The Book of Psalms — Liber Psalmorum
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Psalm 27
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A psalm for David himself.
Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
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Psalmus ipsi David.
Ad te, Domine, clamabo; Deus meus, ne sileas a me: nequando taceas a me, et assimilabor descendentibus in lacum.
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(Of David.)
To thee, my Lord, my refuge, I cry aloud, do not leave my cry unanswered; listen to me, or I am no better than a dead man, sinking to the grave.
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Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.
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Exaudi, Domine, vocem deprecationis meæ dum oro ad te; dum extollo manus meas ad templum sanctum tuum.
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Listen Lord, to my plea as I call upon thee, as I raise my hands in prayer towards thy holy temple.
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Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but evils are in their hearts.
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Ne simul trahas me cum peccatoribus, et cum operantibus iniquitatem ne perdas me; qui loquuntur pacem cum proximo suo, mala autem in cordibus eorum.
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Do not summon me, with the wicked, before thy judgement-seat; with men who traffic in iniquity, men who talk of peace to their neighbours, while their hearts are full of malice.
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Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands give thou to them: render to them their reward.
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Da illis secundum opera eorum, et secundum nequitiam adinventionum ipsorum. Secundum opera manuum eorum tribue illis; redde retributionem eorum ipsis.
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For them, the reward of their own acts, their own evil ways; as they did, be it done to them, in their own coin repaid.
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Because they have not understood the works of the Lord, and the operations of his hands: thou shalt destroy them, and shalt not build them up.
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Quoniam non intellexerunt opera Domini, et in opera manuum ejus destrues illos, et non ædificabis eos.
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Of the Lord’s acts, the Lord’s ways, they took no heed; ruin be theirs, ruin irreparable.
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Blessed be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my supplication.
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Benedictus Dominus, quoniam exaudivit vocem deprecationis meæ.
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Blessed be the Lord’s name, my plea is heard;
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The Lord is my helper and my protector: in him hath my heart confided, and I have been helped. And my flesh hath flourished again, and with my will I will give praise to him.
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Dominus adjutor meus et protector meus; in ipso speravit cor meum, et adjutus sum: et refloruit caro mea, et ex voluntate mea confitebor ei.
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the Lord is my strength and shield. Trusting in him, I found redress; there is triumph in my heart, on my lips the song of praise.
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The Lord is the strength of his people, and the protector of the salvation of his anointed.
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Dominus fortitudo plebis suæ, et protector salvationum christi sui est.
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The Lord defends his own people, protects the king he has anointed.
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Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: and rule them and exalt them for ever.
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Salvum fac populum tuum, Domine, et benedic hæreditati tuæ; et rege eos, et extolle illos usque in æternum.
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Lord, save thy people, bless thy own chosen race; be their shepherd, evermore in thy arms upholding them.