¹Locutus est autem David Domino verba carminis hujus in die qua liberavit eum Dominus de manu omnium inimicorum suorum,And David spoke to the Lord the words of this verse,et de manu Saul.in the day that the Lord freed him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

¹Locutus est autem David Domino verba carminis hujus in die qua liberavit eum Dominus de manu omnium inimicorum suorum,And David spoke to the Lord the words of this verse,et de manu Saul.in the day that the Lord freed him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

²Et ait:And he said:Dominus petra mea,“The Lord is my rock,et robur meum,and my strength,et salvator meus.and my Savior.

²Et ait:And he said:Dominus petra mea,“The Lord is my rock,et robur meum,and my strength,et salvator meus.and my Savior.

³Deus fortis meus:I will hope in him.sperabo in eum;God is my strong one,scutum meum, et cornu salutis meæ:my shield, and the horn of my salvation.elevator meus,He lifts me up,et refugium meum;and he is my refreshment.salvator meus:You, O my Savior,de iniquitate liberabis me.will free me from iniquity.

³Deus fortis meus:I will hope in him.sperabo in eum;God is my strong one,scutum meum, et cornu salutis meæ:my shield, and the horn of my salvation.elevator meus,He lifts me up,et refugium meum;and he is my refreshment.salvator meus:You, O my Savior,de iniquitate liberabis me.will free me from iniquity.

⁴Laudabilem invocabo Dominum,I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy;et ab inimicis meis salvus ero.and I will be saved from my enemies.

⁴Laudabilem invocabo Dominum,I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy;et ab inimicis meis salvus ero.and I will be saved from my enemies.

⁵Quia circumdederunt me contritiones mortis:For the pangs of death have encircled me.torrentes Belial terruerunt me.The torrents of Belial have terrified me.

⁵Quia circumdederunt me contritiones mortis:For the pangs of death have encircled me.torrentes Belial terruerunt me.The torrents of Belial have terrified me.

⁶Funes inferni circumdederunt me:The ropes of Hell have encompassed me.prævenerunt me laquei mortis.The snares of death have intercepted me.

⁶Funes inferni circumdederunt me:The ropes of Hell have encompassed me.prævenerunt me laquei mortis.The snares of death have intercepted me.

⁷In tribulatione mea invocabo Dominum,In my tribulation, I will call upon the Lord,et ad Deum meum clamabo:and I will cry out to my God.et exaudiet de templo suo vocem meam,And he will heed my voice from his temple,et clamor meus veniet ad aures ejus.and my outcry will reach his ears.

⁷In tribulatione mea invocabo Dominum,In my tribulation, I will call upon the Lord,et ad Deum meum clamabo:and I will cry out to my God.et exaudiet de templo suo vocem meam,And he will heed my voice from his temple,et clamor meus veniet ad aures ejus.and my outcry will reach his ears.

⁸Commota est et contremuit terra;The earth was shaken,fundamenta montium concussa sunt,and it quaked.et conquassata:The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken,quoniam iratus est eis.because he was angry with them.

⁸Commota est et contremuit terra;The earth was shaken,fundamenta montium concussa sunt,and it quaked.et conquassata:The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken,quoniam iratus est eis.because he was angry with them.

⁹Ascendit fumus de naribus ejus,Smoke ascends from his nostrils,et ignis de ore ejus vorabit:and fire from his mouth will devour;carbones succensi sunt ab eo.coals have been kindled by it.

⁹Ascendit fumus de naribus ejus,Smoke ascends from his nostrils,et ignis de ore ejus vorabit:and fire from his mouth will devour;carbones succensi sunt ab eo.coals have been kindled by it.

¹⁰Inclinavit cælos,He bent down the heavens,et descendit:and it descended;et caligo sub pedibus ejus.and a fog was beneath his feet.

¹⁰Inclinavit cælos,He bent down the heavens,et descendit:and it descended;et caligo sub pedibus ejus.and a fog was beneath his feet.

¹¹Et ascendit super cherubim,And he climbed upon the cherubim,et volavit:and he flew;et lapsus est super pennas venti.and he slid upon the wings of the wind.

¹¹Et ascendit super cherubim,And he climbed upon the cherubim,et volavit:and he flew;et lapsus est super pennas venti.and he slid upon the wings of the wind.

