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Psalmus 40. (2D)		Psalm 40.
40:1.	Beátus qui intélligit super egénum, et páuperem : * in die mala liberábit eum Dóminus.	1.	Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: * the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.
40:2.	Dóminus consérvet eum, et vivíficet eum, et beátum fáciat eum in terra : * et non tradat eum in ánimam inimicórum ejus.	2.	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.
40:3.	Dóminus opem ferat illi super lectum dolóris ejus : * univérsum stratum ejus versásti in infirmitáte ejus.	3.	The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: * thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.
40:4.	Ego dixi : Dómine, miserére mei : * sana ánimam meam, quia peccávi tibi.	4.	I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: * heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
40:5.	Inimíci mei dixérunt mala mihi : * Quando moriétur, et períbit nomen ejus?	5.	My enemies have spoken evils against me: * when shall he die and his name perish?
40:6.	Et si ingrediebátur ut vidéret, vana loquebátur : * cor ejus congregávit iniquitátem sibi.	6.	And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: * his heart gathered together iniquity to itself.
40:7.	Egrediebátur foras, * et loquebátur in idípsum.	7.	He went out * and spoke to the same purpose.
40:8.	Advérsum me susurrábant omnes inimíci mei : * advérsum me cogitábant mala mihi.	8.	All my enemies whispered together against me: * they devised evils to me.
40:9.	Verbum iníquum constituérunt advérsum me : * Numquid qui dormit non adjíciet ut resúrgat?	9.	They determined against me an unjust word: * shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?
40:10.	Étenim homo pacis meæ, in quo sperávi : * qui edébat panes meos, magnificávit super me supplantatiónem.	10.	For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, * who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.
40:11.	Tu autem, Dómine, miserére mei, et resúscita me : * et retríbuam eis.	11.	But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again: * and I will requite them.
40:12.	In hoc cognóvi quóniam voluísti me : * quóniam non gaudébit inimícus meus super me.	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 innocéntiam suscepísti : * et confirmásti me in conspéctu tuo in ætérnum.	13.	But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: * and hast established me in thy sight for ever.
40:14.	Benedíctus Dóminus, Deus Israël, a sǽculo et usque in sǽculum : * fiat, fiat.	14.	Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. * So be it. So be it.
V.	Réquiem aetérnam * dona eis Dómine.	V.	Eternal rest * grant unto them, O Lord.
R.	Et lux perpétua * lúceat eis.	R.	And let perpetual light * shine upon them.

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