Psalms 140

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NOVA VULGATA
1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:	1 Magistro chori. Psalmus. David.
2 thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.	2 Eripe me, Domine, ab homine malo, a viro violentiae serva me.
3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.	3 Qui cogitaverunt mala in corde, tota die constituebant proelia.
4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.	4 Acuerunt linguas suas sicut serpentis, venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum.
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.	5 Custodi me, Domine, de manu peccatoris et a viro violentiae serva me, qui cogitaverunt supplantare gressus meos.
6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.	6 Absconderunt superbi laqueum mihi et funes extenderunt in rete, iuxta iter offendicula posuerunt mihi.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?	7 Dixi Domino: “ Deus meus es tu; auribus percipe, Domine, vocem deprecationis meae ”.
8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.	8 Domine, Domine, virtus salutis meae, obumbrasti caput meum in die belli.
9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:	9 Ne concedas, Domine, desideria impii; consilia eius ne perficias. Exaltant
10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.	10 caput, qui circumdant me; malitia labiorum ipsorum operiat eos.
11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.	11 Cadant super eos carbones ignis, in foveas deicias eos, et non exsurgant.
12 But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.	12 Vir linguosus non firmabitur in terra, virum violentiae mala capient in interitu.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.	13 Cognovi quia faciet Dominus iudicium inopis et vindictam pauperum.
14 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.	14 Verumtamen iusti confitebuntur nomini tuo, et habitabunt recti in conspectu tuo.
15 My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
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.
17 But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
20 Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
24 And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.