¹Væ qui prædaris!Woe to you who plunder!nonneWill you yourselves not also be plundered?et ipse prædaberis?And woe to you who despise!et qui spernis,Will you yourselves not also be despised?nonneWhen you will have completed your plundering,et ipse sperneris?you will be plundered.Cum consummaveris deprædationem,When,deprædaberis;out of fatigue,cum fatigatus desieris contemnere,you will have ceased acting with contempt,contemneris.you will be treated with contempt.

¹Væ qui prædaris!Woe to you who plunder!nonneWill you yourselves not also be plundered?et ipse prædaberis?And woe to you who despise!et qui spernis,Will you yourselves not also be despised?nonneWhen you will have completed your plundering,et ipse sperneris?you will be plundered.Cum consummaveris deprædationem,When,deprædaberis;out of fatigue,cum fatigatus desieris contemnere,you will have ceased acting with contempt,contemneris.you will be treated with contempt.

²Domine,O Lord,miserere nostri,take pity on us.te enim exspectavimus;For we have waited for you.esto brachium nostrum in mane,Be our arm in the morninget salus nostra in tempore tribulationis.and our salvation in the time of tribulation.

²Domine,O Lord,miserere nostri,take pity on us.te enim exspectavimus;For we have waited for you.esto brachium nostrum in mane,Be our arm in the morninget salus nostra in tempore tribulationis.and our salvation in the time of tribulation.

³A voce angeli fugerunt populi,From the voice of the Angel, the people fled.et ab exaltatione tua dispersæ sunt gentes.And from your exultation, the nations were scattered.

³A voce angeli fugerunt populi,From the voice of the Angel, the people fled.et ab exaltatione tua dispersæ sunt gentes.And from your exultation, the nations were scattered.

⁴Et congregabuntur spolia vestra sicut colligitur bruchus,And your spoils will be gathered together,velut cum fossæ plenæ fuerint de eo.just as the locusts are collected when the ditches have become filled with them.

⁴Et congregabuntur spolia vestra sicut colligitur bruchus,And your spoils will be gathered together,velut cum fossæ plenæ fuerint de eo.just as the locusts are collected when the ditches have become filled with them.

⁵Magnificatus est Dominus,The Lord has been magnified,quoniam habitavit in excelso;because he has lived on high.implevit Sion judicio et justitia.He has filled Zion with judgment and justice.

⁵Magnificatus est Dominus,The Lord has been magnified,quoniam habitavit in excelso;because he has lived on high.implevit Sion judicio et justitia.He has filled Zion with judgment and justice.

⁶Et erit fides in temporibus tuis:And there will be faith in your times:divitiæ salutis sapientiathe riches of salvation,et scientia;wisdom and knowledge.timor Domini ipse est thesaurus ejus.For the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

⁶Et erit fides in temporibus tuis:And there will be faith in your times:divitiæ salutis sapientiathe riches of salvation,et scientia;wisdom and knowledge.timor Domini ipse est thesaurus ejus.For the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

⁷Ecce videntes clamabunt foris;Behold, outside, those who see will cry out.angeli pacis amare flebunt.The Angels of peace will weep bitterly.

⁷Ecce videntes clamabunt foris;Behold, outside, those who see will cry out.angeli pacis amare flebunt.The Angels of peace will weep bitterly.

⁸Dissipatæ sunt viæ,The roads have become desolate.cessavit transiens per semitam:Travelers have ceased along the paths.irritum factum est pactum,The covenant has been nullified.projecit civitates,He has tossed aside cities.non reputavit homines.He has disregarded men.

⁸Dissipatæ sunt viæ,The roads have become desolate.cessavit transiens per semitam:Travelers have ceased along the paths.irritum factum est pactum,The covenant has been nullified.projecit civitates,He has tossed aside cities.non reputavit homines.He has disregarded men.

⁹Luxit et elanguit terra;The earth has mourned and languished.confusus est Libanus, et obsorduit:Lebanon has been confounded and desecrated.et factus est Saron sicut desertum,And Sharon has become like a desert.et concussa est Basan, et Carmelus.And Bashan and Carmel have been struck together.

