Christ ( by the mouth of David ) requesteth of God to be justly declared innocent, and his enemies punished, 6. particularly describing Judas the traitor's malice, 21. and his own temporal afflictions, 26. prayeth, 30. and praiseth God for his deliverance.Chriſt ( by the mouth of Dauid ) requeſteth of God to be iuſtly declared innocent, and his enimies puniſhed, 6. particularly deſcribing Iudas the traitors malice, 21. and his owne temporal afflictions, 26. prayeth, 30. and praiſeth God for his deliuerie.✦
Unto the end, a Psalm of David.Vnto the end, a Pſalme of Dauid.In finem. Psalmus David.
2O God conceal not my praise: because the mouth of the sinner, and the mouth of the deceitful man is open upon me.O a God conceale not my prayſe : becauſe the mouth of the ſinner, and the mouth of b the deceitful man is open vpon me.Deus, laudem meam ne tacueris, quia os peccatoris et os dolosi super me apertum est.
3They have spoken against me with deceitful tongue, and with words of hatred they have compassed me: and they have expugnaverunt: disputed, called in question; assailed, attacked me without cause.They c haue ſpoken againſt me with deceitful tongue, and with wordes of hatred they haue compaſſed me: and they haue impugned me without cauſe.Locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa, et sermonibus odii circumdederunt me : et expugnaverunt me gratis.
4For that they should love me, they backbited me: but I prayed.For that they should loue me, they backbited me: but I prayed.Pro eo ut me diligerent, detrahebant mihi ; ego autem orabam.
5And they set against me evil things for good: and hatred for my love.And they ſet againſt me euil thinges for good: and hatred for my loue.Et posuerunt adversum me mala pro bonis, et odium pro dilectione mea.
6Appoint a sinner over him: and let the devil stand on his right hand.Appoint d a ſinner ouer him: and e let the diuel ſtand on his righthand.Constitue super eum peccatorem, et diabolus stet a dextris ejus.
7When he is judged, let him come forth condemned: and let his prayer be turned into sin.When he is iudged, let him comeforth condemned : and let his prayer be turned into ſinne.Cum judicatur, exeat condemnatus ; et oratio ejus fiat in peccatum.
8Let his days be made few: and let another take his bishopric.Let his dayes be made fewe : and let an other take his f biſhopricke.Fiant dies ejus pauci, et episcopatum ejus accipiat alter.
9Let his children be made orphans: and his wife a widow.Let g his children be made orphans : and his wife a widow.Fiant filii ejus orphani, et uxor ejus vidua.
10Let his children be transported wandering, and let them beg: and let them be cast out of their habitations.Let his children be tranſported wandering, and let them begge : and let them be caſt out of their habitations.Nutantes transferantur filii ejus et mendicent, et ejiciantur de habitationibus suis.
11Let the usurer search all his substance: and let strangers spoil his labours.Let the vſurer ſearch al his ſubſtance : and let ſtrangers ſpoile his labours.Scrutetur fœnerator omnem substantiam ejus, et diripiant alieni labores ejus.
12Let there be none to help him: neither let there be any to have pity on his pupillis: schoolchildren; orphans, fatherless wards.Let there be none to helpe him : neither let there be anie to haue pittie on his pupilles.Non sit illi adjutor, nec sit qui misereatur pupillis ejus.
13Let his children come to destruction: in one generation let his name be clean put out.Let his children come to deſtruction : in h one generation let his name be cleane put out.Fiant nati ejus in interitum ; in generatione una deleatur nomen ejus.
14Let the iniquity of his fathers return to memory in the sight of our Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.Let the iniquitie of his fathers returne to memorie in the ſight of our Lord: and let not the ſinne of his mother be blotted out.In memoriam redeat iniquitas patrum ejus in conspectu Domini, et peccatum matris ejus non deleatur.
15Let them be before our Lord always, and let the memory of them perish out of the earth:Let them be before our Lord alwayes, and let the memorie of them periſh out of the earth:Fiant contra Dominum semper, et dispereat de terra memoria eorum :
16For that he remembered not to do mercy.For that he remembred not to doe mercie.pro eo quod non est recordatus facere misericordiam,
17And he persecuted the poor, and needy man, and the compunctum: hesitant, scrupled; pricked, stung with remorse in heart to kill him.And he perſecuted the poore, and needie man, and the compunct in hart to kil him.et persecutus est hominem inopem et mendicum, et compunctum corde, mortificare.
