Vulgata
Jerome's Latin
Translation of the Bible
Liber Psalmorum
Psalm 55
Douay-Rheims
Translation of
the Latin Vulgate

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55:1 in finem pro populo qui a sanctis longe factus est David in tituli inscriptione cum tenuerunt eum Allophili in Geth 55:1. Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance form the sanctuary: for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth.
55:2 miserere mei Deus quoniam conculcavit me homo tota die inpugnans tribulavit me 55:2. Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.
55:3 conculcaverunt me inimici mei tota die quoniam multi bellantes adversum me 55:3. My enemies have trodden on me all the day long for they are many that make war against me.
55:4 ab altitudine diei timebo ego vero in te sperabo 55:4. From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee.
55:5 in Deo laudabo sermones meos in Deo speravi non timebo quid faciat mihi caro 55:5. In God I will praise my words, in God I have put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do against me.
55:6 tota die verba mea execrabantur adversum me omnia consilia eorum in malum 55:6. All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil.
55:7 inhabitabunt et abscondent ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt sicut sustinuerunt animam meam 55:7. They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,
55:8 pro nihilo salvos facies illos in ira populos confringes Deus 55:8. For nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces. O God,
55:9 vitam meam adnuntiavi tibi posuisti lacrimas meas in conspectu tuo sicut et in promissione tua 55:9. I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set me tears in thy sight, As also in thy promise.
55:10 tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum in quacumque die invocavero te ecce cognovi quoniam Deus meus es 55:10. Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God.
55:11 in Deo laudabo verbum in Domino laudabo sermonem in Deo speravi non timebo quid faciat mihi homo 55:11. In God will I praise the word, in the Lord will I praise his speech. In God have I hoped, I will not fear what man can do to me.
55:12 in me sunt Deus vota tua quae reddam laudationes tibi 55:12. In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will lpay, praises to thee:
55:13 quoniam eripuisti animam meam de morte et pedes meos de lapsu ut placeam coram Deo in lumine viventium 55:13. Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the living.
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