Psalmorum 39
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1In finem. Psalmus ipsi David.
1I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
2[Exspectans exspectavi Dominum, et intendit mihi.
2I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
3Et exaudivit preces meas, et eduxit me de lacu miseriæ et de luto fæcis. Et statuit super petram pedes meos, et direxit gressus meos.
3My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
4Et immisit in os meum canticum novum, carmen Deo nostro. Videbunt multi, et timebunt, et sperabunt in Domino.
4“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
5Beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus, et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.
5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
6Multa fecisti tu, Domine Deus meus, mirabilia tua; et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi. Annuntiavi et locutus sum: multiplicati sunt super numerum.
6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
7Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti; aures autem perfecisti mihi. Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti;
7And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
8tunc dixi: Ecce venio. In capite libri scriptum est de me,
8Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
9ut facerem voluntatem tuam. Deus meus, volui, et legem tuam in medio cordis mei.
9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
10Annuntiavi justitiam tuam in ecclesia magna; ecce labia mea non prohibebo: Domine, tu scisti.
10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
11Justitiam tuam non abscondi in corde meo; veritatem tuam et salutare tuum dixi; non abscondi misericordiam tuam et veritatem tuam a concilio multo.
11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
12Tu autem, Domine, ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me; misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me.
12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
13Quoniam circumdederunt me mala quorum non est numerus; comprehenderunt me iniquitates meæ, et non potui ut viderem. Multiplicatæ sunt super capillos capitis mei, et cor meum dereliquit me.
13Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
14Complaceat tibi, Domine, ut eruas me; Domine, ad adjuvandum me respice.
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15Confundantur et revereantur simul, qui quærunt animam meam ut auferant eam; convertantur retrorsum et revereantur, qui volunt mihi mala.
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16Ferant confestim confusionem suam, qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge !
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17Exsultent et lætentur super te omnes quærentes te; et dicant semper: Magnificetur Dominus, qui diligunt salutare tuum.
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18Ego autem mendicus sum et pauper; Dominus sollicitus est mei. Adjutor meus et protector meus tu es; Deus meus, ne tardaveris.]
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