26:1 Psalmus David, priusquam liniretur. Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea : quem timebo ? Dominus protector vitæ meæ : a quo trepidabo ?

26:1 The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

26:2 Dum appropiant super me nocentes ut edant carnes meas, qui tribulant me inimici mei, ipsi infirmati sunt et ceciderunt.

26:2 Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.

26:3 Si consistant adversum me castra, non timebit cor meum ; si exsurgat adversum me prælium, in hoc ego sperabo.

26:3 If armies in camp should stand together against me, my heart shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against me, in this will I be confident.

26:4 Unam petii a Domino, hanc requiram, ut inhabitem in domo Domini omnibus diebus vitæ meæ ; ut videam voluptatem Domini, et visitem templum ejus.

26:4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

26:5 Quoniam abscondit me in tabernaculo suo ; in die malorum protexit me in abscondito tabernaculi sui.

26:5 For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.

26:6 In petra exaltavit me, et nunc exaltavit caput meum super inimicos meos. Circuivi, et immolavi in tabernaculo ejus hostiam vociferationis ; cantabo, et psalmum dicam Domino.

26:6 He hath exalted me upon a rock: and now he hath lifted up my head above my enemies. I have gone round, and have offered up in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord.

26:7 Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam, qua clamavi ad te ; miserere mei, et exaudi me.

26:7 Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me.

26:8 Tibi dixit cor meum : Exquisivit te facies mea ; faciem tuam, Domine, requiram.

26:8 My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.

26:9 Ne avertas faciem tuam a me ; ne declines in ira a servo tuo. Adjutor meus esto ; ne derelinquas me, neque despicias me, Deus salutaris meus.

26:9 Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.

26:10 Quoniam pater meus et mater mea dereliquerunt me ; Dominus autem assumpsit me.

26:10 For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath taken me up.

26:11 Legem pone mihi, Domine, in via tua, et dirige me in semitam rectam, propter inimicos meos.

26:11 Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide me in the right path, because of my enemies.

26:12 Ne tradideris me in animas tribulantium me, quoniam insurrexerunt in me testes iniqui, et mentita est iniquitas sibi.

26:12 Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.

26:13 Credo videre bona Domini in terra viventium.

26:13 I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

26:14 Expecta Dominum, viriliter age : et confortetur cor tuum, et sustine Dominum.

26:14 Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.