Psalmorum 17
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1In finem. Puero Domini David, qui locutus est Domino verba cantici hujus, in die qua eripuit eum Dominus de manu omnium inimicorum ejus, et de manu Saul, et dixit:
1Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. [2 Kings 22]
2[Diligam te, Domine, fortitudo mea.
2I will love thee, O Lord, my strength:
3Dominus firmamentum meum, et refugium meum, et liberator meus. Deus meus adjutor meus, et sperabo in eum; protector meus, et cornu salutis meæ, et susceptor meus.
3The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
4Laudans invocabo Dominum, et ab inimicis meis salvus ero.
4Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
5Circumdederunt me dolores mortis, et torrentes iniquitatis conturbaverunt me.
5The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
6Dolores inferni circumdederunt me; præoccupaverunt me laquei mortis.
6The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.
7In tribulatione mea invocavi Dominum, et ad Deum meum clamavi: et exaudivit de templo sancto suo vocem meam; et clamor meus in conspectu ejus introivit in aures ejus.
7In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.
8Commota est, et contremuit terra; fundamenta montium conturbata sunt, et commota sunt: quoniam iratus est eis.
8The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
9Ascendit fumus in ira ejus, et ignis a facie ejus exarsit; carbones succensi sunt ab eo.
9There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.
10Inclinavit cælos, et descendit, et caligo sub pedibus ejus.
10He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
11Et ascendit super cherubim, et volavit; volavit super pennas ventorum.
11And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
12Et posuit tenebras latibulum suum; in circuitu ejus tabernaculum ejus, tenebrosa aqua in nubibus aëris.
12And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
13Præ fulgore in conspectu ejus nubes transierunt; grando et carbones ignis.
13At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
14Et intonuit de cælo Dominus, et Altissimus dedit vocem suam: grando et carbones ignis.
14And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
15Et misit sagittas suas, et dissipavit eos; fulgura multiplicavit, et conturbavit eos.
15And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
16Et apparuerunt fontes aquarum, et revelata sunt fundamenta orbis terrarum, ab increpatione tua, Domine, ab inspiratione spiritus iræ tuæ.
16Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
17Misit de summo, et accepit me; et assumpsit me de aquis multis.
17He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
18Eripuit me de inimicis meis fortissimis, et ab his qui oderunt me. Quoniam confortati sunt super me;
18He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19prævenerunt me in die afflictionis meæ: et factus est Dominus protector meus.
19They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
20Et eduxit me in latitudinem; salvum me fecit, quoniam voluit me,
20And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
21et retribuet mihi Dominus secundum justitiam meam, et secundum puritatem manuum mearum retribuet mihi:
21And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
22quia custodivi vias Domini, nec impie gessi a Deo meo;
22Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
23quoniam omnia judicia ejus in conspectu meo, et justitias ejus non repuli a me.
23For till his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
24Et ero immaculatus cum eo; et observabo me ab iniquitate mea.
24And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
25Et retribuet mihi Dominus secundum justitiam meam, et secundum puritatem manuum mearum in conspectu oculorum ejus.
25And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
26Cum sancto sanctus eris, et cum viro innocente innocens eris,
26With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
27et cum electo electus eris, et cum perverso perverteris.
27And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
28Quoniam tu populum humilem salvum facies, et oculos superborum humiliabis.
28For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
29Quoniam tu illuminas lucernam meam, Domine; Deus meus, illumina tenebras meas.
29For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
30Quoniam in te eripiar a tentatione; et in Deo meo transgrediar murum.
30For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall.
31Deus meus, impolluta via ejus; eloquia Domini igne examinata: protector est omnium sperantium in se.
31As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.
32Quoniam quis deus præter Dominum? aut quis deus præter Deum nostrum?
32For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?
33Deus qui præcinxit me virtute, et posuit immaculatam viam meam;
33God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
34qui perfecit pedes meos tamquam cervorum, et super excelsa statuens me;
34Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places.
35qui docet manus meas ad prælium. Et posuisti, ut arcum æreum, brachia mea,
35Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
36et dedisti mihi protectionem salutis tuæ: et dextera tua suscepit me, et disciplina tua correxit me in finem, et disciplina tua ipsa me docebit.
36And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.
37Dilatasti gressus meos subtus me, et non sunt infirmata vestigia mea.
37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.
38Persequar inimicos meos, et comprehendam illos; et non convertar donec deficiant.
38I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
39Confringam illos, nec poterunt stare; cadent subtus pedes meos.
39I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
40Et præcinxisti me virtute ad bellum, et supplantasti insurgentes in me subtus me.
40And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.
41Et inimicos meos dedisti mihi dorsum, et odientes me disperdidisti.
41And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
42Clamaverunt, nec erat qui salvos faceret; ad Dominum, nec exaudivit eos.
42They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
43Et comminuam eos ut pulverem ante faciem venti; ut lutum platearum delebo eos.
43And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.
44Eripies me de contradictionibus populi; constitues me in caput gentium.
44Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
45Populus quem non cognovi servivit mihi; in auditu auris obedivit mihi.
45A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
46Filii alieni mentiti sunt mihi, filii alieni inveterati sunt, et claudicaverunt a semitis suis.
46The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
47Vivit Dominus, et benedictus Deus meus, et exaltetur Deus salutis meæ.
47The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted:
48Deus qui das vindictas mihi, et subdis populos sub me; liberator meus de inimicis meis iracundis.
48O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.
49Et ab insurgentibus in me exaltabis me; a viro iniquo eripies me.
49And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
50Propterea confitebor tibi in nationibus, Domine, et nomini tuo psalmum dicam;
50Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
51magnificans salutes regis ejus, et faciens misericordiam christo suo David, et semini ejus usque in sæculum.]
51Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed for ever.
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