¹In finem,Unto the end.ipsi Idithun.For Jeduthun himself.Canticum David.A Canticle of David.

¹In finem,Unto the end.ipsi Idithun.For Jeduthun himself.Canticum David.A Canticle of David.

²Dixi:I said,Custodiam vias meas:“I will keep to my ways,ut non delinquam in lingua mea.so that I will not offend with my tongue.”Posui ori meo custodiam,I posted a guard at my mouth,cum consisteret peccator adversum me.when a sinner took up a position against me.

²Dixi:I said,Custodiam vias meas:“I will keep to my ways,ut non delinquam in lingua mea.so that I will not offend with my tongue.”Posui ori meo custodiam,I posted a guard at my mouth,cum consisteret peccator adversum me.when a sinner took up a position against me.

³Obmutui,I was silencedet humiliatus sum,and humbled,et silui a bonis;and I was quiet before good things,et dolor meus renovatus est.and my sorrow was renewed.

³Obmutui,I was silencedet humiliatus sum,and humbled,et silui a bonis;and I was quiet before good things,et dolor meus renovatus est.and my sorrow was renewed.

⁴Concaluit cor meum intra me;My heart grew hot within me, and,et in meditatione mea exardescet ignis.during my meditation, a fire would flare up.

⁴Concaluit cor meum intra me;My heart grew hot within me, and,et in meditatione mea exardescet ignis.during my meditation, a fire would flare up.

⁵Locutus sum in lingua mea: Notum fac mihi,I spoke with my tongue, “O Lord,Domine, finem meum,make me know my end,et numerum dierum meorum quis est,and what the number of my days will be,ut sciam quid desit mihi.so that I may know what is lacking to me.”

⁵Locutus sum in lingua mea: Notum fac mihi,I spoke with my tongue, “O Lord,Domine, finem meum,make me know my end,et numerum dierum meorum quis est,and what the number of my days will be,ut sciam quid desit mihi.so that I may know what is lacking to me.”

⁶Ecce mensurabiles posuisti dies meos,Behold, you have made my days measurable,et substantia mea tamquam nihilum ante te.and, before you, my substance is as nothing.Verumtamen universa vanitas,Yet truly, all things are vanity:omnis homo vivens.every living man.

⁶Ecce mensurabiles posuisti dies meos,Behold, you have made my days measurable,et substantia mea tamquam nihilum ante te.and, before you, my substance is as nothing.Verumtamen universa vanitas,Yet truly, all things are vanity:omnis homo vivens.every living man.

⁷Verumtamen in imagine pertransit homo;So then, truly man passes by like an image; even so,sed et frustra conturbatur:he is disquieted in vain. He stores up,thesaurizat, et ignorat cui congregabit ea.and he knows not for whom he will gather these things.

⁷Verumtamen in imagine pertransit homo;So then, truly man passes by like an image; even so,sed et frustra conturbatur:he is disquieted in vain. He stores up,thesaurizat, et ignorat cui congregabit ea.and he knows not for whom he will gather these things.

⁸Et nunc quæ est exspectatio mea:And now, what is it that awaits me?nonne Dominus?Is it not the Lord?et substantia mea apud te est.And my substance is with you.

⁸Et nunc quæ est exspectatio mea:And now, what is it that awaits me?nonne Dominus?Is it not the Lord?et substantia mea apud te est.And my substance is with you.

⁹Ab omnibus iniquitatibus meis erue me:Rescue me from all my iniquities.opprobrium insipienti dedisti me.You have handed me over as a reproach to the foolish.

⁹Ab omnibus iniquitatibus meis erue me:Rescue me from all my iniquities.opprobrium insipienti dedisti me.You have handed me over as a reproach to the foolish.

¹⁰Obmutui,I was silenced,et non aperui os meum,and I did not open my mouth,quoniam tu fecisti;because it was you who acted.

¹⁰Obmutui,I was silenced,et non aperui os meum,and I did not open my mouth,quoniam tu fecisti;because it was you who acted.

¹¹amove a me plagas tuas.Remove your scourges from me.

¹¹amove a me plagas tuas.Remove your scourges from me.

¹²A fortitudine manus tuæ ego defeci in increpationibus:I fall short at corrections from the strength of your hand.propter iniquitatem corripuisti hominem.For you have chastised man for iniquity.Et tabescere fecisti sicut araneam animam ejus:And you have made his soul shrink away like a spider.verumtamen vane conturbatur omnis homo.Nevertheless, it is in vain that any man be disquieted.

¹²A fortitudine manus tuæ ego defeci in increpationibus:I fall short at corrections from the strength of your hand.propter iniquitatem corripuisti hominem.For you have chastised man for iniquity.Et tabescere fecisti sicut araneam animam ejus:And you have made his soul shrink away like a spider.verumtamen vane conturbatur omnis homo.Nevertheless, it is in vain that any man be disquieted.

¹³Exaudi orationem meam,O Lord,Domine,heed my prayer and my supplication.et deprecationem meam;Pay attention to my tears.auribus percipe lacrimas meas.Do not be silent.Ne sileas,For I am a newcomer with you,quoniam advena ego sum apud te,and a sojourner,et peregrinus sicut omnes patres mei.just as all my fathers were.

¹³Exaudi orationem meam,O Lord,Domine,heed my prayer and my supplication.et deprecationem meam;Pay attention to my tears.auribus percipe lacrimas meas.Do not be silent.Ne sileas,For I am a newcomer with you,quoniam advena ego sum apud te,and a sojourner,et peregrinus sicut omnes patres mei.just as all my fathers were.

¹⁴Remitte mihi,Forgive me,ut refrigerer priusquam abeamso that I may be refreshed,et amplius non ero.before I will go forth and be no more.

¹⁴Remitte mihi,Forgive me,ut refrigerer priusquam abeamso that I may be refreshed,et amplius non ero.before I will go forth and be no more.