In finem. Psalmus David.
Usquequo, Domine, oblivisceris me in finem? usquequo avertis faciem tuam a me?

Unto the end, a psalm for David.
How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?

(To the choir-master. A psalm. Of David.)
Lord, must I still go all unremembered, must thy look still be turned away from me?

quamdiu ponam consilia in anima mea; dolorem in corde meo per diem?

How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day?

Each day brings a fresh load of care, fresh misery to my heart;

usquequo exaltabitur inimicus meus super me?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

must I be ever the sport of my enemies?

Respice, et exaudi me, Domine Deus meus. Illumina oculos meos, ne umquam obdormiam in morte;

Consider, and hear me, O Lord, my God. Enlighten my eyes, that I never sleep in death:

Look upon me, O Lord my God, and listen to me; give light to these eyes, before they close in death;

nequando dicat inimicus meus: Prævalui adversus eum. Qui tribulant me exsultabunt si motus fuero;

lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me, will rejoice when I am moved:

do not let my enemies claim the mastery, my persecutors triumph over my fall!

ego autem in misericordia tua speravi. Exsultabit cor meum in salutari tuo. Cantabo Domino qui bona tribuit mihi; et psallam nomini Domini altissimi.

but I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation: I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good things: yea I will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.

I cast myself on thy mercy; soon may this heart boast of redress granted, sing in praise of the Lord, my benefactor.