¹²Posuit tenebras in circuitu suo latibulum,He set darkness as a hiding place around himself,cribrans aquas de nubibus cælorum.with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.

¹²Posuit tenebras in circuitu suo latibulum,He set darkness as a hiding place around himself,cribrans aquas de nubibus cælorum.with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.

¹³Præ fulgore in conspectu ejus,By means of the brightness of his glance,succensi sunt carbones ignis.coals of fire were kindled.

¹³Præ fulgore in conspectu ejus,By means of the brightness of his glance,succensi sunt carbones ignis.coals of fire were kindled.

¹⁴Tonabit de cælo Dominus,The Lord will thunder from heaven;et excelsus dabit vocem suam.and the Most High will utter his voice.

¹⁴Tonabit de cælo Dominus,The Lord will thunder from heaven;et excelsus dabit vocem suam.and the Most High will utter his voice.

¹⁵Misit sagittasHe shot arrows,et dissipavit eos;and he scattered them;fulgur,lightning,et consumpsit eos.and he consumed them.

¹⁵Misit sagittasHe shot arrows,et dissipavit eos;and he scattered them;fulgur,lightning,et consumpsit eos.and he consumed them.

¹⁶Et apparuerunt effusiones maris,And the overflow of the sea appeared,et revelata sunt fundamenta orbis ab increpatione Domini,and the foundations of the globe were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord,ab inspiratione spiritus furoris ejus.at the exhale of the breath of his fury.

¹⁶Et apparuerunt effusiones maris,And the overflow of the sea appeared,et revelata sunt fundamenta orbis ab increpatione Domini,and the foundations of the globe were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord,ab inspiratione spiritus furoris ejus.at the exhale of the breath of his fury.

¹⁷Misit de excelso,He sent from on high,et assumpsit me,and he took me up.et extraxit me de aquis multis.And he drew me out of many waters.

¹⁷Misit de excelso,He sent from on high,et assumpsit me,and he took me up.et extraxit me de aquis multis.And he drew me out of many waters.

¹⁸Liberavit me ab inimico meo potentissimo,He freed me from my most powerful enemyet ab his qui oderant me:and from those who had hated me.quoniam robustiores me erant.For they were too strong for me.

¹⁸Liberavit me ab inimico meo potentissimo,He freed me from my most powerful enemyet ab his qui oderant me:and from those who had hated me.quoniam robustiores me erant.For they were too strong for me.

¹⁹Prævenit me in die afflictionis meæ,He went before me in the day of my affliction,et factus est Dominus firmamentum meum.and the Lord became my firmament.

¹⁹Prævenit me in die afflictionis meæ,He went before me in the day of my affliction,et factus est Dominus firmamentum meum.and the Lord became my firmament.

²⁰Et eduxit me in latitudinem:And he led me out to a wide-open place.liberavit me,He freed me,quia complacui ei.because I was pleasing to him.

²⁰Et eduxit me in latitudinem:And he led me out to a wide-open place.liberavit me,He freed me,quia complacui ei.because I was pleasing to him.

²¹Retribuet mihi Dominus secundum justitiam meam:The Lord will reward me according to my justice.et secundum munditiam manuum mearum reddet mihi.And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands.

²¹Retribuet mihi Dominus secundum justitiam meam:The Lord will reward me according to my justice.et secundum munditiam manuum mearum reddet mihi.And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands.

²²Quia custodivi vias Domini,For I have kept to the ways of the Lord,et non egi impie a Deo meo.and I have not acted impiously before my God.

²²Quia custodivi vias Domini,For I have kept to the ways of the Lord,et non egi impie a Deo meo.and I have not acted impiously before my God.

²³Omnia enim judicia ejus in conspectu meo,For all his judgments are in my sight.et præcepta ejus non amovi a me.And I have not removed his precepts from me.

²³Omnia enim judicia ejus in conspectu meo,For all his judgments are in my sight.et præcepta ejus non amovi a me.And I have not removed his precepts from me.

²⁴Et ero perfectus cum eo,And I shall be perfect with him.et custodiam me ab iniquitate mea.And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.

²⁴Et ero perfectus cum eo,And I shall be perfect with him.et custodiam me ab iniquitate mea.And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.

