Psalmorum 39
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1In finem. Psalmus ipsi David.
1I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”
2[Exspectans exspectavi Dominum, et intendit mihi.
2I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. 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 was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:
4Et immisit in os meum canticum novum, carmen Deo nostro. Videbunt multi, et timebunt, et sperabunt in Domino.
4“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
5Beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus, et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.
5Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as 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.
6“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
7Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti; aures autem perfecisti mihi. Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti;
7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
8tunc dixi: Ecce venio. In capite libri scriptum est de me,
8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
9ut facerem voluntatem tuam. Deus meus, volui, et legem tuam in medio cordis mei.
9I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
10Annuntiavi justitiam tuam in ecclesia magna; ecce labia mea non prohibebo: Domine, tu scisti.
10Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow 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.
11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.
12Tu autem, Domine, ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me; misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me.
12“Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
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.
13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist 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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