107:1 canticum psalmi David

107:1 A canticle of a psalm for David himself.

107:2 dicant qui redempti sunt a Domino quos redemit de manu inimici de regionibus congregavit eos

107:2 Let them say so that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy: and gathered out of the countries.

107:3 a solis ortu et occasu et ab aquilone et mari

107:3 From the rising and from the setting of the sun, from the north and from the sea.

107:4 erraverunt in solitudine in inaquoso viam civitatis habitaculi non invenerunt

107:4 They wandered in a wilderness, in a place without water: they found not the way of a city for their habitation.

107:5 esurientes et sitientes anima eorum in ipsis defecit

107:5 They were hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them.

107:6 et clamaverunt ad Dominum cum tribularentur et de necessitatibus eorum eripuit eos

107:6 And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

107:7 et deduxit eos in viam rectam ut irent in civitatem habitationis

107:7 And he led them into the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

107:8 confiteantur Domino misericordiae eius et mirabilia eius filiis hominum

107:8 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.

107:9 quia satiavit animam inanem et animam esurientem satiavit bonis

107:9 For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and hath filled the hungry soul with good things.

107:10 sedentes in tenebris et umbra mortis vinctos in mendicitate et ferro

107:10 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.

107:11 quia exacerbaverunt eloquia Dei et consilium Altissimi inritaverunt

107:11 Because they had exasperated the words of God: and provoked the counsel of the most High:

107:12 et humiliatum est in laboribus cor eorum infirmati sunt nec fuit qui adiuvaret

107:12 And their heart was humbled with labours: they were weakened, and there was none to help them.

107:13 et clamaverunt ad Dominum cum tribularentur et de necessitatibus eorum liberavit eos

107:13 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

107:14 et eduxit eos de tenebris et umbra mortis et vincula eorum disrupit

107:14 And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.

107:15 confiteantur Domino misericordiae eius et mirabilia eius filiis hominum

107:15 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

107:16 quia contrivit portas aereas et vectes ferreos confregit

107:16 Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst iron bars.

107:17 suscepit eos de via iniquitatis eorum propter iniustitias enim suas humiliati sunt

107:17 He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices.

107:18 omnem escam abominata est anima eorum et adpropinquaverunt usque ad portas mortis

107:18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.

107:19 et clamaverunt ad Dominum cum tribularentur et de necessitatibus eorum liberavit eos

107:19 And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

107:20 misit verbum suum et sanavit eos et eripuit eos de interitionibus eorum

107:20 He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions.

107:21 confiteantur Domino misericordiae eius et mirabilia eius filiis hominum

107:21 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.

107:22 et sacrificent sacrificium laudis et adnuntient opera eius in exultatione

107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: and declare his works with joy.

107:23 qui descendunt mare in navibus facientes operationem in aquis multis

107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in the great waters:

107:24 ipsi viderunt opera Domini et mirabilia eius in profundo

107:24 These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

107:25 dixit et stetit spiritus procellae et exaltati sunt fluctus eius

107:25 He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: and the waves thereof were lifted up.

107:26 ascendunt usque ad caelos et descendunt usque ad abyssos anima eorum in malis tabescebat

107:26 They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: their soul pined away with evils.

107:27 turbati sunt et moti sunt sicut ebrius et omnis sapientia eorum devorata est

107:27 They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their wisdom was swallowed up.

107:28 et clamaverunt ad Dominum cum tribularentur et de necessitatibus eorum eduxit eos

107:28 And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he brought them out of their distresses.

107:29 et statuit procellam in auram et siluerunt fluctus eius

107:29 And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.

107:30 et laetati sunt quia siluerunt et deduxit eos in portum voluntatis eorum

107:30 And they rejoiced because they were still: and he brought them to the haven which they wished for.

107:31 confiteantur Domino misericordiae eius et mirabilia eius filiis hominum

107:31 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

107:32 exaltent eum in ecclesia plebis et in cathedra seniorum laudent eum

107:32 And let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients.

107:33 posuit flumina in desertum et exitus aquarum in sitim

107:33 He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of waters into dry ground:

107:34 terram fructiferam in salsuginem a malitia inhabitantium in ea

107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

107:35 posuit desertum in stagna aquarum et terram sine aqua in exitus aquarum

107:35 He hath turned a wilderness into pools of waters, and a dry land into water springs.

107:36 et conlocavit illic esurientes et constituerunt civitatem habitationis

107:36 And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their habitation.

107:37 et seminaverunt agros et plantaverunt vineas et fecerunt fructum nativitatis

107:37 Anti they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded fruit of birth.

107:38 et benedixit eis et multiplicati sunt nimis et iumenta eorum non minoravit

107:38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.

107:39 et pauci facti sunt et vexati sunt a tribulatione malorum et dolore

107:39 Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.

107:40 effusa est contemptio super principes et errare fecit eos in invio et non in via

107:40 Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way.

107:41 et adiuvit pauperem de inopia et posuit sicut oves familias

107:41 And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.

107:42 videbunt recti et laetabuntur et omnis iniquitas oppilabit os suum

107:42 The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

107:43 quis sapiens et custodiet haec et intellegent misericordias Domini

107:43 Who is wise, and will keep these things; and will understand the mercies of the Lord?