Psalmorum 48
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1In finem, filiis Core. Psalmus.
1Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core.
2[Audite hæc, omnes gentes; auribus percipite, omnes qui habitatis orbem:
2Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
3quique terrigenæ et filii hominum, simul in unum dives et pauper.
3All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and poor together.
4Os meum loquetur sapientiam, et meditatio cordis mei prudentiam.
4My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
5Inclinabo in parabolam aurem meam; aperiam in psalterio propositionem meam.
5I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.
6Cur timebo in die mala? iniquitas calcanei mei circumdabit me.
6Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.
7Qui confidunt in virtute sua, et in multitudine divitiarum suarum, gloriantur.
7They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,
8Frater non redimit, redimet homo: non dabit Deo placationem suam,
8No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom,
9et pretium redemptionis animæ suæ. Et laborabit in æternum;
9Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever,
10et vivet adhuc in finem.
10And shall still live unto the end.
11Non videbit interitum, cum viderit sapientes morientes: simul insipiens et stultus peribunt. Et relinquent alienis divitias suas,
11He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers:
12et sepulchra eorum domus illorum in æternum; tabernacula eorum in progenie et progenie: vocaverunt nomina sua in terris suis.
12And their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names.
13Et homo, cum in honore esset, non intellexit. Comparatus est jumentis insipientibus, et similis factus est illis.
13And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.
14Hæc via illorum scandalum ipsis; et postea in ore suo complacebunt.
14This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
15Sicut oves in inferno positi sunt: mors depascet eos. Et dominabuntur eorum justi in matutino; et auxilium eorum veterascet in inferno a gloria eorum.
15They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.
16Verumtamen Deus redimet animam meam de manu inferi, cum acceperit me.
16But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, when he shall receive me.
17Ne timueris cum dives factus fuerit homo, et cum multiplicata fuerit gloria domus ejus:
17Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased.
18quoniam, cum interierit, non sumet omnia, neque descendet cum eo gloria ejus.
18For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.
19Quia anima ejus in vita ipsius benedicetur; confitebitur tibi cum benefeceris ei.
19For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
20Introibit usque in progenies patrum suorum; et usque in æternum non videbit lumen.
20He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light.
21Homo, cum in honore esset, non intellexit. Comparatus est jumentis insipientibus, et similis factus est illis.]
21Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.
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