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40:1 in finem psalmus David	40:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.
40:2 beatus qui intellegit super egenum et pauperem in die mala liberabit eum Dominus	40:2. Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.
40:3 Dominus conservet eum et vivificet eum et beatum faciat eum in terra et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius	40:3. The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
40:4 Dominus opem ferat illi super lectum doloris eius universum stratum eius versasti in infirmitate eius	40:4. The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.
40:5 ego dixi Domine miserere mei sana animam meam quoniam peccavi tibi	40:5. I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
40:6 inimici mei dixerunt mala mihi quando morietur et peribit nomen eius	40:6. My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?
40:7 et si ingrediebatur ut videret vane loquebatur cor eius congregavit iniquitatem sibi egrediebatur foras et loquebatur	40:7. And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.
40:8 in id ipsum adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei adversus me cogitabant mala mihi	40:8. All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.
40:9 verbum iniquum constituerunt adversus me numquid qui dormit non adiciet ut resurgat	40:9. They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?
40:10 etenim homo pacis meae in quo speravi qui edebat panes meos magnificavit super me subplantationem	40:10. For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.
40:11 tu autem Domine miserere mei et resuscita me et retribuam eis	40:11. But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise my up again: and I will requite them.
40:12 in hoc cognovi quoniam voluisti me quoniam non gaudebit inimicus meus super me	40:12. By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.
40:13 me autem propter innocentiam suscepisti et confirmasti me in conspectu tuo in aeternum	40:13. But thou hast upheldme by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.
40:14 benedictus Dominus Deus Israhel a saeculo et in saeculum fiat fiat	40:14. Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.

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