¹Ipsi David intellectus.The understanding of David himself.Beati quorum remissæ sunt iniquitates,Blessed are they whose iniquities have been forgivenet quorum tecta sunt peccata.and whose sins have been covered.

¹Ipsi David intellectus.The understanding of David himself.Beati quorum remissæ sunt iniquitates,Blessed are they whose iniquities have been forgivenet quorum tecta sunt peccata.and whose sins have been covered.

²Beatus vir cui non imputavit Dominus peccatum,Blessed is the man to whom the Lord has not imputed sin,nec est in spiritu ejus dolus.and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

²Beatus vir cui non imputavit Dominus peccatum,Blessed is the man to whom the Lord has not imputed sin,nec est in spiritu ejus dolus.and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

³Quoniam tacui,Because I was silent,inveteraverunt ossa mea,my bones grew old,dum clamarem tota die.while still I cried out all day long.

³Quoniam tacui,Because I was silent,inveteraverunt ossa mea,my bones grew old,dum clamarem tota die.while still I cried out all day long.

⁴Quoniam die ac nocte gravata est super me manus tua,For, day and night, your hand was heavy upon me.conversus sum in ærumna mea,I have been converted in my anguish,dum configitur spina.while still the thorn is piercing.

⁴Quoniam die ac nocte gravata est super me manus tua,For, day and night, your hand was heavy upon me.conversus sum in ærumna mea,I have been converted in my anguish,dum configitur spina.while still the thorn is piercing.

⁵Delictum meum cognitum tibi feci,I have acknowledged my offense to you,et injustitiam meam non abscondi.and I have not concealed my injustice.Dixi:I said,Confitebor adversum me injustitiam meam Domino;“I will confess against myself, my injustice to the Lord,”et tu remisisti impietatem peccati mei.and you forgave the impiety of my sin.

⁵Delictum meum cognitum tibi feci,I have acknowledged my offense to you,et injustitiam meam non abscondi.and I have not concealed my injustice.Dixi:I said,Confitebor adversum me injustitiam meam Domino;“I will confess against myself, my injustice to the Lord,”et tu remisisti impietatem peccati mei.and you forgave the impiety of my sin.

⁶Pro hac orabit ad te omnis sanctus in tempore opportuno.For this, everyone who is holy will pray to you in due time.Verumtamen in diluvio aquarum multarum,Yet truly, in a flood of many waters,ad eum non approximabunt.they will not draw near to him.

⁶Pro hac orabit ad te omnis sanctus in tempore opportuno.For this, everyone who is holy will pray to you in due time.Verumtamen in diluvio aquarum multarum,Yet truly, in a flood of many waters,ad eum non approximabunt.they will not draw near to him.

⁷Tu es refugium meum a tribulatione quæ circumdedit me;You are my refuge from the tribulation that has surrounded me.exsultatio mea,You are my exultation:erue me a circumdantibus me.rescue me from those who are surrounding me.

⁷Tu es refugium meum a tribulatione quæ circumdedit me;You are my refuge from the tribulation that has surrounded me.exsultatio mea,You are my exultation:erue me a circumdantibus me.rescue me from those who are surrounding me.

⁸Intellectum tibi dabo,I will give you understanding,et instruam te in via hac qua gradieris;and I will instruct you in this way, in which you will walk.firmabo super te oculos meos.I will fix my eyes upon you.

⁸Intellectum tibi dabo,I will give you understanding,et instruam te in via hac qua gradieris;and I will instruct you in this way, in which you will walk.firmabo super te oculos meos.I will fix my eyes upon you.

⁹Nolite fieri sicut equus et mulus,Do not become like the horse and the mule,quibus non est intellectus.which have no understanding.In camo et freno maxillas eorum constringe,Their jaws are constrained with bit and bridle,qui non approximant ad te.so as not to draw near to you.

⁹Nolite fieri sicut equus et mulus,Do not become like the horse and the mule,quibus non est intellectus.which have no understanding.In camo et freno maxillas eorum constringe,Their jaws are constrained with bit and bridle,qui non approximant ad te.so as not to draw near to you.

¹⁰Multa flagella peccatoris;Many are the scourges of the sinner,sperantem autem in Domino misericordia circumdabit.but mercy will surround him that hopes in the Lord.

¹⁰Multa flagella peccatoris;Many are the scourges of the sinner,sperantem autem in Domino misericordia circumdabit.but mercy will surround him that hopes in the Lord.

¹¹Lætamini in Domino,Rejoice in the Lordet exsultate,and exult,justi;you just ones,et gloriamini,and glory,omnes recti corde.all you upright of heart.

¹¹Lætamini in Domino,Rejoice in the Lordet exsultate,and exult,justi;you just ones,et gloriamini,and glory,omnes recti corde.all you upright of heart.