A sinner in affliction of mind prayeth God to deliver him, 10. desolate of all other help. 13. conceiveth comfort in God's eternal goodness, and singular mercy, in redeeming mankind, and propagating the Church. 24. Prayeth to be made mature in virtue before he die, that he may live with God: 26. who only and wholly being immutable, establisheth his servants for ever.A ſinner in affliction of mind prayeth God to deliuer him, 10. deſolate of al other helpe. 13. conceiueth comforth in Gods eternal goodnes, and ſingular mercie, in redeming mankind, and propagating the Church. 24. Prayeth to be made mature in vertue before he dye, that he may liue with God: 26. who only and wholly being immutable, eſtablisheth his ſeruantes for euer.✦
The prayer of the poor, when he shall be anxious, and shall make his petition before our Lord.The prayer of the poore, when he ſhal be anxious, and ſhal make his petition before our Lord.Oratio pauperis, cum anxius fuerit, et in conspectu Domini effuderit precem suam.
2Lord hear my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.LORD heare my a prayer: and let my b crie come to thee.Domine, exaudi orationem meam, et clamor meus ad te veniat.
3Turn not away thy face from me: in what day soever I am in tribulation, incline thine ear to me. In what day soever I shall invocavero: call upon, invoke thee, hear me speedily.Turne c not away thy face from me: in what day ſoeuer I am in tribulation, incline thine eare to me. In what day ſoeuer I ſhal inuocate thee, heare me ſpeedely.Non avertas faciem tuam a me : in quacumque die tribulor, inclina ad me aurem tuam ; in quacumque die invocavero te, velociter exaudi me.
4Because my days have vanished as smoke: and my bones are withered as a dry burnt firebrand.Becauſe my dayes haue vaniſhed as d ſmoke: and my e bones are withered as f a drie burnt firebrand.Quia defecerunt sicut fumus dies mei, et ossa mea sicut cremium aruerunt.
5I am stricken as grass, and my heart is withered: because I have forgotten to eat my bread.I g am ſtriken as graſſe, and my hart is withered: becauſe h I haue forgotten to eate my bread.Percussus sum ut fœnum, et aruit cor meum, quia oblitus sum comedere panem meum.
6For the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.For i the voyce of my groning, my k bone hath cleaued to my fleſh.A voce gemitus mei adhæsit os meum carni meæ.
7I am become like a pelican of the wilderness: I am become as a nycticorax: the night-heron in the house.I am become like l a pellicane of the wildernes: I am become as m a nightcrow in the houſe.Similis factus sum pellicano solitudinis ; factus sum sicut nycticorax in domicilio.
8I have vigilavi: observed, looked at; kept vigil, lay awake, and am become as a sparrow solitary in the housetop.I haue watched, and am become as n a ſparow ſolitarie in the houſetoppe.Vigilavi, et factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto.
9All the day did mine enemies upbraid me: and they that praised me, swore against me.Al the day did mine enemies vpbrayde me: and they o that praiſed me, ſware againſt me.Tota die exprobrabant mihi inimici mei, et qui laudabant me adversum me jurabant :
10Because I did eat ashes as bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.Becauſe I did p eate aſhes as bread, & mingled q my drinke with weeping.quia cinerem tamquam panem manducabam, et potum meum cum fletu miscebam,
11At the face of thy wrath and indignation: because lifting me up thou hast thrown me down.At r the face of thy wrath and indignation: becauſe s lifting me vp thou haſt throwne me downe.a facie iræ et indignationis tuæ : quia elevans allisisti me.
12My days have declined as a shadow: and I am withered as grass.My daies haue declined v as a ſhadow: and I am withered w as graſſe.Dies mei sicut umbra declinaverunt, et ego sicut fœnum arui.
13But thou O Lord endurest for ever: and thy memorial in generation and generation.x But thou ô Lord endureſt for euer: and y thy memorial in generation and generation.Tu autem, Domine, in æternum permanes, et memoriale tuum in generationem et generationem.
14Thou rising up shall have mercy on Sion: because it is a time to have mercy on it, because the time cometh.Thou z ryſing vp ſhal haue mercie on Sion: becauſe it is a time to haue mercie on it, becauſe b the time cometh.Tu exsurgens misereberis Sion, quia tempus miserendi ejus, quia venit tempus :
15Because the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.Becauſe c the ſtones therof haue pleaſed thy ſeruantes: and they ſhal haue pittie on d the earth e therof.quoniam placuerunt servis tuis lapides ejus, et terræ ejus miserebuntur.
16And the Gentiles shall fear thy name O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.And f the Gentiles ſhal feare thy name ô Lord, and al g the kinges of the earth thy glorie.Et timebunt gentes nomen tuum, Domine, et omnes reges terræ gloriam tuam :
17Because our Lord hath built Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.Becauſe our Lord hath built Sion: and he ſhal be ſeene in his glorie.quia ædificavit Dominus Sion, et videbitur in gloria sua.
18He hath had respect to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.He hath had reſpect to the prayer h of the humble: and he hath not deſpiſed their petition.Respexit in orationem humilium et non sprevit precem eorum.
19Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people, that shall be created, shall praise our Lord.Let theſe thinges be written vnto an other generation: and the people, that ſhal i be created, ſhal praiſe our Lord.Scribantur hæc in generatione altera, et populus qui creabitur laudabit Dominum.
20Because he hath looked forth from his high holy place: our Lord from heaven hath looked upon the earth.Becauſe he hath lookedforth from his high holie place: our Lord from heauen hath looked vpon the earth.Quia prospexit de excelso sancto suo ; Dominus de cælo in terram aspexit :
21That he might hear the groanings of the fettered: that he might loose the children of them that are slain:That he might heare the gronings of the fettered: that he might looſe the children of them that are ſlayne:ut audiret gemitus compeditorum ; ut solveret filios interemptorum :
22That they may show forth the name of our Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem.That they may k ſhewforth the name of our Lord in Sion: and his praiſe in Ieruſalem.ut annuntient in Sion nomen Domini, et laudem ejus in Jerusalem :
23In the assembling of the people together in one, and kings to serve our Lord.In the aſſembling of the people together in one, and kinges to ſerue our Lord.in conveniendo populos in unum, et reges, ut serviant Domino.
24He answered him in the way of his strength: Show me the fewness of my days.He anſwered him in the way of his ſtrength: Shew me the fewnes of my daies.Respondit ei in via virtutis suæ : Paucitatem dierum meorum nuntia mihi :
25Call me not back in the half of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.Cal me not backe l in the halfe of my daies: thy yeares are vnto generation and generation.ne revoces me in dimidio dierum meorum, in generationem et generationem anni tui.
26In the beginning O Lord thou didst found the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands.In the beginning ô Lord thou didſt found the earth: and the heauens are the workes of thy hands.Initio tu, Domine, terram fundasti, et opera manuum tuarum sunt cæli.
27They shall perish, but thou art permanent: and they shall all wax old as a garment. And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed:They m ſhal periſh, but thou art permanent: and they ſhal al waxe old as a garment. And as a veſture thou ſhalt change them, and they ſhal be changed:Ipsi peribunt, tu autem permanes ; et omnes sicut vestimentum veterascent. Et sicut opertorium mutabis eos, et mutabuntur ;
28but thou art the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.but thou art the ſelfe ſame, and thy yeares ſhal not faile.tu autem idem ipse es, et anni tui non deficient.
29The children of thy servants shall inhabit: and their seed shall be directed for ever.The children of thy ſeruantes ſhal inhabite: and n their ſeede ſhal be directed for euer.Filii servorum tuorum habitabunt, et semen eorum in sæculum dirigetur.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.