Liber Psalmorum, 20

1. in finem psalmus David

1. Unto the end. A psalm for David.

2. Domine in virtute tua lætabitur rex et super salutare tuum exultabit vehementer

2. In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.

3. desiderium animæ ejus tribuisti ei et voluntate labiorum ejus non fraudasti eum diapsalma

3. Thou hast given him his heart's desire: end hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.

4. quoniam prævenisti eum in benedictionibus dulcedinis posuisti in capite ejus coronam de lapide pretioso

4. For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.

5. vitam petiit a te et tribuisti ei longitudinem dierum in sæculum et in sæculum sæculi

5. He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.

6. magna gloria ejus in salutari tuo gloriam et magnum decorem inpones super eum

6. His glory is great in thy salvation: glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.

7. quoniam dabis eum benedictionem in sæculum sæculi lætificabis eum in gaudio cum vultu tuo

7. For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.

8. quoniam rex sperat in Domino et in misericordia Altissimi non commovebitur

8. For the king hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

9. inveniatur manus tua omnibus inimicis tuis dextera tua inveniat omnes qui te oderunt

9. Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.

10. pones eos ut clibanum ignis in tempore vultus tui Dominus in ira sua conturbabit eos et devorabit eos ignis

10. Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.

11. fructum eorum de terra perdes et semen eorum a filiis hominum

11. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: and their seed from among the children of men.

12. quoniam declinaverunt in te mala cogitaverunt consilia quæ non potuerunt stabilire

12. For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.

13. quoniam pones eos dorsum in reliquis tuis præparabis vultum eorum

13. For thou shalt make them turn their back: in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face.

14. exaltare Domine in virtute tua cantabimus et psallemus virtutes tuas

14. Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: we will sing and praise thy power.