Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia ejus: et veritas Domini manet in æter

num.

2 For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever.

Psalm cxv.

Credidi, propter quod locutus sum: ego autem humiliatus sum nimis.

Ego dixi in excessu meo: Omnis homo mendax.

Quid retribuam Domino: pro omnibus quæ retribuit mihi?

Calicem salutaris accipiam: et nomen Domini invocabo.

Vota mea Domino reddam coram omni populo ejus: pretiosa in conspectu Domini mors sanctorum ejus.

O Domine, quia ego servus tuus: ego servus tuus, et filius ancillæ tuæ.

Dirupisti vincula mea: tibi sacrificabo hostiam laudis, et

Credidi.

1 I believed, and therefore did I speak: but I was humbled exceedingly.

2 I said in my excess: All men are liars.

3 What shall I render unto the Lord: for all he hath rendered unto me?

4 I will take the chalice of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord.

5 I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the presence of all his people: precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

6 O Lord, I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid.

7 Thou hast broken my bonds in sunder: I will offer

Ecce, Domine, tu cognovisti omnia novissima et antiqua: tu formasti me, et posúisti super me manum tuam.

Mirabilis facta est scientia tua ex me: confortata est, et non potero ad eam.

Quo ibo a spiritu tuo: et quo a facie tua fugiam?

Si ascendero in cœlum, tu illic es si descendero in infernum, ades.

Si sumpsero pennas meas diluculo: et habitavero in extremis maris:

Etenim illuc manus tua deducet me et tenebit me dextera tua.

Et dixi, Forsitan tenebræ conculcabunt me: et nox illuminatio mea in deliciis meis.

Quia tenebræ non obscurabuntur a te, et nox sicut dies illuminabitur: sicut tenebræ ejus, ita et lumen ejus.

Quia tu possedisti renes meos suscepisti me de utero matris meæ.

Confitebor tibi quia terribiliter magnificatus es: mirabilia opera tua, et anima mea cognoscit nimis.

Non est occultatum os meum a te, quod fecisti in occulto: et substantia mea in inferioribus terræ.

Imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libro tuo omnes scribentur: dies formabuntur, et nemo in eis.

Mihi autem nimis honorificati sunt amici tui, Deus:

4 Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, new and old: thou hast formed me, and laid thine hand upon me.

5 Thy knowledge is become too wonderful for me it is strong and high, and I cannot attain unto it.

6 Whither shall I go from thy spirit and whither shall I flee from thy face?

7 If I go up into heaven, thou art there: if I go down into hell, thou art there also.

8 If I take to me the wings of the morning: and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:

9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.

10 And I said, Peradventure the darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.

11 But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be as light as the day: the darkness thereof and the light thereof are alike to thee.

12 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast holpen me from my mother's womb.

13 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: marvellous are thy works, and my soul knoweth them right well.

14 My bones are not hid from thee, which thou didst fashion in secret; and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.

15 Thine eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book shall all men be written: day by day shall they be formed, while yet there is no one.

16 But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly

honourable: most firmly is their dominion established.

17 I will tell them, and they shall be more in number than the sand: I have risen up, and am still with thee.

18 Wilt thou not slay the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:

19 For ye say in your thoughts: They shall take thy cities in vain.

20 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pined away because of thine enemies?

21 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they became as enemies unto me.

22 Prove me, O God, and try my heart examine me, and search out my paths.

23 And look well, if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the way everlasting.

Memento, Domine, David: et omnis mansuetudinis ejus. Sicut juravit Domino: votum vovit Deo Jacob:

Si introiero in tabernaculum

1 O Lord, remember David and all his meekness.

2 How he sware unto the Lord and vowed a vow unto the God of Jacob:

3 I will not enter into the

Si dedero somnum oculis meis et palpebris meis dormitationem,

Et requiem temporibus meis: donec inveniam locum Domino, tabernaculum Deo Jacob.

Ecce audivimus eam in Ephrata invenimus eam in campis silvæ.

Introibimus in tabernaculum ejus adorabimus in loco, ubi steterunt pedes ejus.

5 Nor rest unto the temples of my head until I find a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

6 Lo, we heard of it in Ephrata: we found it in the fields of the wood.

7 We will go into his tabernacle: we will worship in the place, where his feet have stood.

9 Let thy priests be clothed with justice: and let thy saints rejoice.

10 For thy servant David's sake: turn not away the face of thine Anointed.

11 The Lord hath sworn the truth unto David, and he will not make it void: Of the fruit of thy body I will set upon thy throne.

12 If thy children will keep my covenant and these my testimonies which I shall teach them :

13 Their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.

14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen her for his dwelling.

15 This is my rest for ever and ever here will I dwell, for I have chosen her.

16 With blessing, I will bless her widows; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

17 I will clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall rejoice with exceeding joy.