, quoniam audisti verba oris mei. In conspectu angelorum psallam tibi;
A Psalme of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: euen before the gods will I praise thee.
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 worship toward thine holy Temple and praise thy Name, because of thy louing kindenesse and for thy trueth: for thou hast magnified thy Name aboue all things by thy word.
3 In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me; multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem.
When I called, then thou heardest me, and hast encreased strength in my soule.
4 Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnes reges terræ, quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui.
All the Kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord: for they haue heard the wordes of thy mouth.
5 Et cantent in viis Domini, quoniam magna est gloria Domini;
And they shall sing of the wayes of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord is great.
6 quoniam excelsus Dominus, et humilia respicit, et alta a longe cognoscit.
For the Lord is high: yet he beholdeth the lowly, but the proude he knoweth afarre off.
7 Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivificabis me; et super iram inimicorum meorum extendisti manum tuam, et salvum me fecit dextera tua.
Though I walke in the middes of trouble, yet wilt thou reuiue me: thou wilt stretch foorth thine hand vpon the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall saue me.
8 Dominus retribuet pro me. Domine, misericordia tua in sæculum; opera manuum tuarum ne despicias.
The Lord will performe his worke toward me: O Lord, thy mercie endureth for euer: forsake not the workes of thine handes.