Psalms 37

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	VULGATA
1 A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath.	1 Psalmus David, in rememorationem de sabbato.
2 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath.	2 Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me, neque in ira tua corripias me :
3 For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.	3 quoniam sagittæ tuæ infixæ sunt mihi, et confirmasti super me manum tuam.
4 There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins.	4 Non est sanitas in carne mea, a facie iræ tuæ ; non est pax ossibus meis, a facie peccatorum meorum :
5 For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.	5 quoniam iniquitates meæ supergressæ sunt caput meum, et sicut onus grave gravatæ sunt super me.
6 My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness.	6 Putruerunt et corruptæ sunt cicatrices meæ, a facie insipientiæ meæ.
7 I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.	7 Miser factus sum et curvatus sum usque in finem ; tota die contristatus ingrediebar.
8 For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh.	8 Quoniam lumbi mei impleti sunt illusionibus, et non est sanitas in carne mea.
9 I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart.	9 Afflictus sum, et humiliatus sum nimis ; rugiebam a gemitu cordis mei.
10 O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.	10 Domine, ante te omne desiderium meum, et gemitus meus a te non est absconditus.
11 My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me.	11 Cor meum conturbatum est ; dereliquit me virtus mea, et lumen oculorum meorum, et ipsum non est mecum.
12 My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence.	12 Amici mei et proximi mei adversum me appropinquaverunt, et steterunt ; et qui juxta me erant, de longe steterunt : et vim faciebant qui quærebant animam meam.
13 And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.	13 Et qui inquirebant mala mihi, locuti sunt vanitates, et dolos tota die meditabantur.
14 But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.	14 Ego autem, tamquam surdus, non audiebam ; et sicut mutus non aperiens os suum.
15 And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.	15 Et factus sum sicut homo non audiens, et non habens in ore suo redargutiones.
16 For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God.	16 Quoniam in te, Domine, speravi ; tu exaudies me, Domine Deus meus.
17 For I said, “Lest at any time, my enemies might rejoice over me,” and, “While my feet are being shaken, they have spoken great things against me.”	17 Quia dixi : Nequando supergaudeant mihi inimici mei ; et dum commoventur pedes mei, super me magna locuti sunt.
18 For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me.	18 Quoniam ego in flagella paratus sum, et dolor meus in conspectu meo semper.
19 For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin.	19 Quoniam iniquitatem meam annuntiabo, et cogitabo pro peccato meo.
20 But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied.	20 Inimici autem mei vivunt, et confirmati sunt super me : et multiplicati sunt qui oderunt me inique.
21 Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness.	21 Qui retribuunt mala pro bonis detrahebant mihi, quoniam sequebar bonitatem.
22 Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me.	22 Ne derelinquas me, Domine Deus meus ; ne discesseris a me.
23 Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.	23 Intende in adjutorium meum, Domine Deus salutis meæ.