The Book of Psalms — Liber Psalmorum
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Psalm 3
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Psalmus David, cum fugeret a facie Absalom filii sui.
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The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom. (2 Kings 15).
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(A psalm David wrote, when he fled before his son Absalom.)
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Domine, quid multiplicati sunt qui tribulant me? Multi insurgunt adversum me;
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Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.
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See how they surround me, Lord, my adversaries, how many rise up in arms against me;
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multi dicunt animæ meæ: Non est salus ipsi in Deo ejus.
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Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God.
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everywhere voices taunting me, His God cannot save him now.
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Tu autem Domine, susceptor meus es, gloria mea, et exaltans caput meum.
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But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
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Yet, Lord, thou art my champion, thou art the pride that keeps my head erect.
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Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi; et exaudivit me de monte sancto suo.
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I have cried to the Lord with my voice: and he hath heard me from his holy hill.
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I have but to cry out to the Lord, and my voice reaches his mountain sanctuary, and there finds hearing.
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Ego dormivi, et soporatus sum; et exsurrexi, quia Dominus suscepit me.
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I have slept and have taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.
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Safe in God’s hand I lay down, and slept, and have awoken;
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Non timebo millia populi circumdantis me. Exsurge, Domine; salvum me fac, Deus meus.
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I will not fear thousands of the people surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
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and now, though thousands of the people set upon me from every side, I will not be afraid of them. Bestir thyself, Lord; my God, save me;
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Quoniam tu percussisti omnes adversantes mihi sine causa; dentes peccatorum contrivisti.
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For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.
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thine to smite my enemies on the cheek, thine to break the fangs of malice.
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Domini est salus; et super populum tuum benedictio tua.
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Salvation is of the Lord: and thy blessing is upon thy people.
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From the Lord all deliverance comes; let thy blessing, Lord, rest upon thy people.