Psalmorum 102
1 oratio pauperis cum anxius fuerit et coram Domino effuderit precem suam Domine exaudi orationem meam et clamor meus ad te veniat
The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord. Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.
2 non avertas faciem tuam a me in quacumque die tribulor inclina ad me aurem tuam in quacumque die invocavero te velociter exaudi me
Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.
3 quia defecerunt sicut fumus dies mei et ossa mea sicut gremium aruerunt
For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.
4 percussum est ut faenum et aruit cor meum quia oblitus sum comedere panem meum
I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.
5 a voce gemitus mei adhesit os meum carni meae
Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.
6 similis factus sum pelicano solitudinis factus sum sicut nycticorax in domicilio
I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.
7 vigilavi et factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto
I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.
8 tota die exprobrabant mihi inimici mei et qui laudabant me adversus me iurabant
All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.
9 quia cinerem tamquam panem manducavi et poculum meum cum fletu miscebam
For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
10 a facie irae et indignationis tuae quia elevans adlisisti me
Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.
11 dies mei sicut umbra declinaverunt et ego sicut faenum arui
My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.
12 tu autem Domine in aeternum permanes et memoriale tuum in generationem et generationem
But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.
13 tu exsurgens misereberis Sion quia tempus miserendi eius quia venit tempus
Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.
14 quoniam placuerunt servis tuis lapides eius et terrae eius miserebuntur
For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.
15 et timebunt gentes nomen Domini et omnes reges terrae gloriam tuam
And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16 quia aedificabit Dominus Sion et videbitur in gloria sua
For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.
17 respexit in orationem humilium et non sprevit precem eorum
He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.
18 scribantur haec in generationem alteram et populus qui creabitur laudabit Dominum
Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:
19 quia prospexit de excelso sancto suo Dominus de caelo in terram aspexit
Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.
20 ut audiret gemitum conpeditorum ut solvat filios interemptorum
That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:
21 ut adnuntiet in Sion nomen Domini et laudem suam in Hierusalem
That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;
22 in conveniendo populos in unum et reges ut serviant Domino
When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.
23 respondit ei in via virtutis suae paucitatem dierum meorum nuntia mihi
He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.
24 ne revoces me in dimidio dierum meorum in generationem et generationem anni tui
Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.
25 initio tu Domine terram fundasti et opera manuum tuarum sunt caeli
In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands.
26 ipsi peribunt tu autem permanes et omnes sicut vestimentum veterescent et sicut opertorium mutabis eos et mutabuntur
They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed.
27 tu autem idem ipse es et anni tui non deficient
But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.
28 filii servorum tuorum habitabunt et semen eorum in saeculum dirigetur
The children of thy servants shall continue: and their seed shall be directed for ever.
