Salmi 55

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Magistro chori. Fidibus. Maskil. David.	1 Unto the end. For the people who have become far removed from the Sacred. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when the Philistines held him in Gath.
2 Auribus percipe, Deus, orationem meam et ne abscondaris a deprecatione mea;	2 Have mercy on me, O God, because man has trampled over me. All day long, he has afflicted me by fighting against me.
3 intende mihi et exaudi me. Excussus sum in meditatione mea et conturbatus sum	3 My enemies have trampled over me all day long. For those who make war against me are many.
4 a voce inimici et a tribulatione peccatoris. Quoniam devolverunt in me iniquitatem et in ira molesti erant mihi.	4 From the height of the day, I will be afraid. But truly, I will hope in you.
5 Cor meum torquetur intra me, et formido mortis cecidit super me.	5 In God, I will praise my words. In God, I have put my trust. I will not fear what flesh can do to me.
6 Timor et tremor venerunt super me, et contexit me pavor. -	6 All day long, they curse my words. All their intentions are for evil against me.
7 Et dixi: “ Quis dabit mihi pennas sicut columbae, et volabo et requiescam?	7 They will dwell and hide themselves. They will watch my heel, just as they waited for my soul;
8 Ecce elongabo fugiens et manebo in solitudine.	8 because of this, nothing will save them. In your anger, you will crush the people.
9 Exspectabo eum, qui salvum me faciat a spiritu procellae et tempestate ”.	9 O God, I have announced my life to you. You have placed my tears in your sight, and even in your promise.
10 Dissipa, Domine, divide linguas eorum, quoniam vidi violentiam et contentionem in civitate.	10 Then my enemies will be turned back. On whatever day that I call upon you, behold, I know that you are my God.
11 Die ac nocte circumeunt eam super muros eius,	11 In God, I will praise the word. In the Lord, I will praise his speech. In God, I have hoped. I will not fear what man can do to me.
12 iniquitas et labor et insidiae in medio eius; et non defecit de plateis eius fraudulentia et dolus.	12 My vows to you, O God, are in me. I will repay them. Praises be to you.
13 Quoniam si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi, sustinuissem utique; et si is qui oderat me, super me magnificatus fuisset, abscondissem me forsitan ab eo.	13 For you have rescued my soul from death and my feet from slipping, so that I may be pleasing in the sight of God, in the light of the living.
14 Tu vero, homo coaequalis meus, familiaris meus et notus meus,
15 qui simul habuimus dulce consortium: in domo Dei ambulavimus in concursu.
16 Veniat mors super illos, et descendant in infernum viventes, quoniam nequitiae in habitaculis eorum, in medio eorum.
17 Ego autem ad Deum clamabo, et Dominus salvabit me.
18 Vespere et mane et meridie meditabor et ingemiscam, et exaudiet vocem meam.
19 Redimet in pace animam meam ab his, qui impugnant me, quoniam in multis sunt adversum me.
20 Exaudiet Deus et humiliabit illos, qui est ante saecula. Non enim est illis commutatio, et non timuerunt Deum.
21 Extendit manum suam in socios; contaminavit foedus suum.
22 Lene super butyrum est os eius, pugna autem cor illius: molliti sunt sermones eius super oleum, et ipsi sunt gladii destricti. -
23 Iacta super Dominum curam tuam, et ipse te enutriet; non dabit in aeternum fluctuationem iusto.
24 Tu vero, Deus, deduces eos in puteum interitus. Viri sanguinum et dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos; ego autem sperabo in te, Domine.