¹In finem,Unto the end.pro octava.For the octave.Psalmus David.A Psalm of David.

¹In finem,Unto the end.pro octava.For the octave.Psalmus David.A Psalm of David.

²Salvum me fac,Save me, O Lord,Domine, quoniam defecit sanctus,because holiness has passed away,quoniam diminutæ sunt veritates a filiis hominum.because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men.

²Salvum me fac,Save me, O Lord,Domine, quoniam defecit sanctus,because holiness has passed away,quoniam diminutæ sunt veritates a filiis hominum.because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men.

³Vana locuti sunt unusquisque ad proximum suum;They have been speaking emptiness,labia dolosa,each one to his neighbor;in corde et corde locuti sunt.they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.

³Vana locuti sunt unusquisque ad proximum suum;They have been speaking emptiness,labia dolosa,each one to his neighbor;in corde et corde locuti sunt.they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.

⁴Disperdat Dominus universa labia dolosa,May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips,et linguam magniloquam.along with the tongue that speaks malice.

⁴Disperdat Dominus universa labia dolosa,May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips,et linguam magniloquam.along with the tongue that speaks malice.

⁵Qui dixerunt:They have said:Linguam nostram magnificabimus;“We will magnify our tongue;labia nostra a nobis sunt.our lips belong to us.Quis noster dominus est?What is Lord to us?”

⁵Qui dixerunt:They have said:Linguam nostram magnificabimus;“We will magnify our tongue;labia nostra a nobis sunt.our lips belong to us.Quis noster dominus est?What is Lord to us?”

⁶Propter miseriam inopum,Because of the misery of the destituteet gemitum pauperum,and the groaning of the poor,nunc exsurgam,now I will arise,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.Ponam in salutari;I will place him in safety.fiducialiter agam in eo.I will act faithfully toward him.

⁶Propter miseriam inopum,Because of the misery of the destituteet gemitum pauperum,and the groaning of the poor,nunc exsurgam,now I will arise,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.Ponam in salutari;I will place him in safety.fiducialiter agam in eo.I will act faithfully toward him.

⁷Eloquia Domini, eloquia casta;The eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence,argentum igne examinatum, probatum terræ,silver tested by fire, purged from the earth,purgatum septuplum.refined seven times.

⁷Eloquia Domini, eloquia casta;The eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence,argentum igne examinatum, probatum terræ,silver tested by fire, purged from the earth,purgatum septuplum.refined seven times.

⁸Tu,You,Domine,O Lord,servabis nos,will preserve us,et custodies nos a generatione hac in æternum.and you will guard us from this generation into eternity.

⁸Tu,You,Domine,O Lord,servabis nos,will preserve us,et custodies nos a generatione hac in æternum.and you will guard us from this generation into eternity.

⁹In circuitu impii ambulant:The impious wander aimlessly.secundum altitudinem tuam multiplicasti filios hominum.According to your loftiness, you have multiplied the sons of men.

⁹In circuitu impii ambulant:The impious wander aimlessly.secundum altitudinem tuam multiplicasti filios hominum.According to your loftiness, you have multiplied the sons of men.