Psalmorum 144
1 David adversus Goliad benedictus Dominus Deus meus qui docet manus meas ad proelium digitos meos ad bellum
“By David.” Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who exerciseth my hands for the battle, my fingers for the war:
2 misericordia mea et refugium meum susceptor meus et liberator meus protector meus et in eo speravi qui subdis populum meum sub me
My kindness, and my strong-hold; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
3 Domine quid est homo quia innotuisti ei aut filius hominis quia reputas eum
Lord, what is man, that thou takest cognizance of him: the son of a mortal, that thou regardest him!
4 homo vanitati similis factus est dies eius sicut umbra praetereunt
Man is like the breath: his days are like a passing shadow.
5 Domine inclina caelos tuos et descende tange montes et fumigabunt
O Lord, bend thy heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
6 fulgora coruscationem et dissipabis eos emitte sagittas tuas et conturbabis eos
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: send out thy arrows, and confound them.
7 emitte manum tuam de alto eripe me et libera me de aquis multis de manu filiorum alienorum
Stretch out thy hands from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of the children of the stranger.
8 quorum os locutum est vanitatem et dextera eorum dextera iniquitatis
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and whose right hand is the right hand of falsehood.
9 Deus canticum novum cantabo tibi in psalterio decacordo psallam tibi
O God, a new song will I sing unto thee: upon the ten-stringed psaltery will I sing praises unto thee.
10 qui das salutem regibus qui redimit David servum suum de gladio maligno
[Thou art he] that giveth victory unto kings: who riddeth David his servant from the evil-bringing sword.
11 eripe me et eripe me de manu filiorum alienigenarum quorum os locutum est vanitatem et dextera eorum dextera iniquitatis
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of the children of the stranger, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and whose right hand is the right hand of falsehood.
12 quorum filii sicut novella plantationis in iuventute sua filiae eorum conpositae circumornatae ut similitudo templi
So that our sons may be like plants, grown up in their youth: our daughters, like corner-pillars, sculptured in the model of a palace.
13 promptuaria eorum plena eructantia ex hoc in illud oves eorum fetosae abundantes in egressibus suis
May our garners be full, furnishing all manner of store: our sheep bringing forth thousands and ten thousands in our open pastures.
14 boves eorum crassi non est ruina maceriae neque transitus neque clamor in plateis eorum
May our oxen be strong to labor: may there be no breach, nor migration, nor loud complaint in our streets.
15 beatum dixerunt populum cui haec sunt beatus populus cuius Dominus Deus eius
Happy the people, that fare thus: happy the people, whose God is the Lord.
