Psalms 139
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Unto the end, a psalm for David.
1In finem. Psalmus David.
2Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man.
2[Eripe me, Domine, ab homine malo; a viro iniquo eripe me.
3Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles.
3Qui cogitaverunt iniquitates in corde, tota die constituebant prælia.
4They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps is under their lips.
4Acuerunt linguas suas sicut serpentis; venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum.
5Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.
5Custodi me, Domine, de manu peccatoris, et ab hominibus iniquis eripe me. Qui cogitaverunt supplantare gressus meos:
6The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.
6absconderunt superbi laqueum mihi. Et funes extenderunt in laqueum; juxta iter, scandalum posuerunt mihi.
7I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.
7Dixi Domino: Deus meus es tu; exaudi, Domine, vocem deprecationis meæ.
8O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.
8Domine, Domine, virtus salutis meæ, obumbrasti super caput meum in die belli.
9Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.
9Ne tradas me, Domine, a desiderio meo peccatori: cogitaverunt contra me; ne derelinquas me, ne forte exaltentur.
10The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.
10Caput circuitus eorum: labor labiorum ipsorum operiet eos.
11Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.
11Cadent super eos carbones; in ignem dejicies eos: in miseriis non subsistent.
12A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.
12Vir linguosus non dirigetur in terra; virum injustum mala capient in interitu.
13I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.
13Cognovi quia faciet Dominus judicium inopis, et vindictam pauperum.
14But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: and the upright shall dwell with thy countenance.
14Verumtamen justi confitebuntur nomini tuo, et habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo.]
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