1In finem,Unto the end.pro his qui immutabuntur,For those who will be changed,in tituli inscriptionem ipsi David,with the inscription of a title, of David himself,in doctrinam,for instruction:

2cum succendit Mesopotamiam Syriæwhen he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal,et Sobal,and Joab turned back and struck Idumea,et convertit Joab,in the valley of the salt pits,et percussit Idumæam in valle Salinarum duodecim millia.twelve thousand men.

3Deus,O God,repulisti nos,you have rejected us,et destruxisti nos;and you have ruined us.iratus es,You became angry,et misertus es nobis.and yet you have been merciful to us.

4Commovisti terram,You have moved the earth,et conturbasti eam;and you have disturbed it.sana contritiones ejus,Heal its breaches,quia commota est.for it has been moved.

5Ostendisti populo tuo dura;You have revealed to your people difficulties.potasti nos vino compunctionis.You have made us drink the wine of remorse.

6Dedisti metuentibus te significationem,You have given a warning sign to those who fear you,ut fugiant a facie arcus;so that they may flee from before the face of the bow,ut liberentur dilecti tui.so that your beloved may be delivered.

7Salvum fac dextera tua,Save me with your right hand,et exaudi me.and hear me.

8Deus locutus est in sancto suo:God has spoken in his holy place:lætabor,I will rejoice,et partibor Sichimam;and I will divide Shechem,et convallem tabernaculorum metibor.and I will measure the steep valley of the tabernacles.

9Meus est Galaad,Gilead is mine,et meus est Manasses;and Manasseh is mine.et Ephraim fortitudo capitis mei.And Ephraim is the strength of my head.Juda rex meus;Judah is my king.

10Moab olla spei meæ.Moab is the cooking pot of my hope.In Idumæam extendam calceamentum meum:Into Idumea, I will extend my shoe. To me,mihi alienigenæ subditi sunt.the foreigners have been made subject.

11Quis deducet me in civitatem munitam?Who will lead me into the fortified city?quis deducet me usque in Idumæam?Who will lead me all the way to Idumea?

12nonne tu,Will not you,Deus,O God,qui repulisti nos?who has rejected us?et non egredieris,And will not you,Deus,O God,in virtutibus nostris?go out with our armies?

13Da nobis auxilium de tribulatione,Grant us help from tribulation.quia vana salus hominis.For salvation from man is empty.

14In Deo faciemus virtutem;In God, we will act virtuously.et ipse ad nihilum deducet tribulantes nos.And those who trouble us, he will lead to nothing.