Psalmorum 32

1 Psalmus David, intelligentia. Beati, quorum remissae sunt iniquitates: et quorum tecta sunt peccata.

[A Psalm] of instruction by David. Blessed [are they] whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered.

2 Beatus vir, cui non imputavit Dominus peccatum, nec est in spiritu eius dolus.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile.

3 Quoniam tacui, inveteraverunt ossa mea, dum clamarem tota die.

Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.

4 Quoniam die ac nocte gravata est super me manus tua: conversus sum in aerumna mea, dum configitur spina.

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in [me]. (Pause)

5 Delictum meum cognitum tibi feci: et iniustitiam meam non abscondi. Dixi: Confitebor adversum me iniustitiam meam Domino: et tu remisisti impietatem peccati mei.

I acknowledged my sin, and hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; and thou forgavest the ungodliness of my heart. (Pause)

6 Pro hac orabit ad te omnis sanctus, in tempore opportuno. Verumtamen in diluvio aquarum multarum, ad eum non approximabunt.

Therefore shall every holy one pray to thee in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come nigh to him.

7 Tu es refugium meum a tribulatione, quae circumdedit me: exultatio mea erue me a circumdantibus me.

Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. (Pause)

8 Intellectum tibi dabo, et instruam te in via hac, qua gradieris: firmabo super te oculos meos.

I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: I will fix mine eyes upon thee.

9 Nolite fieri sicut equus et mulus, quibus non est intellectus. In camo et freno maxillas eorum constringe, qui non approximant ad te.

Be ye not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; [but thou must] constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come nigh to thee.

10 Multa flagella peccatoris, sperantem autem in Domino misericordia circumdabit.

Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.

11 Laetamini in Domino et exultate iusti, et gloriamini omnes recti corde.

Be glad in the Lord, and exult, ye righteous: and glory, all ye that are upright in heart.