The just, diversely afflicted by the wicked, pray to be defended, 7. repose their confidence in God, 10. who will adjudge the reprobate to eternal punishment, 13. and reward the good with the fruition of himself.The iuſt diuerſly afflicted by the wicked, pray to be defended, 7. repoſe their confidence in God, 10. who wil adiudge the reprobate to eternal puniſhment, 13. and reward the good with the fruition of himſelf.✦
Unto the end, a Psalm of David.Vnto the end, a Pſalme of Dauid.In finem. Psalmus David.
2Deliver me O Lord from the evil man: from the unjust man rescue me.DELIVER me ô Lord from the euil man : from the vniuſt man reſcue me.Eripe me, Domine, ab homine malo ; a viro iniquo eripe me.
3Which have devised iniquity in their heart: all the day they did appoint battles.Which a haue deuiſed iniquitie in their hart : b al the day they did appoint battels.Qui cogitaverunt iniquitates in corde, tota die constituebant prælia.
4They have whet their tongues as that of a serpent: the venom of asps is under their lips.They haue whet their tongues as that of a ſerpent : the venome of aſpes is vnder their lippes.Acuerunt linguas suas sicut serpentis ; venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum.
5Keep me O Lord from the hand of the sinner: and from unjust men deliver me.Kepe me ô Lord from the hand of the ſinner : and from vniuſt men deliuer me.Custodi me, Domine, de manu peccatoris, et ab hominibus iniquis eripe me. Qui cogitaverunt supplantare gressus meos :
6Who have devised to supplant my steps: the proud have hid a snare for me: And they have stretched out ropes for a snare: they have laid a stumbling scandalum: a snare, an occasion of falling for me near the way.Who haue deuiſed to ſupplant my ſteppes : the proude haue hid a ſnare for me : And they haue ſtreched out ropes for a ſnare : they haue layd * a ſtumbling blocke for me nere the way.absconderunt superbi laqueum mihi. Et funes extenderunt in laqueum ; juxta iter, scandalum posuerunt mihi.
7I said to our Lord: Thou art my God: hear O Lord the voice of my petition.c I ſayd to our Lord : Thou art my God : heare ô Lord the voice of my petition.Dixi Domino : Deus meus es tu ; exaudi, Domine, vocem deprecationis meæ.
8O Lord, Lord the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.O Lord, Lord d the ſtrength of my ſaluation : e thou haſt ouerſhadowed my head in the day of battel.Domine, Domine, virtus salutis meæ, obumbrasti super caput meum in die belli.
9Yield me not O Lord from my desire, to the sinner: they have devised against me; lest they perhaps be proud.Yeld me not ô Lord from f my deſire, to the ſinner : they haue deuiſed againſt me ; g leſt they perhaps be proude.Ne tradas me, Domine, a desiderio meo peccatori : cogitaverunt contra me ; ne derelinquas me, ne forte exaltentur.
10The head of their circuitus: a circuit, an encompassing about, not the mariner's or drawing instrument: the labour of their lips shall cover them.h The head of their compaſſe : i the labour of their lippes k ſhal couer them.Caput circuitus eorum : labor labiorum ipsorum operiet eos.
11Coals shall fall upon them, thou shalt cast them down into fire: in miseries they shall not stand up.l Coales ſhal fal vpon them, m thou ſhalt caſt them downe into fyre : in miſeries n they ſhal not ſtand vp.Cadent super eos carbones ; in ignem dejicies eos : in miseriis non subsistent.
12A man full of tongue shall not be directed in the earth: evils shall take the unjust man into destruction.A man ful of tongue ſhal not be directed in the earth : euils ſhal take the vniuſt man into deſtruction.Vir linguosus non dirigetur in terra ; virum injustum mala capient in interitu.
13I have known that our Lord will do the judgement of the needy: and the revenge of the poor.o I haue knowne that our Lord wil do the iudgement of the needie : and the reuenge of the poore.Cognovi quia faciet Dominus judicium inopis, et vindictam pauperum.
14But as for the just, they shall confess to thy name: and the righteous shall dwell with thy countenance.But as for the iuſt, they ſhal confeſſe to thy name : and the righteous ſhal dwel with p thy countenance.Verumtamen justi confitebuntur nomini tuo, et habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.