David in banishment among the Philistines, trusteth in the justice of his cause, 9. and prayeth God earnestly to deliver him, that he may with more freedom and commodity serve him as he desireth.Dauid in baniſhment among the Philiſtines, truſteth in the iuſtice of his cauſe, 9. and prayeth God earneſtly to deliuer him, that he may with more freedom and commoditie ſerue him as he deſireth.✦
Unto the end the Psalm of David. Judge me O Lord because I have walked in my innocency: and hoping in our Lord I shall not be weakened.Vnto the end the Pſalme of Dauid. IVDGE me ô Lord becauſe I haue walked in my innocencie: and hoping in our Lord I ſhal not be weakened.In finem. Psalmus David. Judica me, Domine, quoniam ego in innocentia mea ingressus sum, et in Domino sperans non infirmabor.
2proba: demonstrate as true; to test, to try, to put to the proof me Lord, and tenta: entice to sin; to try, to test me: burn my renes: the kidneys, regarded as the seat of the inmost affections and desires and my heart.Proue me Lord, and tempt me: burne my reynes and my hart.Proba me, Domine, et tenta me ; ure renes meos et cor meum.
3Because thy mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased in thy truth.Becauſe thy mercie is before mine eies: and I am wel pleaſed in thy truth.Quoniam misericordia tua ante oculos meos est, et complacui in veritate tua.
4I have not sitten with the council of vanity: and with them that do unjust things. I will not enter in.I haue not ſitten with the councel of vanitie: and with them that doe vniuſt thinges. I wil not enter in.Non sedi cum concilio vanitatis, et cum iniqua gerentibus non introibo.
5I have hated the Church of the malignantium: cancerous, virulent; the malicious ones, the evildoers: and with the impious I will not sit.I haue hated the Church of the malignant: and with the impious I wil not ſitte.¶Odivi ecclesiam malignantium, et cum impiis non sedebo.
6I will wash my hands among innocents: and will circumdabo: a navigational instrument, or to attain; to go around, to encircle thy altar O Lord:I wil waſh my handes among innocentes: and wil compaſſe thy altar ô Lord:Lavabo inter innocentes manus meas, et circumdabo altare tuum, Domine :
7That I may hear the voice of praise, and shew forth all thy marvellous works.That I may heare the voice of praiſe, and ſhew forth al thy meruelous workes.ut audiam vocem laudis, et enarrem universa mirabilia tua.
8Lord I have loved the beauty of thy house, and the place of the habitation of thy glory.Lord I haue loued the beautie of thy houſe, and the place of the habitation of thy glorie.Domine, dilexi decorem domus tuæ, et locum habitationis gloriæ tuæ.
9Destroy not O God my soul with the impious, and my life with bloody men.Deſtroy not ô God my ſoule with the impious, and my life with bloudie men.Ne perdas cum impiis, Deus, animam meam, et cum viris sanguinum vitam meam :
10In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is replenished with muneribus: presents or talents; bribes, corrupting payments to a judge.In whoſe handes are iniquities: their righthand is repleniſhed with giftes.in quorum manibus iniquitates sunt ; dextera eorum repleta est muneribus.
11But I have walked in mine innocency: redeem me, and have mercy on me.But I haue walked in mine innocencie: redeme me, and haue mercie on me.Ego autem in innocentia mea ingressus sum ; redime me, et miserere mei.
12My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee O Lord.My foote hath ſtood in the direct way: in the Churches I wil bleſſe thee ô Lord.Pes meus stetit in directo ; in ecclesiis benedicam te, Domine.
Annotationsfrom the original 1609 Douay Old Testament
5I have hated the Church of the malignant. Holy David forced by reason of persecution to dwell amongst Infidels the Philistians; after he had twice spared king Saul's life (1 Kings 24. v. 5. and c. 26. v. 9.) lamented (v. 19.) how great affliction it was to him, to be cast out, that he could not dwell in the inheritance of our Lord (where God was rightly served) and that his enemies had done so much as in them lay, to make him fall into idolatry, by their fact, as it were saying: Go serve strange gods. Nevertheless his zeal was such that (as he here professeth) he hated the Church of the malignant: that is, the congregation of all miscreants: & his immaculate religious purity was so perfect, that he would not so much as in external shew, conform his actions to theirs, in matters of religion, nor yield his bodily presence in their conventicles: but said: With the impious I will not sit. Instructing us Christians (for the word to the end, in the title sheweth that this Psalm pertaineth also to us) that we must both hate the Church or congregation of the malignant, to wit, of Painims Jews, Turks, and Heretics, and not sit, nor personally be present with them in the exercise of their false pretended religions.I haue hated the Church of the malignant. Holie Dauid forced by reaſon of perſecution to dwel amongſt Infidels the Philiſtians; after he had twiſe ſpared king Saules life (1. Reg 24. v. 5. et. c. 26. v. 9.) lamented (v. 19.) how great affliction it was to him, to be caſt out, that he could not dwel in the inheritance of our Lord (where God was rightly ſerued) and that his enemies had done ſo much as in them lay, to make him fal into idolatrie, by their fact, as it were ſaying: Goe ſerue ſtrange goddes. Neuertheles his zele was ſuch that (as he here profeſſeth) he hated the Church of the malignant: that is, the congregation of al miſcreants: & his immaculate religious puritie was ſo perfect, that he would not ſo much as in external ſhew, conforme his actions to theirs, in matters of religion, nor yeld his bodelie preſence in their conuenticles: but ſaid: With the impious I wil not ſitte. Inſtructing vs Chriſtians (for the word to the end, in the title ſheweth that this Pſalme perteyneth alſo to vs) that we muſt both hate the Church or congregation of the malignant, to witte, of Painims Iewes, Turkes, and Heretikes, and not ſitte, nor perſonally be preſent with them in the exerciſe of their falſe pretended religions.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.