Canticum graduum.

A gradual canticle.

(A song of ascents.)

Qui confidunt in Domino, sicut mons Sion: non commovebitur in æternum, qui habitat

They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth

Those who trust in the Lord are strong as mount Sion itself, that stands

in Jerusalem. Montes in circuitu ejus; et Dominus in circuitu populi sui, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.

in Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.

unmoved for ever. The hills protect Jerusalem; so the Lord protects his people, now and for ever.

Quia non relinquet Dominus virgam peccatorum super sortem justorum: ut non extendant justi ad iniquitatem manus suas,

For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity.

Domain of the just! No longer shall godless men bear rule in it; else the just, too, might soil their hands with guilt.

benefac, Domine, bonis, et rectis corde.

Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, and to the upright of heart.

Deal kindly, Lord, with the kindly, with the true-hearted.

Declinantes autem in obligationes, adducet Dominus cum operantibus iniquitatem. Pax super Israël!

But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with the workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel.

Feet that stray into false paths the Lord will punish, as he punishes wrong-doers; but upon Israel there shall be peace.