Psalmorum 72
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Psalmus Asaph. [Quam bonus Israël Deus, his qui recto sunt corde !
1A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!
2Mei autem pene moti sunt pedes, pene effusi sunt gressus mei:
2But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3quia zelavi super iniquos, pacem peccatorum videns.
3Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.
4Quia non est respectus morti eorum, et firmamentum in plaga eorum.
4For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.
5In labore hominum non sunt, et cum hominibus non flagellabuntur.
5They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men.
6Ideo tenuit eos superbia; operti sunt iniquitate et impietate sua.
6Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.
7Prodiit quasi ex adipe iniquitas eorum; transierunt in affectum cordis.
7Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.
8Cogitaverunt et locuti sunt nequitiam; iniquitatem in excelso locuti sunt.
8They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.
9Posuerunt in cælum os suum, et lingua eorum transivit in terra.
9They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.
10Ideo convertetur populus meus hic, et dies pleni invenientur in eis.
10Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be found in them.
11Et dixerunt: Quomodo scit Deus, et si est scientia in excelso?
11And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12Ecce ipsi peccatores, et abundantes in sæculo obtinuerunt divitias.
12Behold these are sinners; and yet abounding in the world they have obtained riches.
13Et dixi: Ergo sine causa justificavi cor meum, et lavi inter innocentes manus meas,
13And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.
14et fui flagellatus tota die, et castigatio mea in matutinis.
14And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.
15Si dicebam: Narrabo sic; ecce nationem filiorum tuorum reprobavi.
15If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.
16Existimabam ut cognoscerem hoc; labor est ante me:
16I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:
17donec intrem in sanctuarium Dei, et intelligam in novissimis eorum.
17Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning their last ends.
18Verumtamen propter dolos posuisti eis; dejecisti eos dum allevarentur.
18But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.
19Quomodo facti sunt in desolationem? subito defecerunt: perierunt propter iniquitatem suam.
19How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.
20Velut somnium surgentium, Domine, in civitate tua imaginem ipsorum ad nihilum rediges.
20As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.
21Quia inflammatum est cor meum, et renes mei commutati sunt;
21For my heart hath been inflamed, and my reins have been changed:
22et ego ad nihilum redactus sum, et nescivi:
22And I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.
23ut jumentum factus sum apud te, et ego semper tecum.
23I am become as a beast before thee: and I am always with thee.
24Tenuisti manum dexteram meam, et in voluntate tua deduxisti me, et cum gloria suscepisti me.
24Thou hast held me by my right hand; and by thy will thou hast conducted me, and with thy glory thou hast received me.
25Quid enim mihi est in cælo? et a te quid volui super terram?
25For what have I in heaven? and besides thee what do I desire upon earth?
26Defecit caro mea et cor meum; Deus cordis mei, et pars mea, Deus in æternum.
26For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever.
27Quia ecce qui elongant se a te peribunt; perdidisti omnes qui fornicantur abs te.
27For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee.
28Mihi autem adhærere Deo bonum est; ponere in Domino Deo spem meam: ut annuntiem omnes prædicationes tuas in portis filiæ Sion.]
28But it is good for me to adhere to my God, to put my hope in the Lord God: That I may declare all thy praises, in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
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