Psalmi 39

Bibbia Vulgata Clementina	Douai-Rheims
¹ In finem. Psalmus ipsi David.	¹ Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David.
² Exspectans exspectavi Dominum, et intendit mihi.	² I said: I will take heed to my ways : that I sin not with my tongue. I have set guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.
³ Et exaudivit preces meas, et eduxit me de lacu miseriæ et de luto fæcis. Et statuit super petram pedes meos, et direxit gressus meos.	³ I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things : and my sorrow was renewed.
⁴ Et immisit in os meum canticum novum, carmen Deo nostro. Videbunt multi, et timebunt, et sperabunt in Domino.	⁴ My heart grew hot within me : and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.
⁵ Beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus, et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.	⁵ I spoke with my tongue : O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days : that I may know what is wanting to me.
⁶ Multa fecisti tu, Domine Deus meus, mirabilia tua ; et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi. Annuntiavi et locutus sum : multiplicati sunt super numerum.	⁶ Behold thou hast made my days measurable : and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity : every man living.
⁷ Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti ; aures autem perfecisti mihi. Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti ;	⁷ Surely man passeth as an image : yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up : and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.
⁸ tunc dixi : Ecce venio. In capite libri scriptum est de me,	⁸ And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee.
⁹ ut facerem voluntatem tuam. Deus meus, volui, et legem tuam in medio cordis mei.	⁹ Deliver thou me from all my iniquities : thou hast made me a reproach to the fool.
¹⁰ Annuntiavi justitiam tuam in ecclesia magna ; ecce labia mea non prohibebo : Domine, tu scisti.	¹⁰ I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.
¹¹ Justitiam tuam non abscondi in corde meo ; veritatem tuam et salutare tuum dixi ; non abscondi misericordiam tuam et veritatem tuam a concilio multo.	¹¹ Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes:
¹² Tu autem, Domine, ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me ; misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me.	¹² thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider : surely in vain is any man disquieted.
¹³ Quoniam circumdederunt me mala quorum non est numerus ; comprehenderunt me iniquitates meæ, et non potui ut viderem. Multiplicatæ sunt super capillos capitis mei, et cor meum dereliquit me.	¹³ Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication : give ear to my tears. Be not silent : for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.
¹⁴ Complaceat tibi, Domine, ut eruas me ; Domine, ad adjuvandum me respice.	¹⁴ O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more.
¹⁵ Confundantur et revereantur simul, qui quærunt animam meam ut auferant eam ; convertantur retrorsum et revereantur, qui volunt mihi mala.
¹⁶ Ferant confestim confusionem suam, qui dicunt mihi : Euge, euge !
¹⁷ Exsultent et lætentur super te omnes quærentes te ; et dicant semper : Magnificetur Dominus, qui diligunt salutare tuum.
¹⁸ Ego autem mendicus sum et pauper ; Dominus sollicitus est mei. Adjutor meus et protector meus tu es ; Deus meus, ne tardaveris.