Liber Psalmorum, 49
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0. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
1. Magistro chori. Filiorum Core. PSALMUS.
1. Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
2. Audite haec, omnes gentes; auribus percipite, omnes, qui habitatis orbem:
2. both low and high, rich and poor together!
3. quique humiles et viri nobiles, simul in unum dives et pauper!
3. My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
4. Os meum loquetur sapientiam, et meditatio cordis mei prudentiam.
4. I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.
5. Inclinabo in parabolam aurem meam, aperiam in psalterio aenigma meum.
5. Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of my persecutors surrounds me,
6. Cur timebo in diebus malis, cum iniquitas supplantantium circumdabit me?
6. men who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?
7. Qui confidunt in virtute sua et in multitudine divitiarum suarum gloriantur.
7. Truly no man can ransom himself, or give to God the price of his life,
8. Etenim seipsum non redimet homo; non dabit Deo propitiationem suam.
8. for the ransom of his life is costly, and can never suffice,
9. Nimium est pretium redemptionis animae eius: ad ultimum deficiet,
9. that he should continue to live on for ever, and never see the Pit.
10. ut vivat usque in finem nec videat interitum.
10. Yea, he shall see that even the wise die, the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.
11. Et videbit sapientes morientes; simul insipiens et stultus peribunt et relinquent alienis divitias suas.
11. Their graves are their homes for ever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they named lands their own.
12. Sepulcra eorum domus illorum in aeternum; tabernacula eorum in progeniem et progeniem, etsi vocaverunt nominibus suis terras suas.
12. Man cannot abide in his pomp, he is like the beasts that perish.
13. Et homo, cum sit in honore, non permanebit; comparatus est iumentis, quae pereunt, et similis factus est illis.
13. This is the fate of those who have foolish confidence, the end of those who are pleased with their portion. [Selah]
14. Haec via illorum, quorum fiducia in semetipsis, et finis eorum, qui complacent in ore suo.
14. Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; straight to the grave they descend, and their form shall waste away; Sheol shall be their home.
15. Sicut oves in inferno positi sunt, mors depascet eos; descendent praecipites ad sepulcrum, et figura eorum erit in consumptionem: infernus habitaculum eorum.
15. But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. [Selah]
16. Verumtamen Deus redimet animam meam, de manu inferi vere suscipiet me.
16. Be not afraid when one becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases.
17. Ne timueris, cum dives factus fuerit homo, et cum multiplicata fuerit gloria domus eius,
17. For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
18. quoniam, cum interierit, non sumet omnia, neque descendet cum eo gloria eius.
18. Though, while he lives, he counts himself happy, and though a man gets praise when he does well for himself,
19. Cum animae suae in vita ipsius benedixerit: “Laudabunt te quod benefecisti tibi”,
19. he will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never more see the light.
20. tamen introibit ad progeniem patrum suorum, qui in aeternum non videbunt lumen.
20. Man cannot abide in his pomp, he is like the beasts that perish.
21. Homo, cum in honore esset, non intellexit; comparatus est iumentis, quae pereunt, et similis factus est illis.
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