Psalmus ipsi David.
Misericordiam et judicium cantabo tibi, Domine; psallam,

(Of David. A psalm.)
Of mercy and of justice my song shall be; a psalm in thy honour, Lord,

A psalm for David himself.
Mercy and judgment I will sing to thee, O Lord: I will sing,

et intelligam in via immaculata: quando venies ad me? Perambulabam in innocentia cordis mei, in medio domus meæ.

from one that would guide his steps ever more perfectly. Ah, when wilt thou grant me thy presence? Here in my house I would live with stainless heart;

and I will understand in the unspotted way, when thou shalt come to me. I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

Non proponebam ante oculos meos rem injustam; facientes prævaricationes odivi; non adhæsit mihi

no ill purpose clouding my view, the transgressors of the law my enemies.

I did not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.

cor pravum; declinantem a me malignum non cognoscebam.

None such will I have at my side; here treachery shall find no place, knavery no countenance;

The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.

Detrahentem secreto proximo suo, hunc persequebar: superbo oculo, et insatiabili corde, cum hoc non edebam.

of whispered calumny, death shall be the reward; on scornful looks and proud thoughts I will have no mercy.

The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.

Oculi mei ad fideles terræ, ut sedeant mecum; ambulans in via immaculata, hic mihi ministrabat.

To plain, honest folk in the land I will look for my company; my servants shall be such as follow the path of innocence.

My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me.

Non habitabit in medio domus meæ qui facit superbiam; qui loquitur iniqua non direxit in conspectu oculorum meorum.

No welcome here for schemers, no standing in my presence for men who talk deceitfully.

He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.

In matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores terræ, ut disperderem de civitate Domini omnes operantes iniquitatem.

Mine, as the days pass, to root out from the land every guilty soul, till I purge the Lord’s city of all evil-doing.

In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.