Psalmi 39

Nova Vulgata	Catholic Public Domain Bible
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.