Salmi 39

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Magistro chori, Idithun. Psalmus. David.	1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.
2 Dixi: “ Custodiam vias meas, ut non delinquam in lingua mea; ponam ori meo custodiam, donec consistit peccator adversum me ”.	2 I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.
3 Tacens obmutui et silui absque ullo bono, et dolor meus renovatus est.	3 And he heard my prayers and he led me out of the pit of misery and the quagmire. And he stationed my feet upon a rock, and he directed my steps.
4 Concaluit cor meum intra me, et in meditatione mea exarsit ignis.	4 And he sent a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many will see, and they will fear; and they will hope in the Lord.
5 Locutus sum in lingua mea: “ Notum fac mihi, Domine, finem meum; et numerum dierum meorum quis est, ut sciam quam brevis sit vita mea ”.	5 Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.
6 Ecce paucorum palmorum fecisti dies meos, et spatium vitae meae tamquam nihilum ante te. Etenim universa vanitas omnis homo constitutus est.	6 You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.
7 Etenim ut imago pertransit homo. Etenim vanitas est et concitatur; thesaurizat et ignorat quis congregabit ea.	7 Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require.
8 Et nunc quae est exspectatio mea, Domine? Spes mea apud te est.	8 Then I said, “Behold, I draw near.” At the head of the book, it has been written of me:
9 Ab omnibus iniquitatibus meis erue me, opprobrium insipienti ne ponas me.	9 that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart.
10 Obmutui et non aperiam os meum, quoniam tu fecisti.	10 I have announced your justice in a great Church: behold, I will not restrain my lips. O Lord, you have known it.
11 Amove a me plagas tuas: ab ictu manus tuae ego defeci.	11 I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly.
12 In increpationibus, propter iniquitatem, corripuisti hominem, et tabescere fecisti, sicut tinea, desiderabilia eius. Etenim vanitas omnis homo.	12 O Lord, do not take your tender mercies far from me. Your mercy and your truth ever sustain me.
13 Exaudi orationem meam, Domine, et clamorem meum auribus percipe. Ad lacrimas meas ne obsurdescas, quoniam advena ego sum apud te, peregrinus sicut omnes patres mei.	13 For evils without number have surrounded me. My iniquities have taken hold of me, and I was not able to see. They have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. And my heart has forsaken me.
14 Avertere a me, ut refrigerer, priusquam abeam et non sim amplius.	14 Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me. Look down, O Lord, to help me.
	15 Let them together be confounded and awed, who seek after my soul to steal it away. Let them be turned back and be in awe, who wish evils upon me.
	16 Let them bear their confusion all at once, who say to me, “Well, well.”
	17 Let all who seek you exult and rejoice over you. And let those who love your salvation always say, “May the Lord be magnified.”
	18 But I am a beggar and poor. The Lord has been concerned about me. You are my helper and my protector. My God, do not delay.