54:1 In finem, in carminibus. Intellectus David.

54:1 Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.

54:2 Exaudi, Deus, orationem meam, et ne despexeris deprecationem meam :

54:2 Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:

54:3 intende mihi, et exaudi me. Contristatus sum in exercitatione mea, et conturbatus sum

54:3 Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,

54:4 a voce inimici, et a tribulatione peccatoris. Quoniam declinaverunt in me iniquitates, et in ira molesti erant mihi.

54:4 At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.

54:5 Cor meum conturbatum est in me, et formido mortis cecidit super me.

54:5 My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.

54:6 Timor et tremor venerunt super me, et contexerunt me tenebræ.

54:6 Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.

54:7 Et dixi : Quis dabit mihi pennas sicut columbæ, et volabo, et requiescam ?

54:7 And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?

54:8 Ecce elongavi fugiens, et mansi in solitudine.

54:8 Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.

54:9 Exspectabam eum qui salvum me fecit a pusillanimitate spiritus, et tempestate.

54:9 I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.

54:10 Præcipita, Domine ; divide linguas eorum : quoniam vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem in civitate.

54:10 Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

54:11 Die ac nocte circumdabit eam super muros ejus iniquitas ; et labor in medio ejus,

54:11 Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,

54:12 et injustitia : et non defecit de plateis ejus usura et dolus.

54:12 And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.

54:13 Quoniam si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi, sustinuissem utique. Et si is qui oderat me super me magna locutus fuisset, abscondissem me forsitan ab eo.

54:13 For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden my self from him.

54:14 Tu vero homo unanimis, dux meus, et notus meus :

54:14 But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,

54:15 qui simul mecum dulces capiebas cibos ; in domo Dei ambulavimus cum consensu.

54:15 Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.

54:16 Veniat mors super illos, et descendant in infernum viventes : quoniam nequitiæ in habitaculis eorum, in medio eorum.

54:16 Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them.

54:17 Ego autem ad Deum clamavi, et Dominus salvabit me.

54:17 But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.

54:18 Vespere, et mane, et meridie, narrabo, et annuntiabo ; et exaudiet vocem meam.

54:18 Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.

54:19 Redimet in pace animam meam ab his qui appropinquant mihi : quoniam inter multos erant mecum.

54:19 He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.

54:20 Exaudiet Deus, et humiliabit illos, qui est ante sæcula. Non enim est illis commutatio, et non timuerunt Deum.

54:20 God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:

54:21 Extendit manum suam in retribuendo ; contaminaverunt testamentum ejus :

54:21 He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,

54:22 divisi sunt ab ira vultus ejus, et appropinquavit cor illius. Molliti sunt sermones ejus super oleum ; et ipsi sunt jacula.

54:22 They are divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts.

54:23 Jacta super Dominum curam tuam, et ipse te enutriet ; non dabit in æternum fluctuationem justo.

54:23 Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.

54:24 Tu vero, Deus, deduces eos in puteum interitus. Viri sanguinum et dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos ; ego autem sperabo in te, Domine.

54:24 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord.