| 1 - Al corifeo: per l'ottava. Salmo di David. | 1 Unto the end. A psalm for David. |
| 2 Salvami, o Signore, perché scomparso è l'uomo pio, perché la sincerità è venuta meno tra i figli degli uomini! | 2 Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise. |
| 3 Falsità parlano ognuno col prossimo suo; con labbra ingannatrici, con cuor doppio essi parlano. | |
| 4 Disperda il Signore tutte le labbra ingannatrici, e la lingua del parlare arrogante; | 4 In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain like a sparrow? |
| 5 coloro che dicono: «Magnificheremo la nostra lingua: le nostre labbra son con noi; chi potrà padroneggiarci?». | 5 For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed. |
| 6 «Per l'afflizione de' miseri e il gemito de' tapini, or io mi levo su», dice il Signore. «Porrò in salvo [l'oppresso]: risolutamente per lui agirò». | |
| 7 Le parole del Signore son parole sincere, argento saggiato al fuoco in un crogiuolo di terra, purificato sette volte. | 7 For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot in the dark the upright of heart. |
| 8 Tu, o Signore, ci salveraie ci guarderai da questa genia in eterno. | 8 The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him: |
| 9 Van dattorno gli empi; [ma] secondo la tua sublimità tu moltiplichi [e proteggi] gli uomini [a te fedeli]. | |
| 10 For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done? |
| 11 God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed from his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies. |
| 13 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men. |
| 14 For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil. |
| 16 The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity hateth his own soul. |
| 17 His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow. |
| 19 He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone and storms of winds shall be the portion of their cup. |
| 20 He sitteth in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent. |
| 22 For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance hath beheld righteousness. |
| 23 His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him. |
| 24 In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor. |
| 25 For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end. |
| 26 Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor. |
| 27 Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it. |
| 28 Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan. |
| 29 Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found. |
| 30 The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land. |
| 31 The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart. |
| 32 To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth. |