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Psalmus 53. (8G)		Psalm 53.
53:1.	Deus, in nómine tuo salvum me fac : * et in virtúte tua júdica me.	1.	Save me, O God, by thy name, * and judge me in thy strength.
53:2.	Deus, exáudi oratiónem meam : * áuribus pércipe verba oris mei.	2.	O God, hear my prayer: * give ear to the words of my mouth.
53:3.	Quóniam aliéni insurrexérunt advérsum me, † et fortes quæsiérunt ánimam meam : * et non proposuérunt Deum ante conspéctum suum.	3.	For strangers have risen up against me; and the mighty have sought after my soul: * and they have not set God before their eyes.
53:4.	Ecce enim, Deus ádjuvat me : * et Dóminus suscéptor est ánimæ meæ.	4.	For behold God is my helper: * and the Lord is the protector of my soul.
53:5.	Avérte mala inimícis meis : * et in veritáte tua dispérde illos.	5.	Turn back the evils upon my enemies; * and cut them off in thy truth.
53:6.	Voluntárie sacrificábo tibi, * et confitébor nómini tuo, Dómine : quóniam bonum est :	6.	I will freely sacrifice to thee, * and will give praise, O God, to thy name: because it is good:
53:7.	Quóniam ex omni tribulatióne eripuísti me : * et super inimícos meos despéxit óculus meus.	7.	For thou hast delivered me out of all trouble: * and my eye hath looked down upon my enemies.
V.	Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.	V.	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
R.	Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	R.	As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 54. I. (8G)		Psalm 54.
54:1.	Exáudi, Deus, oratiónem meam, † et ne despéxeris deprecatiónem meam : * inténde mihi, et exáudi me.	1.	Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication: * be attentive to me and hear me.
54:2.	Contristátus sum in exercitatióne mea : * et conturbátus sum a voce inimíci, et a tribulatióne peccatóris.	2.	I am grieved in my exercise; * and am troubled, at the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner.
54:3.	Quóniam declinavérunt in me iniquitátes : * et in ira molésti erant mihi.	3.	For they have cast iniquities upon me; * and in wrath they were troublesome to me.
54:4.	Cor meum conturbátum est in me : * et formído mortis cécidit super me.	4.	My heart is troubled within me: * and the fear of death is fallen upon me.
54:5.	Timor et tremor venérunt super me : * et contexérunt me ténebræ.	5.	Fear and trembling are come upon me: * and darkness hath covered me.
54:6.	Et dixi : Quis dabit mihi pennas sicut colúmbæ, * et volábo, et requiéscam?	6.	And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, * and I will fly and be at rest?
54:7.	Ecce, elongávi fúgiens : * et mansi in solitúdine.	7.	Lo, I have gone far off flying away; * and I abode in the wilderness.
54:8.	Exspectábam eum, qui salvum me fecit * a pusillanimitáte spíritus et tempestáte.	8.	I waited for him that hath saved me * from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
54:9.	Præcípita, Dómine, dívide linguas eórum : * quóniam vidi iniquitátem, et contradictiónem in civitáte.	9.	Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; * for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
54:10.	Die ac nocte circúmdabit eam super muros ejus iníquitas : * et labor in médio ejus, et injustítia.	10.	Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: * and in the midst thereof are labour, and injustice.
54:11.	Et non defécit de platéis ejus * usúra, et dolus.	11.	And usury and deceit * have not departed from its streets.
54:12.	Quóniam si inimícus meus maledixísset mihi, * sustinuíssem útique.	12.	For if my enemy had reviled me, * I would verily have borne with it.
54:13.	Et si is, qui óderat me, super me magna locútus fuísset, * abscondíssem me fórsitan ab eo.	13.	And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, * I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.
54:14.	Tu vero, homo unánimis : * dux meus, et notus meus :	14.	But thou a man of one mind, * my guide, and my familiar.
54:15.	Qui simul mecum dulces capiébas cibos : * in domo Dei ambulávimus cum consénsu.	15.	Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: * in the house of God we walked with consent.
54:16.	Véniat mors super illos : * et descéndant in inférnum vivéntes :	16.	Let death come upon them, * and let them go down alive into hell.
54:16.	Quóniam nequítiæ in habitáculis eórum : * in médio eórum.	16.	For there is wickedness in their dwellings: * in the midst of them.
V.	Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.	V.	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
R.	Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	R.	As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalmus 54. II. (8G)		Psalm 54.
54:17.	Ego autem ad Deum clamávi : * et Dóminus salvábit me.	17.	But I have cried to God: * and the Lord will save me.
54:18.	Véspere, et mane, et merídie narrábo et annuntiábo : * et exáudiet vocem meam.	18.	Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: * and he shall hear my voice.
54:19.	Rédimet in pace ánimam meam ab his, qui appropínquant mihi : * quóniam inter multos erant mecum.	19.	He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: * for among many they were with me.
54:20.	Exáudiet Deus, et humiliábit illos, * qui est ante sǽcula.	20.	God shall hear, * and the Eternal shall humble them.
54:21.	Non enim est illis commutátio, et non timuérunt Deum : * exténdit manum suam in retribuéndo.	21.	For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God: * he hath stretched forth his hand to repay.
54:22.	Contaminavérunt testaméntum ejus, † divísi sunt ab ira vultus ejus : * et appropinquávit cor illíus.	22.	They have defiled his covenant, they are divided by the wrath of his countenance, * and his heart hath drawn near.
54:23.	Mollíti sunt sermónes ejus super óleum : * et ipsi sunt jácula.	23.	His words are smoother than oil, * and the same are darts.
54:24.	Jacta super Dóminum curam tuam, et ipse te enútriet : * non dabit in ætérnum fluctuatiónem justo.	24.	Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: * he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.
54:24.	Tu vero, Deus, dedúces eos, * in púteum intéritus.	24.	But thou, O God, shalt bring them down * into the pit of destruction.
54:24.	Viri sánguinum, et dolósi non dimidiábunt dies suos : * ego autem sperábo in te, Dómine.	24.	Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; * but I will trust in thee, O Lord.
V.	Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.	V.	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
R.	Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	R.	As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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