In finem, pro his qui immutabuntur, in tituli inscriptionem ipsi David, in doctrinam,

Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the inscription of a title, to David himself, for doctrine,

cum succendit Mesopotamiam Syriæ et Sobal, et convertit Joab, et percussit Idumæam in valle Salinarum duodecim millia.

when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal: and Joab returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand men.

This was when he marched against the Syrians of Naharaim and Soba, and Joab on his way home defeated the men of Edom in the Valley of Salt, twelve thousand of them.)

Deus, repulisti nos, et destruxisti nos; iratus es, et misertus es nobis.

O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us.

Too long, O God, hast thou disowned us, and scattered our armies in flight; thy wrath forgo, and bring us back to our own.

Commovisti terram, et conturbasti eam; sana contritiones ejus, quia commota est.

Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled it: heal thou the breaches thereof, for it has been moved.

Heal the wounds of the land thou hast shaken and torn asunder, the land that trembles still.

Ostendisti populo tuo dura; potasti nos vino compunctionis.

Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us drink the wine of sorrow.

Heavy the burden thou didst lay on us; such a draught thou didst brew for us as made our senses reel.

Dedisti metuentibus te significationem, ut fugiant a facie arcus; ut liberentur dilecti tui.

Thou hast given a warning to them that fear thee: that they may flee from before the bow: That thy beloved may be delivered.

But now thou hast set up a standard to rally thy faithful servants, and to protect them from the archers’ onset; now bring aid to the men thou lovest,

Salvum fac dextera tua, et exaudi me.

Save me with thy right hand, and hear me.

give our prayer answer, and lift thy right hand to save.

Deus locutus est in sancto suo: lætabor, et partibor Sichimam; et convallem tabernaculorum metibor.

God hath spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem; and will mete out the vale of tabernacles.

God’s word came to us from his sanctuary, In triumph I will divide up Sichem, and parcel out the valley of Tents;

Meus est Galaad, et meus est Manasses; et Ephraim fortitudo capitis mei. Juda rex meus;

Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine: and Ephraim is the strength of my head. Juda is my king:

to me Galaad, to me Manasses belongs; Ephraim is my helmet, Juda the staff I bear.

Moab olla spei meæ. In Idumæam extendam calceamentum meum: mihi alienigenæ subditi sunt.

Moab is the pot of my hope. Into Edom will I stretch out my shoe: to me the foreigners are made subject.

Now Moab, too, shall be my drudge; over Edom I will claim my right; I will lead the Philistines away in triumph.

Quis deducet me in civitatem munitam? quis deducet me usque in Idumæam?

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

Such was the oracle; but now who is to lead me on my march against this fortress, who is to find an entrance for me into Edom,

nonne tu, Deus, qui repulisti nos? et non egredieris, Deus, in virtutibus nostris?

Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go out with our armies?

when thou, O God, hast disowned us, and wilt not go into battle with our armies?

Da nobis auxilium de tribulatione, quia vana salus hominis.

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the salvation of man.

It is thou that must deliver us from peril; vain is the help of man.

In Deo faciemus virtutem; et ipse ad nihilum deducet tribulantes nos.

Through God we shall do mightily: and he shall bring to nothing them that afflict us.

Only through God can we fight victoriously; only he can trample our oppressors in the dust.