Liber Psalmorum, 55

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0. To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.

1. Magistro chori. Fidibus. Maskil. David.

1. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication!

2. Auribus percipe, Deus, orationem meam et ne abscondaris a deprecatione mea;

2. Attend to me, and answer me; I am overcome by my trouble. I am distraught

3. intende mihi et exaudi me. Excussus sum in meditatione mea et conturbatus sum

3. by the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring trouble upon me, and in anger they cherish enmity against me.

4. a voce inimici et a tribulatione peccatoris. Quoniam devolverunt in me iniquitatem et in ira molesti erant mihi.

4. My heart is in anguish within me, the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

5. Cor meum torquetur intra me, et formido mortis cecidit super me.

5. Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

6. Timor et tremor venerunt super me, et contexit me pavor. -

6. And I say, "O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;

7. Et dixi: “Quis dabit mihi pennas sicut columbae, et volabo et requiescam?

7. yea, I would wander afar, I would lodge in the wilderness, [Selah]

8. Ecce elongabo fugiens et manebo in solitudine.

8. I would haste to find me a shelter from the raging wind and tempest."

9. Exspectabo eum, qui salvum me faciat a spiritu procellae et tempestate”.

9. Destroy their plans, O Lord, confuse their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.

10. Dissipa, Domine, divide linguas eorum, quoniam vidi violentiam et contentionem in civitate.

10. Day and night they go around it on its walls; and mischief and trouble are within it,

11. Die ac nocte circumeunt eam super muros eius,

11. ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its market place.

12. iniquitas et labor et insidiae in medio eius; et non defecit de plateis eius fraudulentia et dolus.

12. It is not an enemy who taunts me -- then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me -- then I could hide from him.

13. Quoniam si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi, sustinuissem utique; et si is qui oderat me, super me magnificatus fuisset, abscondissem me forsitan ab eo.

13. But it is you, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.

14. Tu vero, homo coaequalis meus, familiaris meus et notus meus,

14. We used to hold sweet converse together; within God's house we walked in fellowship.

15. qui simul habuimus dulce consortium: in domo Dei ambulavimus in concursu.

15. Let death come upon them; let them go down to Sheol alive; let them go away in terror into their graves.

16. Veniat mors super illos, et descendant in infernum viventes, quoniam nequitiae in habitaculis eorum, in medio eorum.

16. But I call upon God; and the LORD will save me.

17. Ego autem ad Deum clamabo, et Dominus salvabit me.

17. Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he will hear my voice.

18. Vespere et mane et meridie meditabor et ingemiscam, et exaudiet vocem meam.

18. He will deliver my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.

19. Redimet in pace animam meam ab his, qui impugnant me, quoniam in multis sunt adversum me.

19. God will give ear, and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old; because they keep no law, and do not fear God. [Selah]

20. Exaudiet Deus et humiliabit illos, qui est ante saecula. Non enim est illis commutatio, et non timuerunt Deum.

20. My companion stretched out his hand against his friends, he violated his covenant.

21. Extendit manum suam in socios; contaminavit foedus suum.

21. His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

22. Lene super butyrum est os eius, pugna autem cor illius: molliti sunt sermones eius super oleum, et ipsi sunt gladii destricti. -

22. Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

23. Iacta super Dominum curam tuam, et ipse te enutriet; non dabit in aeternum fluctuationem iusto.

23. But thou, O God, wilt cast them down into the lowest pit; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee.

24. Tu vero, Deus, deduces eos in puteum interitus. Viri sanguinum et dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos; ego autem sperabo in te, Domine.

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