Liber Psalmorum, 17

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0. A Prayer of David.

1. Precatio. David. Exaudi, Domine, iustitiam meam, intende deprecationem meam. Auribus percipe orationem meam, non in labiis dolosis.

1. Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!

2. De vultu tuo iudicium meum prodeat; oculi tui videant aequitates.

2. From thee let my vindication come! Let thy eyes see the right!

3. Proba cor meum et visita nocte; igne me examina, et non invenies in me iniquitatem.

3. If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.

4. Non transgreditur os meum ad opera hominum, propter verba labiorum tuorum custodivi me a viis violenti.

4. With regard to the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

5. Retine gressus meos in semitis tuis, ut non moveantur vestigia mea.

5. My steps have held fast to thy paths, my feet have not slipped.

6. Ego ad te clamavi, quoniam exaudis me, Deus; inclina aurem tuam mihi et exaudi verba mea.

6. I call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God; incline thy ear to me, hear my words.

7. Mirifica misericordias tuas, qui salvos facis ab insurgentibus sperantes in dextera tua.

7. Wondrously show thy steadfast love, O savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at thy right hand.

8. Custodi me ut pupillam oculi, sub umbra alarum tuarum protege me

8. Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of thy wings,

9. a facie impiorum, qui me afflixerunt. Inimici mei in furore circumdederunt me,

9. from the wicked who despoil me, my deadly enemies who surround me.

10. adipem suum concluserunt; os eorum locutum est superbiam.

10. They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.

11. Incedentes nunc circumdederunt me, oculos suos statuerunt prosternere in terram.

11. They track me down; now they surround me; they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.

12. Aspectus eorum quasi leonis parati ad praedam et sicut catuli leonis recubantis in abditis.

12. They are like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.

13. Exsurge, Domine, praeveni eum, supplanta eum; eripe animam meam ab impio framea tua,

13. Arise, O LORD! confront them, overthrow them! Deliver my life from the wicked by thy sword,

14. a mortuis manu tua, Domine, a mortuis, quorum defecit portio vitae. De reconditis tuis adimpleas ventrem eorum, saturentur filii et dimittant reliquias parvulis suis.

14. from men by thy hand, O LORD, from men whose portion in life is of the world. May their belly be filled with what thou hast stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their babes.

15. Ego autem in iustitia videbo faciem tuam; satiabor, cum evigilavero, conspectu tuo.

15. As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with beholding thy form.