Liber Psalmorum, 18

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0. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who addressed the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:

1. Magistro chori. David, servi Domini, qui locutus est ad Dominum verba huius cantici, quando Dominus eum liberaverat e potestate omnium inimicorum suorum

1. I love thee, O LORD, my strength.

2. et e manu Saul. Dixit igitur: Diligam te, Domine, fortitudo mea.

2. The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

3. Domine, firmamentum meum et refugium meum et liberator meus; Deus meus, adiutor meus, et sperabo in eum; protector meus et cornu salutis meae et susceptor meus.

3. I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

4. Laudabilem invocabo Dominum, et ab inimicis meis salvus ero.

4. The cords of death encompassed me, the torrents of perdition assailed me;

5. Circumdederunt me fluctus mortis, et torrentes Belial conturbaverunt me;

5. the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me.

6. funes inferni circumdederunt me, praeoccupaverunt me laquei mortis.

6. In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.

7. In tribulatione mea invocavi Dominum et ad Deum meum clamavi; exaudivit de templo suo vocem meam, et clamor meus in conspectu eius introivit in aures eius.

7. Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.

8. Commota est et contremuit terra; fundamenta montium concussa sunt et commota sunt, quoniam iratus est.

8. Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.

9. Ascendit fumus de naribus eius, et ignis de ore eius devorans; carbones succensi processerunt ab eo.

9. He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

10. Inclinavit caelos et descendit, et caligo sub pedibus eius.

10. He rode on a cherub, and flew; he came swiftly upon the wings of the wind.

11. Et ascendit super cherub et volavit, ferebatur super pennas ventorum.

11. He made darkness his covering around him, his canopy thick clouds dark with water.

12. Et posuit tenebras latibulum suum, in circuitu eius tabernaculum eius, tenebrosa aqua, nubes aeris.

12. Out of the brightness before him there broke through his clouds hailstones and coals of fire.

13. Prae fulgore in conspectu eius nubes transierunt, grando et carbones ignis.

13. The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.

14. Et intonuit de caelo Dominus, et Altissimus dedit vocem suam: grando et carbones ignis.

14. And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings, and routed them.

15. Et misit sagittas suas et dissipavit eos, fulgura iecit et conturbavit eos.

15. Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare, at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

16. Et apparuerunt fontes aquarum, et revelata sunt fundamenta orbis terrarum ab increpatione tua, Domine, ab inspiratione spiritus irae tuae.

16. He reached from on high, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

17. Misit de summo et accepit me et assumpsit me de aquis multis;

17. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

18. eripuit me de inimicis meis fortissimis et ab his, qui oderunt me, quoniam confortati sunt super me.

18. They came upon me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was my stay.

19. Oppugnaverunt me in die afflictionis meae, et factus est Dominus fulcimentum meum;

19. He brought me forth into a broad place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

20. et eduxit me in latitudinem, salvum me fecit, quoniam voluit me.

20. The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.

21. Et retribuet mihi Dominus secundum iustitiam meam et secundum puritatem manuum mearum reddet mihi,

21. For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22. quia custodivi vias Domini nec impie recessi a Deo meo.

22. For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.

23. Quoniam omnia iudicia eius in conspectu meo, et iustitias eius non reppuli a me;

23. I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.

24. et fui immaculatus cum eo et observavi me ab iniquitate.

24. Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

25. Et retribuit mihi Dominus secundum iustitiam meam et secundum puritatem manuum mearum in conspectu oculorum eius.

25. With the loyal thou dost show thyself loyal; with the blameless man thou dost show thyself blameless;

26. Cum sancto sanctus eris et cum viro innocente innocens eris

26. with the pure thou dost show thyself pure; and with the crooked thou dost show thyself perverse.

27. et cum electo electus eris et cum perverso callidus eris.

27. For thou dost deliver a humble people; but the haughty eyes thou dost bring down.

28. Quoniam tu populum humilem salvum facies et oculos superborum humiliabis.

28. Yea, thou dost light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.

29. Quoniam tu accendis lucernam meam, Domine; Deus meus illuminat tenebras meas.

29. Yea, by thee I can crush a troop; and by my God I can leap over a wall.

30. Quoniam in te aggrediar hostium turmas et in Deo meo transiliam murum.

30. This God -- his way is perfect; the promise of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

31. Deus, impolluta via eius, eloquia Domini igne examinata; protector est omnium sperantium in se.

31. For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? --

32. Quoniam quis Deus praeter Dominum? Aut quae munitio praeter Deum nostrum?

32. the God who girded me with strength, and made my way safe.

33. Deus, qui praecinxit me virtute et posuit immaculatam viam meam;

33. He made my feet like hinds' feet, and set me secure on the heights.

34. qui perfecit pedes meos tamquam cervorum et super excelsa statuit me;

34. He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35. qui docet manus meas ad proelium, et tendunt arcum aereum brachia mea.

35. Thou hast given me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand supported me, and thy help made me great.

36. Et dedisti mihi scutum salutis tuae, et dextera tua suscepit me, et exauditio tua magnificavit me.

36. Thou didst give a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

37. Dilatasti gressus meos subtus me, et non sunt infirmata vestigia mea.

37. I pursued my enemies and overtook them; and did not turn back till they were consumed.

38. Persequebar inimicos meos et comprehendebam illos et non convertebar, donec deficerent.

38. I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.

39. Confringebam illos, nec poterant stare, cadebant subtus pedes meos.

39. For thou didst gird me with strength for the battle; thou didst make my assailants sink under me.

40. Et praecinxisti me virtute ad bellum et supplantasti insurgentes in me subtus me.

40. Thou didst make my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.

41. Et inimicos meos dedisti mihi dorsum et odientes me disperdidisti.

41. They cried for help, but there was none to save, they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

42. Clamaverunt, nec erat qui salvos faceret, ad Dominum, nec exaudivit eos.

42. I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.

43. Et comminui eos ut pulverem ante faciem venti, ut lutum platearum contrivi eos.

43. Thou didst deliver me from strife with the peoples; thou didst make me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.

44. Eripuisti me de contradictionibus populi, constituisti me in caput gentium. Populus, quem non cognovi, servivit mihi,

44. As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.

45. in auditu auris oboedivit mihi. Filii alieni blanditi sunt mihi,

45. Foreigners lost heart, and came trembling out of their fastnesses.

46. filii alieni inveterati sunt, contremuerunt in abditis suis.

46. The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation,

47. Vivit Dominus, et benedictus Adiutor meus, et exaltetur Deus salutis meae.

47. the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me;

48. Deus, qui das vindictas mihi et subdis populos sub me, liberator meus de inimicis meis iracundis;

48. who delivered me from my enemies; yea, thou didst exalt me above my adversaries; thou didst deliver me from men of violence.

49. et ab insurgentibus in me exaltas me, a viro iniquo eripis me.

49. For this I will extol thee, O LORD, among the nations, and sing praises to thy name.

50. Propterea confitebor tibi in nationibus, Domine, et nomini tuo psalmum dicam,

50. Great triumphs he gives to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his descendants for ever.

51. magnificans salutes regis sui et faciens misericordiam christo suo David et semini eius usque in saeculum.

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