Liber Psalmorum, 29

1. psalmus cantici in dedicatione domus David

1. A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David's house.

2. exaltabo te Domine quoniam suscepisti me nec delectasti inimicos meos super me

2. I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.

3. Domine Deus meus clamavi ad te et sanasti me

3. O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, and then hast healed me.

4. Domine eduxisti ab inferno animam meam salvasti me a descendentibus in lacum

4. Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.

5. psallite Domino sancti ejus et confitemini memoriæ sanctitatis ejus

5. Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: and give praise to the memory of his holiness.

6. quoniam ira in indignatione ejus et vita in voluntate ejus ad vesperum demorabitur fletus et ad matutinum lætitia

6. For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good will. In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness.

7. ego autem dixi in abundantia mea non movebor in æternum

7. And in my abundance I said: I shall never be moved.

8. Domine in voluntate tua præstitisti decori meo virtutem avertisti faciem tuam et factus sum conturbatus

8. O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest strength to my beauty. Thou turnedst away thy face from me, and I became troubled.

9. ad te Domine clamabo et ad Deum meum deprecabor

9. To thee, O Lord, will I cry: and I will make supplication to my God.

10. quæ utilitas in sanguine meo dum descendo in corruptionem numquid confitebitur tibi pulvis aut adnuntiabit veritatem tuam

10. What profit is there in my blood, whilst I go down to corruption? Shall dust confess to thee, or declare thy truth?

11. audivit Dominus et misertus est mei Dominus factus est adiutor meus

11. The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: the Lord became my helper.

12. convertisti planctum meum in gaudium mihi conscidisti saccum meum et circumdedisti me lætitia

12. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:

13. ut cantet tibi gloria mea et non conpungar Domine Deus meus in æternum confitebor tibi

13. To the end that my glory may sing to thee, and I may not regret: O Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for ever.