§ The Book of Psalms 63

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.

1 In finem. Psalmus David.

2 Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

2 Exaudi, Deus, orationem meam cum deprecor; a timore inimici eripe animam meam.

3 Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

3 Protexisti me a conventu malignantium, a multitudine operantium iniquitatem.

4 For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow, a bitter thing,

4 Quia exacuerunt ut gladium linguas suas; intenderunt arcum rem amaram,

5 to shoot in secret the undefiled.

5 ut sagittent in occultis immaculatum.

6 They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

6 Subito sagittabunt eum, et non timebunt; firmaverunt sibi sermonem nequam. Narraverunt ut absconderent laqueos; dixerunt: Quis videbit eos?

7 They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:

7 Scrutati sunt iniquitates; defecerunt scrutantes scrutinio. Accedet homo ad cor altum,

8 and God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:

8 et exaltabitur Deus. Sagittæ parvulorum factæ sunt plagæ eorum,

9 and their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

9 et infirmatæ sunt contra eos linguæ eorum. Conturbati sunt omnes qui videbant eos,

10 and every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God: and understood his doings.

10 et timuit omnis homo. Et annuntiaverunt opera Dei, et facta ejus intellexerunt.