Psalms 16

1The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.

Oratio David. Exaudi, Domine, justitiam meam; intende deprecationem meam. Auribus percipe orationem meam, non in labiis dolosis.

2Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.

De vultu tuo judicium meum prodeat; oculi tui videant æquitates.

3Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.

Probasti cor meum, et visitasti nocte; igne me examinasti, et non est inventa in me iniquitas.

4That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.

Ut non loquatur os meum opera hominum: propter verba labiorum tuorum, ego custodivi vias duras.

5Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not moved.

Perfice gressus meos in semitis tuis, ut non moveantur vestigia mea.

6I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.

Ego clamavi, quoniam exaudisti me, Deus; inclina aurem tuam mihi, et exaudi verba mea.

7Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; thou who savest them that trust in thee.

Mirifica misericordias tuas, qui salvos facis sperantes in te.

8From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.

A resistentibus dexteræ tuæ custodi me ut pupillam oculi. Sub umbra alarum tuarum protege me

9From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul:

a facie impiorum qui me afflixerunt. Inimici mei animam meam circumdederunt;

10They have shut up their fat: their mouth hath spoken proudly.

adipem suum concluserunt: os eorum locutum est superbiam.

11They have cast me forth, and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.

Projicientes me nunc circumdederunt me; oculos suos statuerunt declinare in terram.

12They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.

Susceperunt me sicut leo paratus ad prædam, et sicut catulus leonis habitans in abditis.

13Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one; thy sword

Exsurge, Domine: præveni eum, et supplanta eum: eripe animam meam ab impio; frameam tuam

14From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.

ab inimicis manus tuæ. Domine, a paucis de terra divide eos in vita eorum; de absconditis tuis adimpletus est venter eorum. Saturati sunt filiis, et dimiserunt reliquias suas parvulis suis.

15But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.

Ego autem in justitia apparebo conspectui tuo; satiabor cum apparuerit gloria tua.