Comparison
Psalms 138
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me: | In finem, psalmus David. Domine, probasti me, et cognovisti me; |
| 2 | Thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up. | tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam. |
| 3 | Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out. | Intellexisti cogitationes meas de longe; semitam meam et funiculum meum investigasti: |
| 4 | And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue. | et omnes vias meas praevidisti, quia non est sermo in lingua mea. |
| 5 | Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me. | Ecce, Domine, tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua. Tu formasti me, et posuisti super me manum tuam. |
| 6 | Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it. | Mirabilis facta est scientia tua ex me; confortata est, et non potero ad eam. |
| 7 | Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face? | Quo ibo a spiritu tuo? et quo a facie tua fugiam? |
| 8 | If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. | Si ascendero in caelum, tu illic es; si descendero in infernum, ades. |
| 9 | If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: | Si sumpsero pennas meas diluculo, et habitavero in extremis maris, |
| 10 | Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me. | etenim illuc manus tua deducet me, et tenebit me dextera tua. |
| 11 | And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures. | Et dixi: Forsitan tenebrae conculcabunt me; et nox illuminatio mea in deliciis meis. |
| 12 | But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee. | Quia tenebrae non obscurabuntur a te, et nox sicut dies illuminabitur: sicut tenebrae eius, ita et lumen eius. |
| 13 | For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb. | Quia tu possedisti renes meos; suscepisti me de utero matris meae. |
| 14 | I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well. | Confitebor tibi, quia terribiliter magnificatus es; mirabilia opera tua, et anima mea cognoscit nimis. |
| 15 | My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth. | Non est occultatum os meum a te, quod fecisti in occulto; et substantia mea in inferioribus terrae. |
| 16 | Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them. | Imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libro tuo omnes scribentur. Dies formabuntur, et nemo in eis. |
| 17 | But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened. | Mihi autem nimis honorificati sunt amici tui, Deus; nimis confortatus est principatus eorum. |
| 18 | I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee. | Dinumerabo eos, et super arenam multiplicabuntur. Exsurrexi, et adhuc sum tecum. |
| 19 | If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me: | Si occideris, Deus, peccatores, viri sanguinum, declinate a me: |
| 20 | Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain. | quia dicitis in cogitatione: Accipient in vanitate civitates tuas. |
| 21 | Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies? | Nonne qui oderunt te, Domine, oderam, et super inimicos tuos tabescebam? |
| 22 | I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me. | Perfecto odio oderam illos, et inimici facti sunt mihi. |
| 23 | Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths. | Proba me, Deus, et scito cor meum; interroga me, et cognosce semitas meas. |
| 24 | And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way. | Et vide si via iniquitatis in me est, et deduc me in via aeterna. |