²⁵Et restituet mihi Dominus secundum justitiam meam,And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice,et secundum munditiam manuum mearum in conspectu oculorum suorum.and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.

²⁵Et restituet mihi Dominus secundum justitiam meam,And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice,et secundum munditiam manuum mearum in conspectu oculorum suorum.and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.

²⁶Cum sancto sanctus eris,With the holy one, you will be holy,et cum robusto perfectus.and with the strong one, you will be perfect.

²⁶Cum sancto sanctus eris,With the holy one, you will be holy,et cum robusto perfectus.and with the strong one, you will be perfect.

²⁷Cum electo electus eris,With the elect one, you will be elect,et cum perverso perverteris.and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.

²⁷Cum electo electus eris,With the elect one, you will be elect,et cum perverso perverteris.and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.

²⁸Et populum pauperem salvum facies:And you will bring to salvation the poor people,oculisque tuis excelsos humiliabis.and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.

²⁸Et populum pauperem salvum facies:And you will bring to salvation the poor people,oculisque tuis excelsos humiliabis.and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.

²⁹Quia tu lucerna mea,For you are my lamp,Domine,O Lord.et tu,And you,Domine,O Lord,illuminabis tenebras meas.will illuminate my darkness.

²⁹Quia tu lucerna mea,For you are my lamp,Domine,O Lord.et tu,And you,Domine,O Lord,illuminabis tenebras meas.will illuminate my darkness.

³⁰In te enim curram accinctus:For in you, I will run girded.in Deo meo transiliam murum.In my God, I will leap over the wall.

³⁰In te enim curram accinctus:For in you, I will run girded.in Deo meo transiliam murum.In my God, I will leap over the wall.

³¹Deus,God,immaculata via ejus;his way is immaculate;eloquium Domini igne examinatum:the eloquence of the Lord is an exacting fire.scutum est omnium sperantium in se.He is the shield of all who hope in him.

³¹Deus,God,immaculata via ejus;his way is immaculate;eloquium Domini igne examinatum:the eloquence of the Lord is an exacting fire.scutum est omnium sperantium in se.He is the shield of all who hope in him.

³²Quis est Deus præter Dominum,Who is God except the Lord?et quis fortis præter Deum nostrum?And who is strong except our God?

³²Quis est Deus præter Dominum,Who is God except the Lord?et quis fortis præter Deum nostrum?And who is strong except our God?

³³Deus qui accinxit me fortitudine,God, he has girded me with fortitude,et complanavit perfectam viam meam.and he has made my way perfect:

³³Deus qui accinxit me fortitudine,God, he has girded me with fortitude,et complanavit perfectam viam meam.and he has made my way perfect:

³⁴Coæquans pedes meos cervis,making my feet like the feet of the stag,et super excelsa mea statuens me;and stationing me upon my exalted places,

³⁴Coæquans pedes meos cervis,making my feet like the feet of the stag,et super excelsa mea statuens me;and stationing me upon my exalted places,

³⁵docens manus meas ad prælium,teaching my hands to do battle,et componens quasi arcum æreum brachia mea.and making my arms like a bow of brass.

³⁵docens manus meas ad prælium,teaching my hands to do battle,et componens quasi arcum æreum brachia mea.and making my arms like a bow of brass.

³⁶Dedisti mihi clypeum salutis tuæ,You have given me the shield of your salvation.et mansuetudo tua multiplicavit me.And your mildness has multiplied me.

³⁶Dedisti mihi clypeum salutis tuæ,You have given me the shield of your salvation.et mansuetudo tua multiplicavit me.And your mildness has multiplied me.

³⁷Dilatabis gressus meos subtus me,You will enlarge my steps under me,et non deficient tali mei.and my ankles will not fail.

³⁷Dilatabis gressus meos subtus me,You will enlarge my steps under me,et non deficient tali mei.and my ankles will not fail.

³⁸Persequar inimicos meos,I will pursue my enemies,et conteram,and crush them.et non convertar donec consumam eos.And I will not turn back, until I consume them.

³⁸Persequar inimicos meos,I will pursue my enemies,et conteram,and crush them.et non convertar donec consumam eos.And I will not turn back, until I consume them.

³⁹Consumam eos et confringam,I will consume them and break them apart,ut non consurgant:so that they cannot rise up;cadent sub pedibus meis.they will fall under my feet.