18And he loved cursing, and it shall come to him: and he would not blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing as a garment, and it entered as water into his inner parts, and as oil in his bones.And he i loued curſing, and it ſhal come to him: and he would not bleſſing, and it ſhal be far from him. And he put on curſing as a garment, and it entred as water into his inner partes, and as oile in his bones.Et dilexit maledictionem, et veniet ei ; et noluit benedictionem, et elongabitur ab eo. Et induit maledictionem sicut vestimentum ; et intravit sicut aqua in interiora ejus, et sicut oleum in ossibus ejus.
19Be it to him as a garment, wherewith he is covered: and as a girdle, wherewith he is always girded.Be it to him as a garment, wherwith he is couered: and as a girdle, wherwith he is alwayes girded.Fiat ei sicut vestimentum quo operitur, et sicut zona qua semper præcingitur.
20This is the work of them, that detract from me before our Lord: and that speak evils against my soul.This is the worke of them, that detract from me before our Lord: and that ſpeake euils againſt my ſoule.Hoc opus eorum qui detrahunt mihi apud Dominum, et qui loquuntur mala adversus animam meam.
21And thou Lord, Lord, do with me for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is sweet.And thou Lord, Lord, doe with me for thy names ſake: becauſe thy mercie is ſwete.Et tu, Domine, Domine, fac mecum propter nomen tuum, quia suavis est misericordia tua.
22Deliver me because I am needy, and poor: and my heart is troubled within me.Deliuer me becauſe I am needie, and poore : and k my hart is trubled within me.Libera me, quia egenus et pauper ego sum, et cor meum conturbatum est intra me.
23As a shadow when it declinat: refuseth, diminisheth; turneth aside, lengtheneth toward evening, am I taken away: and I am shaken as locusts.As a ſhadow when it declineth, am I taken away: and I am ſhaken as locuſtes.Sicut umbra cum declinat ablatus sum, et excussus sum sicut locustæ.
24My knees are weakened with fasting: and my flesh is changed by reason of oil.My knees are weakened with faſting: and my fleſh is changed by reaſon of oile.Genua mea infirmata sunt a jejunio, et caro mea immutata est propter oleum.
25And I am made a reproach to them: they saw me, and wagged their heads.And I am made a reproch to them: they ſaw me, and wagged their heades.Et ego factus sum opprobrium illis ; viderunt me, et moverunt capita sua.
26Help me O Lord my God: save me according to thy mercy.Helpe me ô Lord my God : l ſaue me according to thy mercie.Adjuva me, Domine Deus meus ; salvum me fac secundum misericordiam tuam.
27And let them know that this is thy hand: and thou O Lord hast done it.And let them know that this is thy hand : and thou ô Lord haſt done it.Et sciant quia manus tua hæc, et tu, Domine, fecisti eam.
28They will curse, and thou shalt bless: let them that rise up against me, be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice.They wil curſe, and thou ſhalt bleſſe : let them that riſe vp againſt me, be confounded : but thy ſeruant ſhal reioyce.Maledicent illi, et tu benedices : qui insurgunt in me confundantur ; servus autem tuus lætabitur.
29Let them that detract from me, be clothed with shame: and let them be covered with their confusion, as with a double patched cloak.Let them that detract from me, be clothed with ſhame: and let them be couered with their confuſion, as with a m duble patched cloke.Induantur qui detrahunt mihi pudore, et operiantur sicut diploide confusione sua.
30I will confitebor: admit a fault; acknowledge openly with praise to our Lord exceedingly with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him:I wil confeſſe to our Lord excedingly with my mouth: and in the middes of manie I wil prayſe him:Confitebor Domino nimis in ore meo, et in medio multorum laudabo eum :
31Because he hath stood on the right hand of the poor, that he might save my soul from the persecutors.Becauſe he hath ſtood on the righthand of the poore, that he might ſaue my ſoule from the perſecutors.quia astitit a dextris pauperis, ut salvam faceret a persequentibus animam meam.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.