⁹Luxit et elanguit terra;The earth has mourned and languished.confusus est Libanus, et obsorduit:Lebanon has been confounded and desecrated.et factus est Saron sicut desertum,And Sharon has become like a desert.et concussa est Basan, et Carmelus.And Bashan and Carmel have been struck together.

¹⁰Nunc consurgam,“Now, I will rise up!”dicit Dominus;says the Lord.nunc exaltabor,“Now I will be exalted!nunc sublevabor.Now I will lift myself up!”

¹⁰Nunc consurgam,“Now, I will rise up!”dicit Dominus;says the Lord.nunc exaltabor,“Now I will be exalted!nunc sublevabor.Now I will lift myself up!”

¹¹Concipietis ardorem,You will conceive heat.parietis stipulam;You will give birth to stubble.spiritus vester ut ignis vorabit vos.Your own spirit will devour you like fire.

¹¹Concipietis ardorem,You will conceive heat.parietis stipulam;You will give birth to stubble.spiritus vester ut ignis vorabit vos.Your own spirit will devour you like fire.

¹²Et erunt populi quasi de incendio cinis;And the people will be like the ashes from a fire.spinæ congregatæ igni comburentur.They will be consumed by fire like a bundle of thorns.

¹²Et erunt populi quasi de incendio cinis;And the people will be like the ashes from a fire.spinæ congregatæ igni comburentur.They will be consumed by fire like a bundle of thorns.

¹³Audite, qui longe estis,“You who are far away,quæ fecerim;listen to what I have done!et cognoscite, vicini,And you who are near,fortitudinem meam.acknowledge my strength!”

¹³Audite, qui longe estis,“You who are far away,quæ fecerim;listen to what I have done!et cognoscite, vicini,And you who are near,fortitudinem meam.acknowledge my strength!”

¹⁴Conterriti sunt in Sion peccatores;The sinners in Zion are terrified;possedit tremor hypocritas.trembling has taken hold of the hypocrites.Quis poterit habitare de vobis cum igne devorante?Who among you is able to live with a devouring fire?quis habitabit ex vobis cum ardoribus sempiternis?Who among you will live with an everlasting flame?

¹⁴Conterriti sunt in Sion peccatores;The sinners in Zion are terrified;possedit tremor hypocritas.trembling has taken hold of the hypocrites.Quis poterit habitare de vobis cum igne devorante?Who among you is able to live with a devouring fire?quis habitabit ex vobis cum ardoribus sempiternis?Who among you will live with an everlasting flame?

¹⁵Qui ambulat in justitiis et loquitur veritatem,The one who walks in justice and speaks the truth,qui projicit avaritiam ex calumnia, et excutit manus suas ab omni munere,who casts out avarice with oppression and shakes all bribes from his hands,qui obturat aures suas ne audiat sanguinem,who blocks his ears so that he may not listen to blood,et claudit oculos suos ne videat malum.and closes his eyes so that he may not see evil.

¹⁵Qui ambulat in justitiis et loquitur veritatem,The one who walks in justice and speaks the truth,qui projicit avaritiam ex calumnia, et excutit manus suas ab omni munere,who casts out avarice with oppression and shakes all bribes from his hands,qui obturat aures suas ne audiat sanguinem,who blocks his ears so that he may not listen to blood,et claudit oculos suos ne videat malum.and closes his eyes so that he may not see evil.

¹⁶Iste in excelsis habitabit;Such a one will live on high;munimenta saxorum sublimitas ejus:the fortification of rocks will be his lofty place.panis ei datus est,Bread has been given to him;aquæ ejus fideles sunt.his waters are reliable.

¹⁶Iste in excelsis habitabit;Such a one will live on high;munimenta saxorum sublimitas ejus:the fortification of rocks will be his lofty place.panis ei datus est,Bread has been given to him;aquæ ejus fideles sunt.his waters are reliable.

¹⁷Regem in decore suo videbunt oculi ejus,His eyes will see the king in his elegance;cernent terram de longe.they will discern the land from far away.

¹⁷Regem in decore suo videbunt oculi ejus,His eyes will see the king in his elegance;cernent terram de longe.they will discern the land from far away.

