Psalm 51 (52)

1 In finem. Intellectus David,

1 Unto the end, understanding for David,

2 cum venit Doëg Idumæus, et nuntiavit Sauli : Venit David in domum Achimelech.

2 When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul: David went to the house of Achimelech.

3 Quid gloriaris in malitia, qui potens es in iniquitate ?

3 Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?

4 Tota die injustitiam cogitavit lingua tua ; sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum.

4 All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

5 Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem ; iniquitatem magis quam loqui æquitatem.

5 Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.

6 Dilexisti omnia verba præcipitationis ; lingua dolosa.

6 Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.

7 Propterea Deus destruet te in finem ; evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo, et radicem tuam de terra viventium.

7 Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.

8 Videbunt justi, et timebunt ; et super eum ridebunt, et dicent :

8 The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:

9 Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum ; sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum, et prævaluit in vanitate sua.

9 Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.

10 Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei ; speravi in misericordia Dei, in æternum et in sæculum sæculi.

10 But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.

11 Confitebor tibi in sæculum, quia fecisti ; et exspectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.

11 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.