The Book of Psalms — Liber Psalmorum
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Psalm 66
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Vulgate><Douay-Rheims><Knox Bible
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In finem, in hymnis. Psalmus cantici David.
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Unto the end, in hymns, a psalm of a canticle for David.
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(To the choir-master. For stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.)
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Deus misereatur nostri, et benedicat nobis; illuminet vultum suum super nos, et misereatur nostri:
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May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.
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May God be merciful to us, and bless us; may he grant us the favour of his smile.
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ut cognoscamus in terra viam tuam, in omnibus gentibus salutare tuum.
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That we may know thy way upon earth: thy salvation in all nations.
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Make known thy will, O God, wide as earth; make known among all nations thy saving power.
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Confiteantur tibi populi, Deus: confiteantur tibi populi omnes.
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Let people confess to thee, O God: let all people give praise to thee.
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Honour to thee, O God, from the nations, honour from all the nations!
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Lætentur et exsultent gentes, quoniam judicas populos in æquitate, et gentes in terra dirigis.
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Let the nations be glad and rejoice: for thou judgest the people with justice, and directest the nations upon earth.
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The Gentiles, too, may rejoice and be glad; a whole world abides thy judgement, and the Gentiles, too, obey on earth thy sovereignty.
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Confiteantur tibi populi, Deus: confiteantur tibi populi omnes.
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Let the people, O God, confess to thee: let all the people give praise to thee:
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Honour to thee, O God, from the nations, honour from all the nations!
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Terra dedit fructum suum: benedicat nos Deus, Deus noster!
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the earth hath yielded her fruit. May God, our God bless us,
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The land has yielded its harvest; such bounty God, our own God, affords.
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Benedicat nos Deus, et metuant eum omnes fines terræ.
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may God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear him.
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God grant us ever his blessing, and may earth, far and wide, do him reverence.