Psalms, 138

1. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:

1. Di Davide. Ti rendo grazie, Signore, con tutto il cuore, davanti agli dèi a te inneggerò.

2. thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.

2. Voglio prostrarmi verso il tuo santo tempio e render grazie al tuo nome, per la tua misericordia e la tua fedeltà, poiché hai magnificato la tua parola al di sopra di ogni altro nome.

3. Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.

3. Quando ti ho invocato, mi hai risposto; hai accresciuto il vigore nell'anima mia.

4. And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.

4. Ti celebrino, Signore, tutti i re della terra, quando avranno udito le parole della tua bocca;

5. Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.

5. cantino le vie del Signore, poiché grande è la gloria del Signore.

6. Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.

6. Sì, eccelso è il Signore, ma guarda verso l'umile, mentre da lontano considera il superbo.

7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?

7. Se io cammino in mezzo alla sventura, tu mi dài vita contro l'ira dei nemici; tu stendi la mano: la tua destra mi trae in salvo.

8. If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.

8. Il Signore compirà per me la sua opera. Signore, la tua misericordia dura in eterno; non abbandonare l'opera delle tue mani!

9. If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:

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10. Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.

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11. And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.

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12. But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.

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13. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.

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14. I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.

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15. My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.

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16. Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.

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17. But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.

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18. I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.

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19. If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:

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20. Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.

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21. Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?

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22. I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.

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23. Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.

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24. And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.

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