SACRA PAGINA

§ The Book of Psalms 51

Liber Psalmorum · Parallel

1 Unto the end, understanding for David,

In finem. Intellectus David,

2 when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul: David went to the house of Achimelech. (1 Kings 22.9.)

cum venit Doëg Idumæus, et nuntiavit Sauli: Venit David in domum Achimelech. (I Regum 22.9.)

3 Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?

Quid gloriaris in malitia, qui potens es in iniquitate?

4 All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

Tota die injustitiam cogitavit lingua tua; sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum.

5 Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.

Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem; iniquitatem magis quam loqui æquitatem.

6 Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.

Dilexisti omnia verba præcipitationis; lingua dolosa.

7 Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.

Propterea Deus destruet te in finem; evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo, et radicem tuam de terra viventium.

8 The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:

Videbunt justi, et timebunt; et super eum ridebunt, et dicent:

9 Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.

Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum; sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum, et prævaluit in vanitate sua.

10 But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.

Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei; speravi in misericordia Dei, in æternum et in sæculum sæculi.

11 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.

Confitebor tibi in sæculum, quia fecisti; et exspectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.