³⁹Consumam eos et confringam,I will consume them and break them apart,ut non consurgant:so that they cannot rise up;cadent sub pedibus meis.they will fall under my feet.

⁴⁰Accinxisti me fortitudine ad prælium:You have girded me with strength for the battle.incurvasti resistentes mihi subtus me.Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.

⁴⁰Accinxisti me fortitudine ad prælium:You have girded me with strength for the battle.incurvasti resistentes mihi subtus me.Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.

⁴¹Inimicos meos dedisti mihi dorsum;You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me;odientes me,they have hatred for me,et disperdam eos.and I shall destroy them.

⁴¹Inimicos meos dedisti mihi dorsum;You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me;odientes me,they have hatred for me,et disperdam eos.and I shall destroy them.

⁴²Clamabunt,They will cry out,et non erit qui salvet;and there will be no one to save;ad Dominum,to the Lord,et non exaudiet eos.and he will not heed them.

⁴²Clamabunt,They will cry out,et non erit qui salvet;and there will be no one to save;ad Dominum,to the Lord,et non exaudiet eos.and he will not heed them.

⁴³Delebo eos ut pulverem terræ;I will wipe them away like the dust of the earth.quasi lutum platearum comminuam eosI will break them apart and crush them,atque confringam.like the mud of the streets.

⁴³Delebo eos ut pulverem terræ;I will wipe them away like the dust of the earth.quasi lutum platearum comminuam eosI will break them apart and crush them,atque confringam.like the mud of the streets.

⁴⁴Salvabis me a contradictionibus populi mei;You will save me from the contradictions of my people.custodies me in caput gentium:You will preserve me to be the head of the Gentiles;populus quem ignoro serviet mihi.a people I do not know shall serve me.

⁴⁴Salvabis me a contradictionibus populi mei;You will save me from the contradictions of my people.custodies me in caput gentium:You will preserve me to be the head of the Gentiles;populus quem ignoro serviet mihi.a people I do not know shall serve me.

⁴⁵Filii alieni resistent mihi;The sons of foreigners, who will resist me,auditu auris obedient mihi.at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.

⁴⁵Filii alieni resistent mihi;The sons of foreigners, who will resist me,auditu auris obedient mihi.at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.

⁴⁶Filii alieni defluxerunt,The foreigners flowed away,et contrahentur in angustiis suis.but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.

⁴⁶Filii alieni defluxerunt,The foreigners flowed away,et contrahentur in angustiis suis.but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.

⁴⁷Vivit Dominus,The Lord lives,et benedictus Deus meus,and my God is blessed.et exaltabitur Deus fortis salutis meæ.And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.

⁴⁷Vivit Dominus,The Lord lives,et benedictus Deus meus,and my God is blessed.et exaltabitur Deus fortis salutis meæ.And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.

⁴⁸Deus qui das vindictas mihi,God gives me vindication,et dejicis populos sub me.and he casts down the peoples under me.

⁴⁸Deus qui das vindictas mihi,God gives me vindication,et dejicis populos sub me.and he casts down the peoples under me.

⁴⁹Qui educis me ab inimicis meis,He leads me away from my enemies,et a resistentibus mihi elevas me:and he lifts me up from those who resist me.a viro iniquo liberabis me.You will free me from the iniquitous man.

⁴⁹Qui educis me ab inimicis meis,He leads me away from my enemies,et a resistentibus mihi elevas me:and he lifts me up from those who resist me.a viro iniquo liberabis me.You will free me from the iniquitous man.

⁵⁰Propterea confitebor tibi,Because of this, I will confess to you,Domine, in gentibus,O Lord, among the Gentiles,et nomini tuo cantabo:and I will sing to your name:

⁵⁰Propterea confitebor tibi,Because of this, I will confess to you,Domine, in gentibus,O Lord, among the Gentiles,et nomini tuo cantabo:and I will sing to your name:

⁵¹magnificans salutes regis sui,magnifying the salvation of his king,et faciens misericordiam christo suo David,and showing mercy to David, his Christ,et semini ejus in sempiternum.and to his offspring forever.”

⁵¹magnificans salutes regis sui,magnifying the salvation of his king,et faciens misericordiam christo suo David,and showing mercy to David, his Christ,et semini ejus in sempiternum.and to his offspring forever.”