90:1 Laus cantici David. Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi, in protectione Dei cæli commorabitur.

90:1 The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.

90:2 Dicet Domino : Susceptor meus es tu, et refugium meum ; Deus meus, sperabo in eum.

90:2 He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.

90:3 Quoniam ipse liberavit me de laqueo venantium, et a verbo aspero.

90:3 For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: and from the sharp word.

90:4 Scapulis suis obumbrabit tibi, et sub pennis ejus sperabis.

90:4 He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust.

90:5 Scuto circumdabit te veritas ejus : non timebis a timore nocturno ;

90:5 His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night.

90:6 a sagitta volante in die, a negotio perambulante in tenebris, ab incursu, et dæmonio meridiano.

90:6 Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark: of invasion, or of the noonday devil.

90:7 Cadent a latere tuo mille, et decem millia a dextris tuis ; ad te autem non appropinquabit.

90:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee.

90:8 Verumtamen oculis tuis considerabis, et retributionem peccatorum videbis.

90:8 But thou shalt consider with thy eyes: and shalt see the reward of the wicked.

90:9 Quoniam tu es, Domine, spes mea ; Altissimum posuisti refugium tuum.

90:9 Because thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou hast made the most High thy refuge.

90:10 Non accedet ad te malum, et flagellum non appropinquabit tabernaculo tuo.

90:10 There shall no evil come to thee: nor shall the scourge come near thy dwelling.

90:11 Quoniam angelis suis mandavit de te, ut custodiant te in omnibus viis tuis.

90:11 For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways.

90:12 In manibus portabunt te, ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum.

90:12 In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

90:13 Super aspidem et basiliscum ambulabis, et conculcabis leonem et draconem.

90:13 Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.

90:14 Quoniam in me speravit, liberabo eum ; protegam eum, quoniam cognovit nomen meum.

90:14 Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.

90:15 Clamabit ad me, et ego exaudiam eum ; cum ipso sum in tribulatione : eripiam eum, et glorificabo eum.

90:15 He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him.

90:16 Longitudine dierum replebo eum, et ostendam illi salutare meum.

90:16 I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my salvation.