138:1 In finem, psalmus David. Domine, probasti me, et cognovisti me ;

138:1 Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:

138:2 tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam.

138:2 Thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up.

138:3 Intellexisti cogitationes meas de longe ; semitam meam et funiculum meum investigasti :

138:3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.

138:4 et omnes vias meas prævidisti, quia non est sermo in lingua mea.

138:4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.

138:5 Ecce, Domine, tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua. Tu formasti me, et posuisti super me manum tuam.

138:5 Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.

138:6 Mirabilis facta est scientia tua ex me ; confortata est, et non potero ad eam.

138:6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.

138:7 Quo ibo a spiritu tuo ? et quo a facie tua fugiam ?

138:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?

138:8 Si ascendero in cælum, tu illic es ; si descendero in infernum, ades.

138:8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.

138:9 Si sumpsero pennas meas diluculo, et habitavero in extremis maris,

138:9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:

138:10 etenim illuc manus tua deducet me, et tenebit me dextera tua.

138:10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.

138:11 Et dixi : Forsitan tenebræ conculcabunt me ; et nox illuminatio mea in deliciis meis.

138:11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.

138:12 Quia tenebræ non obscurabuntur a te, et nox sicut dies illuminabitur : sicut tenebræ ejus, ita et lumen ejus.

138:12 But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light all the day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.

138:13 Quia tu possedisti renes meos ; suscepisti me de utero matris meæ.

138:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.

138:14 Confitebor tibi, quia terribiliter magnificatus es ; mirabilia opera tua, et anima mea cognoscit nimis.

138:14 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.

138:15 Non est occultatum os meum a te, quod fecisti in occulto ; et substantia mea in inferioribus terræ.

138:15 My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.

138:16 Imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libro tuo omnes scribentur. Dies formabuntur, et nemo in eis.

138:16 Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.

138:17 Mihi autem nimis honorificati sunt amici tui, Deus ; nimis confortatus est principatus eorum.

138:17 But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.

138:18 Dinumerabo eos, et super arenam multiplicabuntur. Exsurrexi, et adhuc sum tecum.

138:18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand, I rose up and am still with thee.

138:19 Si occideris, Deus, peccatores, viri sanguinum, declinate a me :

138:19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:

138:20 quia dicitis in cogitatione : Accipient in vanitate civitates tuas.

138:20 Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.

138:21 Nonne qui oderunt te, Domine, oderam, et super inimicos tuos tabescebam ?

138:21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pined away because of thy enemies?

138:22 Perfecto odio oderam illos, et inimici facti sunt mihi.

138:22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.

138:23 Proba me, Deus, et scito cor meum ; interroga me, et cognosce semitas meas.

138:23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.

138:24 Et vide si via iniquitatis in me est, et deduc me in via æterna.

138:24 And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.