Vulgate><Douay-Rheims><Knox Bible
Canticum graduum.
A gradual canticle.
(A song of ascents.)
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Levavi oculos meos in montes, unde veniet auxilium mihi.
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I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.
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I lift up my eyes to the hills, to find deliverance;
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Auxilium meum a Domino, qui fecit cælum et terram.
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My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
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from the Lord deliverance comes to me, the Lord who made heaven and earth.
3
Non det in commotionem pedem tuum, neque dormitet qui custodit te.
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May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.
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Never will he who guards thee allow thy foot to stumble; never fall asleep at his post!
4
Ecce non dormitabit neque dormiet qui custodit Israël.
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Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel.
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Such a guardian has Israel, one who is never weary, never sleeps;
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Dominus custodit te; Dominus protectio tua super manum dexteram tuam.
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The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.
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it is the Lord that guards thee, the Lord that stands at thy right hand to give thee shelter.
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Per diem sol non uret te, neque luna per noctem.
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The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.
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The sun’s rays by day, the moon’s by night, shall have no power to hurt thee.
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Dominus custodit te ab omni malo; custodiat animam tuam Dominus.
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The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul.
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The Lord will guard thee from all evil; the Lord will protect thee in danger;
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Dominus custodiat introitum tuum et exitum tuum, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.
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May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; from henceforth now and for ever.
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the Lord will protect thy journeying and thy home-coming, henceforth and for ever.