Psalmi 39

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 In finem. Psalmus ipsi David.	1 [For the choirmaster For Jeduthun Psalm Of David] I said, 'I wil watch how I behave so that I do notsin by my tongue. I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as any sinner is near.'
2 Exspectans exspectavi Dominum, et intendit mihi.	2 I stayed dumb, silent, speechless, but the sinner's prosperity redoubled my torment.
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 My heart had been smouldering within me, but at the thought of this it flared up and the words camebursting out,
4 Et immisit in os meum canticum novum, carmen Deo nostro. Videbunt multi, et timebunt, et sperabunt in Domino.	4 'Yahweh, let me know my fate, how much longer I have to live. Show me just how frail I am.
5 Beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus, et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.	5 'Look, you have given me but a hand's breadth or two of life, the length of my life is as nothing to you.Every human being that stands on earth is a mere puff of wind,
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 every human being that walks only a shadow; a mere puff of wind is the wealth stored away -- noknowing who wil profit from it.'
7 Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti ; aures autem perfecisti mihi. Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti ;	7 So now, Lord, what am I to hope for? My hope is in you.
8 tunc dixi : Ecce venio. In capite libri scriptum est de me,	8 Save me from al my sins, do not make me the butt of fools.
9 ut facerem voluntatem tuam. Deus meus, volui, et legem tuam in medio cordis mei.	9 I keep silence, I speak no more since you yourself have been at work.
10 Annuntiavi justitiam tuam in ecclesia magna ; ecce labia mea non prohibebo : Domine, tu scisti.	10 Take your scourge away from me. I am worn out by the blows you deal me.
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 You correct human beings by punishing sin, like a moth you eat away all their desires -- a humanbeing is a mere puff of wind.
12 Tu autem, Domine, ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me ; misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me.	12 Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for help, do not remain deaf to my weeping. For I am astranger in your house, a nomad like al my ancestors.
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 Turn away your gaze that I may breathe freely before I depart and am no more!
14 Complaceat tibi, Domine, ut eruas me ; Domine, ad adjuvandum me respice.
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.