Liber Psalmorum, 41
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0. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1. Magistro chori. PSALMUS. David.
1. Blessed is he who considers the poor! The LORD delivers him in the day of trouble;
2. Beatus, qui intellegit de egeno; in die mala liberabit eum Dominus.
2. the LORD protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; thou dost not give him up to the will of his enemies.
3. Dominus servabit eum et vivificabit eum et beatum faciet eum in terra et non tradet eum in animam inimicorum eius.
3. The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness thou healest all his infirmities.
4. Dominus opem feret illi super lectum doloris eius; universum stratum eius versabis in infirmitate eius.
4. As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against thee!"
5. Ego dixi: “Domine, miserere mei; sana animam meam, quia peccavi tibi”.
5. My enemies say of me in malice: "When will he die, and his name perish?"
6. Inimici mei dixerunt mala mihi: “Quando morietur, et peribit nomen eius?”.
6. And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers mischief; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
7. Et si ingrediebatur, ut visitaret, vana loquebatur; cor eius congregabat iniquitatem sibi, egrediebatur foras et detrahebat.
7. All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.
8. Simul adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei; adversum me cogitabant mala mihi:
8. They say, "A deadly thing has fastened upon him; he will not rise again from where he lies."
9. “Maleficium effusum est in eo; et, qui decumbit, non adiciet ut resurgat”.
9. Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
10. Sed et homo pacis meae, in quo speravi, qui edebat panem meum, levavit contra me calcaneum.
10. But do thou, O LORD, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them!
11. Tu autem, Domine, miserere mei et resuscita me, et retribuam eis.
11. By this I know that thou art pleased with me, in that my enemy has not triumphed over me.
12. In hoc cognovi quoniam voluisti me, quia non gaudebit inimicus meus super me;
12. But thou hast upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in thy presence for ever.
13. me autem propter innocentiam suscepisti et statuisti me in conspectu tuo in aeternum.
13. Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.
14. Benedictus Dominus, Deus Israel, a saeculo et usque in saeculum. Fiat, fiat.
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