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NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Incorruptibilis enim spiritus tuus est in omnibus.	1 O how good and gracious, Lord, is your spirit in all things!
2 Ideoque eos, qui exerrant, paulatim corripis et, de quibus peccant, admones et corrigis, ut, relicta malitia, credant in te, Domine.	2 Therefore, those who wander afield, you correct, and, as to those who sin, you counsel them and admonish them, so that, having abandoned malice, they may believe in you, O Lord.
3 Illos enim antiquos inhabitatores terrae sanctae tuae, quos exhorruisti,	3 For those ancient inhabitants of your holy land, who you abhorred,
4 quoniam odibilia faciebant, opera medicaminum et sacrificia impia;	4 because they were doing works hateful to you, through unjust medicines and sacrifices,
5 et filiorum necatores sine misericordia et comestores viscerum C humanarum carnium epulationem et sanguinis - participes mysteriorum e medio comissationis	5 and the merciless murderers of their own sons, and the eaters of human entrails, and the devourers of blood apart from your community sacrament,
6 et auctores caedis parentes ipsos animarum inauxiliatarum perdere voluisti per manus parentum nostrorum,	6 and the sellers performing the ceremonies of helpless souls, you willed to destroy by the hands of our parents,
7 ut dignam perciperet peregrinationem puerorum Dei, quae tibi omnium carissima est terra.	7 so that they might worthily secure the sojourn of the children of God, in the land which is most beloved by you.
8 Sed et his tamquam hominibus pepercisti et misisti antecessores exercitus tui vespas, ut illos paulatim exterminarent.	8 Yet, so that you were lenient even to these men, you sent wasps, forerunners of your army, so that you might destroy them little by little,
9 Non quia impotens eras in acie subicere impios iustis aut bestiis saevis aut verbo duro simul exterminare;	9 not because you were unable to subdue the impious under the just by war or by cruel beasts, or with a harsh word to exterminate them at once,
10 sed, paulatim iudicans, dabas locum paenitentiae, non ignorans quoniam nequam erat generatio eorum, et naturalis malitia ipsorum, et quoniam non poterat mutari cogitatio illorum in perpetuum:	10 but, in judging by degrees, you were giving them a place of repentance, not unaware that their nation is wicked, and their malice is inherent, and that their thinking could never be changed.
11 semen enim erat maledictum ab initio. Nec timens aliquem, veniam dabas peccatis illorum;	11 For this offspring was accursed from the beginning. Neither did you, fearing anyone, give favor to their sins.
12 quis enim dicet tibi: “ Quid fecisti? ”. Aut quis stabit contra iudiciumtuum? Aut quis tibi imputabit, si perierint nationes, quas tu fecisti? Aut quis in contentionem tecum veniet, vindex iniquorum hominum?	12 For who will say to you, “What have you done?” Or who will stand against your judgment? Or who will come before you as a defender of unfair men? Or who will accuse you, if the nations perish, which you have made?
13 Non enim est alius Deus quam tu, cui cura est de omnibus, ut ostendas quoniam non iniuste iudicasti.	13 For neither is there any other God but you, who has care of all, to whom you would show that you did not give judgment unjustly.
14 Neque rex neque tyrannus in conspectu tuo resistere poterit tibi de his, quos perdidisti.	14 Neither will king or tyrant inquire before you about those whom you destroyed.
15 Cum autem sis iustus, iuste omnia disponis; ipsum quoque, qui non debet puniri, condemnare exterum aestimas a tua virtute.	15 Therefore, since you are just, you order all things justly, considering it foreign to your virtue to condemn him who does not deserve to be punished.
16 Fortitudo enim tua iustitiae initium est, et ob hoc, quod omnium Dominus es, omnibus te parcere facit.	16 For your power is the beginning of justice, and, because you are Lord of all, you make yourself to be lenient to all.
17 Fortitudinem enim ostendis, cum non crederis esse in potentia consummatus, et horum, qui te nesciunt, audaciam traducis.	17 For you reveal power to those who do not believe you to be perfect in power, and you expose the arrogance of those who do not know you.
18 Tu autem, dominator virtutis, cum clementia iudicas et cum magna indulgentia disponis nos: subest enim tibi, cum volueris, posse.	18 Yet, you are the master of power, since you judge with tranquility, and since you administer us with great reverence; for it is close to you to be used whenever you will.
19 Docuisti autem populum tuum per talia opera, quoniam oportet iustum esse humanum, et bonae spei fecisti filios tuos, quoniam das super peccatis paenitentiam.	19 But you have taught your people, through such works, that they must be just and humane, and you have made your sons to be of good hope, because in judging you provide a place for repentance from sins.
20 Si enim inimicos servorum tuorum et debitos morti cum tanta castigasti attentione et remissione dans tempus et locum, per quae possent mutari a malitia,	20 For even if the enemies of your servants were deserving of death, you afflicted them with great attentiveness, providing a time and a place whereby they would be able to be changed from malice;
21 cum quanta diligentia iudicasti filios tuos, quorum parentibus iuramenta et conventiones dedisti bonarum promissionum!	21 with what diligence, then, have you judged your sons, whose parents you have given oaths and covenants in good faith!
22 Cum ergo das nobis disciplinam, inimicos nostros multipliciter flagellas, ut bonitatem tuam cogitemus iudicantes et, cum de nobis iudicatur, speremus misericordiam.	22 Therefore, while you give us discipline, you give our enemies a multiplicity of scourges, so that in judging we may think on your goodness, and when we are judged, we may hope for mercy.
23 Unde et illis, qui in insipientia vitae iniuste vixerunt, per abominationes suas dedisti tormenta.	23 Therefore, also to these, who have lived their lived their life irrationally and unjustly, through these things that they worshiped, you gave the greatest torments.
24 Etenim in erroris viis diutius erraverunt, deos aestimantes, quae etiam inter animalia e turpibus sunt vilia, infantium insensatorum more decepti:	24 And, indeed, they wandered for a long time in the way of error, valuing those things as gods, which are worthless even among animals, living in foolish irrational behavior.
25 propter hoc, tamquam pueris insensatis, iudicium in derisum dedisti.	25 Because of this, you have given a judgment in derision, as if from foolish children.
26 Qui autem ludibriis increpationis non sunt correcti, dignum Dei iudicium experientur;	26 But those who have not been corrected by mockery and chiding, have experienced a judgment worthy of God.
27 in quibus enim ipsi patientes indignabantur, per haec, quos putabant deos, in ipsis, cum exterminarentur, videntes, illum, quem olim negabant se nosse, verum Deum agnoverunt; propter quod et finis condemnationis venit super illos.	27 For among those who were indignant at their sufferings, which came through those things that they reputed to be gods, when they saw that they would be destroyed by these same things, those who formerly refused knowledge of him, now acknowledged the true God, and, because of this, the end of their condemnation came upon them.