Liber Psalmorum, 115
1. Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam super misericordia tua et veritate tua.
1. Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to thy name give glory, for the sake of thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness!
2. Quare dicent gentes: “Ubi est Deus eorum?”.
2. Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"
3. Deus autem noster in caelo; omnia, quaecumque voluit, fecit.
3. Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases.
4. Simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, opera manuum hominum.
4. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
5. Os habent et non loquentur, oculos habent et non videbunt.
5. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.
6. Aures habent et non audient, nares habent et non odorabunt.
6. They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.
7. Manus habent et non palpabunt, pedes habent et non ambulabunt; non clamabunt in gutture suo.
7. They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat.
8. Similes illis erunt, qui faciunt ea, et omnes, qui confidunt in eis.
8. Those who make them are like them; so are all who trust in them.
9. Domus Israel speravit in Domino: adiutorium eorum et scutum eorum est.
9. O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.
10. Domus Aaron speravit in Domino: adiutorium eorum et scutum eorum est.
10. O house of Aaron, put your trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.
11. Qui timent Dominum, speraverunt in Domino: adiutorium eorum et scutum eorum est.
11. You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.
12. Dominus memor fuit nostri et benedicet nobis: benedicet domui Israel, benedicet domui Aaron,
12. The LORD has been mindful of us; he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;
13. benedicet omnibus, qui timent Dominum, pusillis cum maioribus.
13. he will bless those who fear the LORD, both small and great.
14. Adiciat Dominus super vos, super vos et super filios vestros.
14. May the LORD give you increase, you and your children!
15. Benedicti vos a Domino, qui fecit caelum et terram.
15. May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth!
16. Caeli, caeli sunt Domino, terram autem dedit filiis hominum.
16. The heavens are the LORD's heavens, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.
17. Non mortui laudabunt te, Domine, neque omnes, qui descendunt in silentium,
17. The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any that go down into silence.
18. sed nos, qui vivimus, benedicimus Domino ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum.
18. But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD!
