Canticum graduum David.

A gradual canticle of David.

(A song of ascents. Of David.)

Domine, non est exaltatum cor meum, neque elati sunt oculi mei, neque ambulavi in magnis, neque in mirabilibus super me.

Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty.

Lord, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes not raised from the earth; my mind does not dwell on high things, on marvels that are beyond my reach.

Si non humiliter sentiebam, sed exaltavi animam meam: sicut ablactatus est super matre sua, ita retributio in anima mea.

Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me. If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul.

Bear me witness that I kept my soul ever quiet, ever at peace. The thoughts of a child on its mother’s breast, a child’s thoughts were all my soul knew.

Speret Israël in Domino, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.

Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.

Let Israel trust in the Lord, henceforth and for ever.