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
To the Chief Musician. Upon "The Dove of God from the distant Sea." David’s. A precious Psalm. When the Philistines seized him in Gath. Show me favour, O God, For weak man hath panted for me, All the day, a fighter oppresseth me:
2 conculcaverunt me inimici mei tota die quoniam multi bellantes adversum me
Mine adversaries have panted all the day, For, many, are fighting with me, loftily.
3 ab altitudine diei timebo ego vero in te sperabo
What day I am afraid, I, unto thee will direct my confidence.
4 in Deo laudabo sermones meos in Deo speravi non timebo quid faciat mihi caro
In God, I will praise his cause, —In God, have I trusted, I will not fear, What can flesh do unto me?
5 tota die verba mea execrabantur adversum me omnia consilia eorum in malum
All the day, they wrest, my words, Against me, all their devices are for mischief;
6 inhabitabunt et abscondent ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt sicut sustinuerunt animam meam
They stir up strife—they lie hid, They, mark my steps, —Seeing they have waited for my life.
7 pro nihilo salvos facies illos in ira populos confringes Deus
Because of iniquity, recompense thou them, —In anger, bring thou down, the peoples, O God.
8 vitam meam adnuntiavi tibi posuisti lacrimas meas in conspectu tuo sicut et in promissione tua
My wandering, hast, thou, recorded, —Put thou my tears in thy bottle, Are they not in thy record?
9 tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum in quacumque die invocavero te ecce cognovi quoniam Deus meus es
Then, shall my foes turn back, in the day I cry, This, I know, for God is mine!
10 in Deo laudabo verbum in Domino laudabo sermonem
In God, will I praise with good cause: In Yahweh, will I praise with good cause;
11 in Deo speravi non timebo quid faciat mihi homo
In God, have I trusted, I will not fear, What can a son of earth do unto me!
12 in me sunt Deus vota tua; quae reddam laudationes tibi
Upon me, O God, are thy vows, I will pay back praises unto thee.
13 quoniam eripuisti animam meam de morte et pedes meos de lapsu ut placeam coram Deo in lumine viventium
For thou hast rescued my soul from death, Wilt thou not [rescue] my feet from stumbling? That I may walk to and fro, before God, In the light of life.
