Psalmorum 56
1 in finem pro populo qui a sanctis longe factus est David in tituli inscriptione cum tenuerunt eum Allophili in Geth miserere mei Deus quoniam conculcavit me homo tota die inpugnans tribulavit me
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
2 conculcaverunt me inimici mei tota die quoniam multi bellantes adversum me
My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
3 ab altitudine diei timebo ego vero in te sperabo
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
4 in Deo laudabo sermones meos in Deo speravi non timebo quid faciat mihi caro
In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
5 tota die verba mea execrabantur adversum me omnia consilia eorum in malum
All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 inhabitabunt et abscondent ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt sicut sustinuerunt animam meam
They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.
7 pro nihilo salvos facies illos in ira populos confringes Deus
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
8 vitam meam adnuntiavi tibi posuisti lacrimas meas in conspectu tuo sicut et in promissione tua
You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Are not they in your book?
9 tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum in quacumque die invocavero te ecce cognovi quoniam Deus meus es
Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
10 in Deo laudabo verbum in Domino laudabo sermonem
In God, I will praise his word. In the LORD, I will praise his word.
11 in Deo speravi non timebo quid faciat mihi homo
I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
12 in me sunt Deus vota tua; quae reddam laudationes tibi
Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
13 quoniam eripuisti animam meam de morte et pedes meos de lapsu ut placeam coram Deo in lumine viventium
For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
