Psalmorum 103
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Ipsi David. [Benedic, anima mea, Domino: Domine Deus meus, magnificatus es vehementer. Confessionem et decorem induisti,
1For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great. Thou hast put on praise and beauty:
2amictus lumine sicut vestimento. Extendens cælum sicut pellem,
2And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:
3qui tegis aquis superiora ejus: qui ponis nubem ascensum tuum; qui ambulas super pennas ventorum:
3Who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds.
4qui facis angelos tuos spiritus, et ministros tuos ignem urentem.
4Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire.
5Qui fundasti terram super stabilitatem suam: non inclinabitur in sæculum sæculi.
5Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.
6Abyssus sicut vestimentum amictus ejus; super montes stabunt aquæ.
6The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand.
7Ab increpatione tua fugient; a voce tonitrui tui formidabunt.
7At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.
8Ascendunt montes, et descendunt campi, in locum quem fundasti eis.
8The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them.
9Terminum posuisti quem non transgredientur, neque convertentur operire terram.
9Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth.
10Qui emittis fontes in convallibus; inter medium montium pertransibunt aquæ.
10Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.
11Potabunt omnes bestiæ agri; expectabunt onagri in siti sua.
11All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild asses shall expect in their thirst.
12Super ea volucres cæli habitabunt; de medio petrarum dabunt voces.
12Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices.
13Rigans montes de superioribus suis; de fructu operum tuorum satiabitur terra:
13Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:
14producens fœnum jumentis, et herbam servituti hominum, ut educas panem de terra,
14Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:
15et vinum lætificet cor hominis: ut exhilaret faciem in oleo, et panis cor hominis confirmet.
15And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man’s heart.
16Saturabuntur ligna campi, et cedri Libani quas plantavit:
16The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted:
17illic passeres nidificabunt: herodii domus dux est eorum.
17There the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron.
18Montes excelsi cervis; petra refugium herinaciis.
18The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.
19Fecit lunam in tempora; sol cognovit occasum suum.
19He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20Posuisti tenebras, et facta est nox; in ipsa pertransibunt omnes bestiæ silvæ:
20Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about:
21catuli leonum rugientes ut rapiant, et quærant a Deo escam sibi.
21The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God.
22Ortus est sol, et congregati sunt, et in cubilibus suis collocabuntur.
22The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall lie down in their dens.
23Exibit homo ad opus suum, et ad operationem suam usque ad vesperum.
23Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening.
24Quam magnificata sunt opera tua, Domine ! omnia in sapientia fecisti; impleta est terra possessione tua.
24How great are thy works, O Lord? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.
25Hoc mare magnum et spatiosum manibus; illic reptilia quorum non est numerus: animalia pusilla cum magnis.
25So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: there are creeping things without number: Creatures little and great.
26Illic naves pertransibunt; draco iste quem formasti ad illudendum ei.
26There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein.
27Omnia a te expectant ut des illis escam in tempore.
27All expect of thee that thou give them food in season.
28Dante te illis, colligent; aperiente te manum tuam, omnia implebuntur bonitate.
28What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.
29Avertente autem te faciem, turbabuntur; auferes spiritum eorum, et deficient, et in pulverem suum revertentur.
29But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.
30Emittes spiritum tuum, et creabuntur, et renovabis faciem terræ.
30Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
31Sit gloria Domini in sæculum; lætabitur Dominus in operibus suis.
31May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
32Qui respicit terram, et facit eam tremere; qui tangit montes, et fumigant.
32He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
33Cantabo Domino in vita mea; psallam Deo meo quamdiu sum.
33I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34Jucundum sit ei eloquium meum; ego vero delectabor in Domino.
34Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in the Lord.
35Deficiant peccatores a terra, et iniqui, ita ut non sint. Benedic, anima mea, Domino.]
35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: O my soul, bless thou the Lord.
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