Psalmorum 35
1 Psalmus David. Iudica Domine nocentes me, expugna impugnantes me.
Of David. O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.
2 Apprehende arma et scutum: et exurge in adiutorium mihi.
Be a breastplate to me, and give me your help.
3 Effunde frameam, et conclude adversus eos, qui persequuntur me: dic animae meae: Salus tua ego sum.
Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.
4 Confundantur et revereantur, quaerentes animam meam. Avertantur retrorsum, et confundantur cogitantes mihi mala.
Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.
5 Fiant tamquam pulvis ante faciem venti: et angelus Domini coarctans eos.
Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.
6 Fiat via illorum tenebrae et lubricum: et angelus Domini persequens eos.
Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be troubled by the angel of the Lord.
7 Quoniam gratis absconderunt mihi interitum laquei sui: supervacue exprobraverunt animam meam.
For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.
8 Veniat illi laqueus, quem ignorat: et captio, quam abscondit, apprehendat eum: et in laqueum cadat in ipsum.
Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.
9 Anima autem mea exultabit in Domino: et delectabitur super salutari suo.
And my soul will have joy in the Lord; it will be glad in his salvation.
10 Omnia ossa mea dicent: Domine, quis similis tibi? Eripiens inopem de manu fortiorum eius: egenum et pauperem a diripientibus eum.
All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.
11 Surgentes testes iniqui, quae ignorabam interrogabant me.
False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.
12 Retribuebant mihi mala pro bonis: sterilitatem animae meae.
They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.
13 Ego autem cum mihi molesti essent, induebar cilicio. Humiliabam in ieiunio animam meam: et oratio mea in sinu meo convertetur.
But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.
14 Quasi proximum, et quasi fratrem nostrum, sic complacebam: quasi lugens et contristatus sic humiliabar.
My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.
15 Et adversum me laetati sunt, et convenerunt: congregata sunt super me flagella, et ignoravi.
But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.
16 Dissipati sunt, nec compuncti, tentaverunt me, subsannaverunt me subsannatione: frenduerunt super me dentibus suis.
Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.
17 Domine quando respicies? restitue animam meam a malignitate eorum, a leonibus unicam meam.
Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions.
18 Confitebor tibi in ecclesia magna, in populo gravi laudabo te.
I will give you praise in the great meeting; I will give you honour among a strong people.
19 Non supergaudeant mihi qui adversantur mihi inique: qui oderunt me gratis et annuunt oculis.
Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.
20 Quoniam mihi quidem pacifice loquebantur: et in iracundia terrae loquentes, dolos cogitabant.
For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.
21 Et dilataverunt super me os suum: dixerunt: Euge, euge, viderunt oculi nostri.
Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.
22 Vidisti Domine, ne sileas: Domine ne discedas a me.
You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Exurge et intende iudicio meo: Deus meus, et Dominus meus in causam meam.
Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Iudica me secundum iustitiam tuam Domine Deus meus, et non supergaudeant mihi.
Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.
25 Non dicant in cordibus suis: Euge, euge, animae nostrae: nec dicant: Devorabimus eum.
Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.
26 Erubescant et revereantur simul, qui gratulantur malis meis. Induantur confusione et reverentia qui maligna loquuntur super me.
Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.
27 Exultent et laetentur qui volunt iustitiam meam: et dicant semper: Magnificetur Dominus, qui volunt pacem servi eius.
Let those who are on my side give cries of joy; let them ever say, The Lord be praised, for he has pleasure in the peace of his servant.
28 Et lingua mea meditabitur iustitiam tuam, tota die laudem tuam.
And my tongue will be talking of your righteousness and of your praise all the day.
