Comparison
Psalms 51
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unto the end, understanding for David, | In finem. Intellectus David, |
| 2 | When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech. | cum venit Doëg Idumaeus, et nuntiavit Sauli: Venit David in domum Achimelech. |
| 3 | Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity? | Quid gloriaris in malitia, qui potens es in iniquitate? |
| 4 | All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit. | Tota die iniustitiam cogitavit lingua tua; sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum. |
| 5 | Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness. | Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem; iniquitatem magis quam loqui aequitatem. |
| 6 | Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue. | Dilexisti omnia verba praecipitationis; lingua dolosa. |
| 7 | Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living. | Propterea Deus destruet te in finem; evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo, et radicem tuam de terra viventium. |
| 8 | The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say: | Videbunt iusti, et timebunt; et super eum ridebunt, et dicent: |
| 9 | Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity. | Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adiutorem suum; sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum, et praevaluit in vanitate sua. |
| 10 | But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever. | Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei; speravi in misericordia Dei, in aeternum et in saeculum saeculi. |
| 11 | I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints. | Confitebor tibi in saeculum, quia fecisti; et exspectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum. |
