A gradual canticle of David.

Canticum graduum David.

(A song of ascents. Of David.)

Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty.

Domine, non est exaltatum cor meum, neque elati sunt oculi mei, neque ambulavi in magnis, neque in mirabilibus super me.

Lord, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes not raised from the earth; my mind does not dwell on high things, on marvels that are beyond my reach.

Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me. If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul.

Si non humiliter sentiebam, sed exaltavi animam meam: sicut ablactatus est super matre sua, ita retributio in anima mea.

Bear me witness that I kept my soul ever quiet, ever at peace. The thoughts of a child on its mother’s breast, a child’s thoughts were all my soul knew.

Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.

Speret Israël in Domino, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.

Let Israel trust in the Lord, henceforth and for ever.