A faithful person sore and long afflicted, lamentably complaineth, praying God, 15. not still to repel him, being left desolate, 19. without all consolation of friends.A faithful perſon ſore and long afflicted, lamentably complaineth, praying God, 15. not ſtil to repel him, being leift deſolate, 19. without al conſolation of freindes.✦
A canticum: a song, a sacred ode set to be sung of a Psalm, to the children of Core, unto the end, for a Maheleth to answer, of understanding to Eman the Ezrahite.A Canticle of a Pſalme, to the children of Core, vnto the end, for a Maheleth b to anſwer, c of vnderſtanding to Eman the Ezrahite.Canticum Psalmi, filiis Core, in finem, pro Maheleth ad respondendum. Intellectus Eman Ezrahitæ.
2O Lord the God of my salvation: in the day have I cried, and in the night before thee.O Lord the God of my ſaluation: d in the day haue I cried, and in the night before thee.Domine, Deus salutis meæ, in die clamavi et nocte coram te.
3Let my prayer enter in thy sight: incline thine ear to my petition.Let my prayer enter in thy ſight: incline thine eare to my petition.Intret in conspectu tuo oratio mea, inclina aurem tuam ad precem meam.
4Because my soul is repleta: refilled or restocked; filled full with evils: and my life hath approached to hell.Becauſe my ſoule is repleniſhed with euils: and e my life hath approched to hel.Quia repleta est malis anima mea, et vita mea inferno appropinquavit.
5I am accounted with them that descend into the lake. I am become as a man without help,I f am accounted with them that deſcend into the lake. I am become as a man without helpe,Æstimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum, factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio,
6free among the dead, as the wounded sleeping in the sepulchres, of whom thou art mindful no more: and they are cast off from thy hand.g free among the dead, as the wounded ſleeping in the ſepulchres, of whom thou art mindeful no more: and they are caſt of from thy hand.inter mortuos liber ; sicut vulnerati dormientes in sepulchris, quorum non es memor amplius, et ipsi de manu tua repulsi sunt.
7They have put me in the lower lake: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.They haue put me in h the lower lake: in the darke places, and in the ſhadowe of death.Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori, in tenebrosis, et in umbra mortis.
8Thy fury is confirmed upon me: and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me.Thy i furie is confirmed vpon me: and al thy waues thou haſt brought in vpon me.Super me confirmatus est furor tuus, et omnes fluctus tuos induxisti super me.
9Thou hast made my notos: household spirits; close friends, intimate acquaintances far from me: they have put me abomination to themselves. I was delivered and came not forth:Thou haſt made my familiars far from me: they haue put me abomination to themſelues. I was deliuered and came not forth:Longe fecisti notos meos a me ; posuerunt me abominationem sibi. Traditus sum, et non egrediebar ;
10mine eyes languished for poverty. I cried to thee O Lord all the day: I stretched out my hands to thee.myne eies languiſhed for pouertie. I cried to thee ô Lord al the day: I ſtretched out my handes to thee.oculi mei languerunt præ inopia. Clamavi ad te, Domine, tota die ; expandi ad te manus meas.
11Wilt thou do marvels to the dead: or shall physicians raise to life, and they confess to thee?Wilt thou k doe meruels to the dead: or ſhal phiſicians raiſe to life, and they confeſſe to thee?Numquid mortuis facies mirabilia ? aut medici suscitabunt, et confitebuntur tibi ?
12Shall any in the sepulchre declare thy mercy, and thy truth in perdition?Shal any l in the ſepulchre declare thy mercie, and thy truth in perdition?Numquid narrabit aliquis in sepulchro misericordiam tuam, et veritatem tuam in perditione ?
13Shall thy marvellous works be known in darkness: and thy justice in the land of oblivion.Shal thy meruelous workes be knowne m in darkenes: and thy iuſtice in the land of obliuion.Numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua ? et justitia tua in terra oblivionis ?
14And I O Lord have cried to thee: and in the morning shall my prayer præveniet: hinder or stop; go before, come ahead of thee.And I ô Lord haue cried to thee: and in the morning ſhal my praier preuent thee.Et ego ad te, Domine, clamavi, et mane oratio mea præveniet te.
15Why dost thou O Lord reject my prayer: turnest away thy face from me?Why doeſt thou o Lord reiect my prayer: turneſt away thy face from me?Ut quid, Domine, repellis orationem meam ; avertis faciem tuam a me ?
16I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted, humbled and troubled.I am poore, and in labours n from my youth: and being o exalted, humbled and troubled.Pauper sum ego, et in laboribus a juventute mea ; exaltatus autem, humiliatus sum et conturbatus.
17Thy wraths have passed upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me.Thy wrathes haue paſſed vpon me: and thy terrouts haue trubled me.In me transierunt iræ tuæ, et terrores tui conturbaverunt me :
18They have compassed me as water all the day: they compassed me together.They haue compaſſed me as water al the day: they compaſſed me together.circumdederunt me sicut aqua tota die ; circumdederunt me simul.
19Thou hast made friend, and neighbour far from me: and my familiars because of misery.Thou p haſt made frend, and neighboure far from me: and my familiars becauſe of miſerie.Elongasti a me amicum et proximum, et notos meos a miseria.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.