¹Canticum Psalmi, filiis Core,A Canticle Psalm to the sons of Korah.in finem,Unto the end.pro Maheleth ad respondendum. Intellectus Eman Ezrahitæ.For Mahalath, to answer the understanding of Heman the Ezrahite.

¹Canticum Psalmi, filiis Core,A Canticle Psalm to the sons of Korah.in finem,Unto the end.pro Maheleth ad respondendum. Intellectus Eman Ezrahitæ.For Mahalath, to answer the understanding of Heman the Ezrahite.

²Domine,O Lord,Deus salutis meæ,God of my salvation:in die clamavi et nocte coram te.I have cried out, day and night, in your presence.

²Domine,O Lord,Deus salutis meæ,God of my salvation:in die clamavi et nocte coram te.I have cried out, day and night, in your presence.

³Intret in conspectu tuo oratio mea,Let my prayer enter in your sight.inclina aurem tuam ad precem meam.Incline your ear to my petition.

³Intret in conspectu tuo oratio mea,Let my prayer enter in your sight.inclina aurem tuam ad precem meam.Incline your ear to my petition.

⁴Quia repleta est malis anima mea,For my soul has been filled with evils,et vita mea inferno appropinquavit.and my life has drawn near to Hell.

⁴Quia repleta est malis anima mea,For my soul has been filled with evils,et vita mea inferno appropinquavit.and my life has drawn near to Hell.

⁵Æstimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum,I am considered to be among those who will descend into the pit.factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio,I have become like a man without assistance,

⁵Æstimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum,I am considered to be among those who will descend into the pit.factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio,I have become like a man without assistance,

⁶inter mortuos liber;idle among the dead.sicut vulnerati dormientes in sepulchris,I am like the wounded sleeping in sepulchers,quorum non es memor amplius,whom you no longer remember,et ipsi de manu tua repulsi sunt.and who have been repelled by your hand.

⁶inter mortuos liber;idle among the dead.sicut vulnerati dormientes in sepulchris,I am like the wounded sleeping in sepulchers,quorum non es memor amplius,whom you no longer remember,et ipsi de manu tua repulsi sunt.and who have been repelled by your hand.

⁷Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori,They have lain me in the lower pit:in tenebrosis,in dark placeset in umbra mortis.and in the shadow of death.

⁷Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori,They have lain me in the lower pit:in tenebrosis,in dark placeset in umbra mortis.and in the shadow of death.

⁸Super me confirmatus est furor tuus,Your fury has been confirmed over me.et omnes fluctus tuos induxisti super me.And you have brought all your waves upon me.

⁸Super me confirmatus est furor tuus,Your fury has been confirmed over me.et omnes fluctus tuos induxisti super me.And you have brought all your waves upon me.

⁹Longe fecisti notos meos a me;You have sent my acquaintances far from me.posuerunt me abominationem sibi.They have set me as an abomination to themselves.Traditus sum,I was handed over,et non egrediebar;yet I did not depart.

⁹Longe fecisti notos meos a me;You have sent my acquaintances far from me.posuerunt me abominationem sibi.They have set me as an abomination to themselves.Traditus sum,I was handed over,et non egrediebar;yet I did not depart.

¹⁰oculi mei languerunt præ inopia.My eyes languished before destitution.Clamavi ad te,All day long,Domine,I cried out to you,tota die;O Lord.expandi ad te manus meas.I stretched out my hands to you.

¹⁰oculi mei languerunt præ inopia.My eyes languished before destitution.Clamavi ad te,All day long,Domine,I cried out to you,tota die;O Lord.expandi ad te manus meas.I stretched out my hands to you.

¹¹Numquid mortuis facies mirabilia?Will you perform wonders for the dead?aut medici suscitabunt,Or will physicians raise to life,et confitebuntur tibi?and so confess to you?

¹¹Numquid mortuis facies mirabilia?Will you perform wonders for the dead?aut medici suscitabunt,Or will physicians raise to life,et confitebuntur tibi?and so confess to you?

¹²Numquid narrabit aliquis in sepulchro misericordiam tuam,Could anyone declare your mercy in the sepulcher,et veritatem tuam in perditione?or your truth from within perdition?

¹²Numquid narrabit aliquis in sepulchro misericordiam tuam,Could anyone declare your mercy in the sepulcher,et veritatem tuam in perditione?or your truth from within perdition?

¹³Numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua?Will your wonders be known in the darkness,et justitia tua in terra oblivionis?or your justice in the land of oblivion?

¹³Numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua?Will your wonders be known in the darkness,et justitia tua in terra oblivionis?or your justice in the land of oblivion?

¹⁴Et ego ad te,And I have cried out to you,Domine,O Lord,clamavi,and in early morning,et mane oratio mea præveniet te.my prayer will come before you.

¹⁴Et ego ad te,And I have cried out to you,Domine,O Lord,clamavi,and in early morning,et mane oratio mea præveniet te.my prayer will come before you.

¹⁵Ut quid,Lord,Domine, repellis orationem meam;why do you reject my prayer?avertis faciem tuam a me?Why do you turn your face away from me?

¹⁵Ut quid,Lord,Domine, repellis orationem meam;why do you reject my prayer?avertis faciem tuam a me?Why do you turn your face away from me?

¹⁶Pauper sum ego,I am poor,et in laboribus a juventute mea;and I have been amid hardships from my youth.exaltatus autem,And,humiliatus sumthough I have been exalted,et conturbatus.I am humbled and disturbed.

¹⁶Pauper sum ego,I am poor,et in laboribus a juventute mea;and I have been amid hardships from my youth.exaltatus autem,And,humiliatus sumthough I have been exalted,et conturbatus.I am humbled and disturbed.

¹⁷In me transierunt iræ tuæ,Your wrath has crossed into me,et terrores tui conturbaverunt me:and your terrors have disturbed me.

¹⁷In me transierunt iræ tuæ,Your wrath has crossed into me,et terrores tui conturbaverunt me:and your terrors have disturbed me.

¹⁸circumdederunt me sicut aqua tota die;They have surrounded me like water, all day long.circumdederunt me simul.They have surrounded me, all at once.

¹⁸circumdederunt me sicut aqua tota die;They have surrounded me like water, all day long.circumdederunt me simul.They have surrounded me, all at once.

¹⁹Elongasti a me amicum et proximum,Friend and neighbor, and my acquaintances,et notos meos a miseria.you have sent far away from me, away from misery.

¹⁹Elongasti a me amicum et proximum,Friend and neighbor, and my acquaintances,et notos meos a miseria.you have sent far away from me, away from misery.