¹⁸Cor tuum meditabitur timorem:Your heart will meditate on fear.ubi est litteratus?Where are the learned?ubi legis verba ponderans?Where are those who ponder the words of the law?ubi doctor parvulorum?Where are the teachers of little ones?

¹⁸Cor tuum meditabitur timorem:Your heart will meditate on fear.ubi est litteratus?Where are the learned?ubi legis verba ponderans?Where are those who ponder the words of the law?ubi doctor parvulorum?Where are the teachers of little ones?

¹⁹Populum impudentem non videbis,You will not look upon a shameless people,populum alti sermonis,a people of exalted words.ita ut non possis intelligere disertitudinem linguæ ejus, in quo nulla est sapientia.For you are not able to understand the dissertation of a tongue in which there is no wisdom.

¹⁹Populum impudentem non videbis,You will not look upon a shameless people,populum alti sermonis,a people of exalted words.ita ut non possis intelligere disertitudinem linguæ ejus, in quo nulla est sapientia.For you are not able to understand the dissertation of a tongue in which there is no wisdom.

²⁰Respice, Sion,Look with favor upon Zion,civitatem solemnitatis nostræ:the city of our solemnity.oculi tui videbunt Jerusalem,Your eyes will behold Jerusalem:habitationem opulentam,an opulent habitation,tabernaculum quod nequaquam transferri poterit;a tabernacle that can never be taken away.nec auferentur clavi ejus in sempiternum,Its stakes will not be taken away forever,et omnes funiculi ejus non rumpentur:nor will any of its cords be broken.

²⁰Respice, Sion,Look with favor upon Zion,civitatem solemnitatis nostræ:the city of our solemnity.oculi tui videbunt Jerusalem,Your eyes will behold Jerusalem:habitationem opulentam,an opulent habitation,tabernaculum quod nequaquam transferri poterit;a tabernacle that can never be taken away.nec auferentur clavi ejus in sempiternum,Its stakes will not be taken away forever,et omnes funiculi ejus non rumpentur:nor will any of its cords be broken.

²¹quia solummodo ibi magnificus est Dominus noster:For only in that place has our Lord been magnified.locus fluviorum rivi latissimiIt is a place of rivers,et patentes:very broad and open.non transibit per eum navis remigum,No ship with oars will cross through it,neque trieris magna transgredietur eum.nor will the great Greek ship pass through it.

²¹quia solummodo ibi magnificus est Dominus noster:For only in that place has our Lord been magnified.locus fluviorum rivi latissimiIt is a place of rivers,et patentes:very broad and open.non transibit per eum navis remigum,No ship with oars will cross through it,neque trieris magna transgredietur eum.nor will the great Greek ship pass through it.

²²Dominus enim judex noster,For the Lord is our judge.Dominus legifer noster,The Lord is our lawgiver.Dominus rex noster,The Lord is our king.ipse salvabit nos.He himself will save us.

²²Dominus enim judex noster,For the Lord is our judge.Dominus legifer noster,The Lord is our lawgiver.Dominus rex noster,The Lord is our king.ipse salvabit nos.He himself will save us.

²³Laxati sunt funiculi tui,Your ropes have become loose,et non prævalebunt;and they will not prevail.sic erit malus tuus ut dilatare signum non queas.Your mast will be such that you will not be able to unfurl a flag.Tunc dividentur spolia prædarum multarum;Then the spoils of much plunder will be divided.claudi diripient rapinam.The lame will seize the spoils.

²³Laxati sunt funiculi tui,Your ropes have become loose,et non prævalebunt;and they will not prevail.sic erit malus tuus ut dilatare signum non queas.Your mast will be such that you will not be able to unfurl a flag.Tunc dividentur spolia prædarum multarum;Then the spoils of much plunder will be divided.claudi diripient rapinam.The lame will seize the spoils.

²⁴Nec dicet vicinus:He who is nearby will not say:Elangui;“I am too weak.”populus qui habitat in ea, auferetur ab eo iniquitas.The people who live in it will have their iniquity taken away from them.

²⁴Nec dicet vicinus:He who is nearby will not say:Elangui;“I am too weak.”populus qui habitat in ea, auferetur ab eo iniquitas.The people who live in it will have their iniquity taken away from them.