Liber Psalmorum, 69

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0. To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Psalm of David.

1. Magistro chori. Secundum " Lilia... ". David.

1. Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.

2. Salvum me fac, Deus, quoniam venerunt aquae usque ad guttur meum.

2. I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

3. Infixus sum in limo profundi, et non est substantia; veni in profunda aquarum, et fluctus demersit me.

3. I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.

4. Laboravi clamans, raucae factae sunt fauces meae; defecerunt oculi mei, dum spero in Deum meum.

4. More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?

5. Multiplicati sunt super capillos capitis mei, qui oderunt me gratis. Confortati sunt, qui persecuti sunt me inimici mei mendaces; quae non rapui, tunc exsolvebam.

5. O God, thou knowest my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from thee.

6. Deus, tu scis insipientiam meam, et delicta mea a te non sunt abscondita.

6. Let not those who hope in thee be put to shame through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; let not those who seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

7. Non erubescant in me, qui exspectant te, Domine, Domine virtutum. Non confundantur super me, qui quaerunt te, Deus Israel.

7. For it is for thy sake that I have borne reproach, that shame has covered my face.

8. Quoniam propter te sustinui opprobrium, operuit confusio faciem meam;

8. I have become a stranger to my brethren, an alien to my mother's sons.

9. extraneus factus sum fratribus meis et peregrinus filiis matris meae.

9. For zeal for thy house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult thee have fallen on me.

10. Quoniam zelus domus tuae comedit me, et opprobria exprobrantium tibi ceciderunt super me.

10. When I humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.

11. Et flevi in ieiunio animam meam, et factum est in opprobrium mihi.

11. When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

12. Et posui vestimentum meum cilicium, et factus sum illis in parabolam.

12. I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.

13. Adversum me loquebantur, qui sedebant in porta, et in me canebant, qui bibebant vinum.

13. But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O LORD. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of thy steadfast love answer me. With thy faithful help

14. Ego vero orationem meam ad te, Domine, in tempore beneplaciti, Deus. In multitudine misericordiae tuae exaudi me, in veritate salutis tuae.

14. rescue me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.

15. Eripe me de luto, ut non infigar, eripiar ab iis, qui oderunt me, et de profundis aquarum.

15. Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.

16. Non me demergat fluctus aquarum, neque absorbeat me profundum, neque urgeat super me puteus os suum.

16. Answer me, O LORD, for thy steadfast love is good; according to thy abundant mercy, turn to me.

17. Exaudi me, Domine, quoniam benigna est misericordia tua; secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum respice in me.

17. Hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress, make haste to answer me.

18. Et ne avertas faciem tuam a puero tuo; quoniam tribulor, velociter exaudi me.

18. Draw near to me, redeem me, set me free because of my enemies!

19. Accede ad animam meam, vindica eam, propter inimicos meos redime me.

19. Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame and my dishonor; my foes are all known to thee.

20. Tu scis opprobrium meum et confusionem meam et reverentiam meam. - In conspectu tuo sunt omnes, qui tribulant me;

20. Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

21. opprobrium contrivit cor meum, et elangui. Et sustinui, qui simul contristaretur, et non fuit, et qui consolaretur, et non inveni.

21. They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22. Et dederunt in escam meam fel et in siti mea potaverunt me aceto.

22. Let their own table before them become a snare; let their sacrificial feasts be a trap.

23. Fiat mensa eorum coram ipsis in laqueum et in retributiones et in scandalum.

23. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; and make their loins tremble continually.

24. Obscurentur oculi eorum, ne videant, et lumbos eorum semper infirma.

24. Pour out thy indignation upon them, and let thy burning anger overtake them.

25. Effunde super eos iram tuam, et furor irae tuae comprehendat eos.

25. May their camp be a desolation, let no one dwell in their tents.

26. Fiat commoratio eorum deserta, et in tabernaculis eorum non sit qui inhabitet.

26. For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and him whom thou hast wounded, they afflict still more.

27. Quoniam, quem tu percussisti, persecuti sunt, et super dolorem eius, quem vulnerasti, addiderunt.

27. Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from thee.

28. Appone iniquitatem super iniquitatem eorum, et non veniant ad iustitiam tuam.

28. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.

29. Deleantur de libro viventium et cum iustis non scribantur.

29. But I am afflicted and in pain; let thy salvation, O God, set me on high!

30. Ego autem sum pauper et dolens; salus tua, Deus, suscipit me.

30. I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

31. Laudabo nomen Dei cum cantico et magnificabo eum in laude.

31. This will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.

32. Et placebit Domino super taurum, super vitulum cornua producentem et ungulas.

32. Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

33. Videant humiles et laetentur; quaerite Deum, et vivet cor vestrum,

33. For the LORD hears the needy, and does not despise his own that are in bonds.

34. quoniam exaudivit pauperes Dominus et vinctos suos non despexit.

34. Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves therein.

35. Laudent illum caeli et terra, maria et omnia reptilia in eis.

35. For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and his servants shall dwell there and possess it;

36. Quoniam Deus salvam faciet Sion et aedificabit civitates Iudae; et inhabitabunt ibi et possidebunt eam.

36. the children of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it.

37. Et semen servorum eius hereditabunt eam; et, qui diligunt nomen eius, habitabunt in ea.

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