40:1 In finem. Psalmus ipsi David.

40:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.

40:2 Beatus qui intelligit super egenum et pauperem : in die mala liberabit eum Dominus.

40:2 Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

40:3 Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum ejus.

40:3 The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.

40:4 Dominus opem ferat illi super lectum doloris ejus ; universum stratum ejus versasti in infirmitate ejus.

40:4 The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.

40:5 Ego dixi : Domine, miserere mei ; sana animam meam, quia peccavi tibi.

40:5 I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

40:6 Inimici mei dixerunt mala mihi : Quando morietur, et peribit nomen ejus ?

40:6 My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?

40:7 Et si ingrediebatur ut videret, vana loquebatur ; cor ejus congregavit iniquitatem sibi. Egrediebatur foras et loquebatur.

40:7 And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.

40:8 In idipsum adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei ; adversum me cogitabant mala mihi.

40:8 All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.

40:9 Verbum iniquum constituerunt adversum me : Numquid qui dormit non adjiciet ut resurgat ?

40:9 They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?

40:10 Etenim homo pacis meæ in quo speravi, qui edebat panes meos, magnificavit super me supplantationem.

40:10 For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.

40:11 Tu autem, Domine, miserere mei, et resuscita me ; et retribuam eis.

40:11 But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again: and I will requite them.

40:12 In hoc cognovi quoniam voluisti me, quoniam non gaudebit inimicus meus super me.

40:12 By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.

40:13 Me autem propter innocentiam suscepisti ; et confirmasti me in conspectu tuo in æternum.

40:13 But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.

40:14 Benedictus Dominus Deus Israël a sæculo et usque in sæculum. Fiat, fiat.

40:14 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.