King David gratefully celebrateth the two general divine virtues, Mercy and Justice: 2. by his own example exhorteth all, especially Superiors, to direct their ways in sincerity, 4. and to separate the wicked from conversation of the good.King Dauid gratfully celebrateth the two general diuine vertues, Mercie and Iuſtice: 2. by his owne example exhorteth al, eſpecially Superiors, to direct their wayes in ſinceritie, 4. and to ſeperate the wicked from conuerſation of the good.✦
A Psalm to David himself. Mercy and judgement I will sing to thee O Lord: I will sing,A Pſalme to Dauid himſelfe. MERCIE a and iudgement I wil ſing to thee ô Lord: I wil ſing,Psalmus ipsi David. Misericordiam et judicium cantabo tibi, Domine ; psallam,
2and I shall understand in the immaculata: spotlessly clean; blameless, without moral stain way, when thou shalt come to me. I walked through in the innocency of my heart, in the midst of my house.and I b ſhal vnderſtand in the immaculate way, c when thou ſhalt come to me. I walked through in the inocencie of my hart, in the middes of my houſe.et intelligam in via immaculata : quando venies ad me ? Perambulabam in innocentia cordis mei, in medio domus meæ.
3I did not propose before mine eyes any unjust thing: I hated them that do praevaricationes: evasive speech, equivocation; transgression, breaking of the law.I did not propoſe before mine eies any vniuſt thing: I hated them that do preuarication.Non proponebam ante oculos meos rem injustam ; facientes prævaricationes odivi ; non adhæsit mihi
4A pravum: wilfully contrary or depraved; turned aside, crooked, wrong-directed heart hath not cleaved to me: the malignant declining from me I knew not.A peruerſe hart hath not cleaued to me: the malignant declining from me I knew not.cor pravum ; declinantem a me malignum non cognoscebam.
5One secretly detrahentem: diminishing, taking away from; slandering, backbiting from his neighbour, him did I persecute. One of a proud eye, and insatiable heart, with him I did not eat.d One ſecretly detracting from his neighbour, him did I perſecute. One of a proud eye, and vnſatiable hart, with him I did not eate.Detrahentem secreto proximo suo, hunc persequebar : superbo oculo, et insatiabili corde, cum hoc non edebam.
6Mine eyes are towards the faithful of the earth that they may sit with me. A man that walketh in the immaculate way, he did ministrabat: member of the clergy; to serve, wait upon to me.Mine eies are towards the faithful of the earth that they may ſit with me. A man that walketh in the immaculate way, e he did miniſter to me.Oculi mei ad fideles terræ, ut sedeant mecum ; ambulans in via immaculata, hic mihi ministrabat.
7He that doth proudly shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things, hath not directed in the sight of mine eyes.He that doth proudly ſhal not dwel in the middes of my houſe: he that ſpeaketh vniuſt thinges, hath f not directed in the ſight of mine eies.Non habitabit in medio domus meæ qui facit superbiam ; qui loquitur iniqua non direxit in conspectu oculorum meorum.
8In the morning did I kill all the sinners of the earth: that I might destroy out of the city of our Lord, all those that work iniquity.In g the morning did I kil al the ſinners of the earth: that I might deſtroy h out of the citie of our Lord, al thoſe that worke iniquitie.In matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores terræ, ut disperderem de civitate Domini omnes operantes iniquitatem.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.