Psalmorum 32
1 Psalmus David, intelligentia. Beati, quorum remissae sunt iniquitates: et quorum tecta sunt peccata.
“A psalm of David.” Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!
2 Beatus vir, cui non imputavit Dominus peccatum, nec est in spiritu eius dolus.
Happy the man to whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile!
3 Quoniam tacui, inveteraverunt ossa mea, dum clamarem tota die.
While I kept silence, my bones were wasted, By reason of my groaning all the day long.
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; My moisture dried up, as in summer's drought.
5 Delictum meum cognitum tibi feci: et iniustitiam meam non abscondi. Dixi: Confitebor adversum me iniustitiam meam Domino: et tu remisisti impietatem peccati mei.
At length I acknowledged to thee my sin, And did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgression to the LORD;” And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin! (Pause)
6 Pro hac orabit ad te omnis sanctus, in tempore opportuno. Verumtamen in diluvio aquarum multarum, ad eum non approximabunt.
Therefore shall every pious man pray to thee, while thou mayst be found; Surely the floods of great waters shall not come near him.
7 Tu es refugium meum a tribulatione, quae circumdedit me: exultatio mea erue me a circumdantibus me.
Thou art my hiding-place; thou preservest me from trouble; Thou compassest me about with songs of deliverance. (Pause)
8 Intellectum tibi dabo, et instruam te in via hac, qua gradieris: firmabo super te oculos meos.
I will instruct thee, and show thee the way thou shouldst go; I will give thee counsel, and keep mine eye 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 like the horse and the mule, which have no understanding, Whose mouths must be pressed with the bridle and curb, Because they will not come near thee!
10 Multa flagella peccatoris, sperantem autem in Domino misericordia circumdabit.
The wicked hath many sorrows; But he that trusteth in the LORD is encompassed with mercies.
11 Laetamini in Domino et exultate iusti, et gloriamini omnes recti corde.
Rejoice in the LORD, and be glad, ye righteous; Shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart!
