Liber Psalmorum, 35

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0. A Psalm of David.

1. David. Iudica, Domine, iudicantes me; impugna impugnantes me.

1. Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!

2. Apprehende clipeum et scutum et exsurge in adiutorium mihi.

2. Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise for my help!

3. Effunde frameam et securim adversus eos, qui persequuntur me. Dic animae meae: “Salus tua ego sum”.

3. Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, "I am your deliverance!"

4. Confundantur et revereantur quaerentes animam meam; avertantur retrorsum et confundantur cogitantes mihi mala.

4. Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and confounded who devise evil against me!

5. Fiant tamquam pulvis ante ventum, et angelus Domini impellens eos;

5. Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them on!

6. fiat via illorum tenebrae et lubricum, et angelus Domini persequens eos.

6. Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them!

7. Quoniam gratis absconderunt mihi laqueum suum, gratis foderunt foveam animae meae.

7. For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.

8. Veniat illi calamitas, quam ignorat, et captio, quam abscondit, apprehendat eum, et in eandem calamitatem ipse cadat.

8. Let ruin come upon them unawares! And let the net which they hid ensnare them; let them fall therein to ruin!

9. Anima autem mea exsultabit in Domino et delectabitur super salutari suo.

9. Then my soul shall rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his deliverance.

10. Omnia ossa mea dicent: “Domine, quis similis tibi? Eripiens inopem de manu fortiorum eius, egenum et pauperem a diripientibus eum”.

10. All my bones shall say, "O LORD, who is like thee, thou who deliverest the weak from him who is too strong for him, the weak and needy from him who despoils him?"

11. Surgentes testes iniqui, quae ignorabam, interrogabant me;

11. Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.

12. retribuebant mihi mala pro bonis, desolatio est animae meae.

12. They requite me evil for good; my soul is forlorn.

13. Ego autem, cum infirmarentur, induebar cilicio, humiliabam in ieiunio animam meam; et oratio mea in sinu meo convertebatur.

13. But I, when they were sick -- I wore sackcloth, I afflicted myself with fasting. I prayed with head bowed on my bosom,

14. Quasi pro proximo et quasi pro fratre meo ambulabam, quasi lugens matrem contristatus incurvabar.

14. as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; I went about as one who laments his mother, bowed down and in mourning.

15. Cum autem vacillarem, laetati sunt et convenerunt; convenerunt contra me percutientes, et ignoravi.

15. But at my stumbling they gathered in glee, they gathered together against me; cripples whom I knew not slandered me without ceasing;

16. Diripuerunt et non desistebant; tentaverunt me, subsannaverunt me subsannatione, frenduerunt super me dentibus suis.

16. they impiously mocked more and more, gnashing at me with their teeth.

17. Domine, quamdiu aspicies? Restitue animam meam a malignitate eorum, a leonibus unicam meam.

17. How long, O LORD, wilt thou look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my life from the lions!

18. Confitebor tibi in ecclesia magna, in populo multo laudabo te.

18. Then I will thank thee in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise thee.

19. Non supergaudeant mihi inimici mei mendaces, qui oderunt me gratis et annuunt oculis.

19. Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.

20. Etenim non pacifice loquebantur et contra mansuetos terrae dolos cogitabant.

20. For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they conceive words of deceit.

21. Et dilataverunt super me os suum; dixerunt: “Euge, euge, viderunt oculi nostri”. -

21. They open wide their mouths against me; they say, "Aha, Aha! our eyes have seen it!"

22. Vidisti, Domine, ne sileas; Domine, ne discedas a me.

22. Thou hast seen, O LORD; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!

23. Exsurge et evigila ad iudicium meum, Deus meus et Dominus meus, ad causam meam.

23. Bestir thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and my Lord!

24. Iudica me secundum iustitiam tuam, Domine Deus meus, et non supergaudeant mihi.

24. Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me!

25. Non dicant in cordibus suis: “Euge animae nostrae”; nec dicant: “Devoravimus eum”.

25. Let them not say to themselves, "Aha, we have our heart's desire!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."

26. Erubescant et revereantur simul, qui gratulantur malis meis; induantur confusione et reverentia, qui magna loquuntur super me

26. Let them be put to shame and confusion altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me!

27. Exsultent et laetentur, qui volunt iustitiam meam, et dicant semper: “Magnificetur Dominus, qui vult pacem servi sui”.

27. Let those who desire my vindication shout for joy and be glad, and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!"

28. Et lingua mea meditabitur iustitiam tuam, tota die laudem tuam.

28. Then my tongue shall tell of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.