Comparison
Psalms 54
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David. | In finem, in carminibus. Intellectus David. |
| 2 | Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication: | Exaudi, Deus, orationem meam, et ne despexeris deprecationem meam: |
| 3 | Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled, | intende mihi, et exaudi me. Contristatus sum in exercitatione mea, et conturbatus sum |
| 4 | At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me. | a voce inimici, et a tribulatione peccatoris. Quoniam declinaverunt in me iniquitates, et in ira molesti erant mihi. |
| 5 | My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me. | Cor meum conturbatum est in me, et formido mortis cecidit super me. |
| 6 | Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me. | Timor et tremor venerunt super me, et contexerunt me tenebrae. |
| 7 | And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest? | Et dixi: Quis dabit mihi pennas sicut columbae, et volabo, et requiescam? |
| 8 | Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness. | Ecce elongavi fugiens, et mansi in solitudine. |
| 9 | I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm. | Exspectabam eum qui salvum me fecit a pusillanimitate spiritus, et tempestate. |
| 10 | Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city. | Praecipita, Domine; divide linguas eorum: quoniam vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem in civitate. |
| 11 | Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour, | Die ac nocte circumdabit eam super muros eius iniquitas; et labor in medio eius, |
| 12 | And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets. | et iniustitia: et non defecit de plateis eius usura et dolus. |
| 13 | For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him. | Quoniam si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi, sustinuissem utique. Et si is qui oderat me super me magna locutus fuisset, abscondissem me forsitan ab eo. |
| 14 | But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar, | Tu vero homo unanimis, dux meus, et notus meus: |
| 15 | Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent. | qui simul mecum dulces capiebas cibos; in domo Dei ambulavimus cum consensu. |
| 16 | Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them. | Veniat mors super illos, et descendant in infernum viventes: quoniam nequitiae in habitaculis eorum, in medio eorum. |
| 17 | But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me. | Ego autem ad Deum clamavi, et Dominus salvabit me. |
| 18 | Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice. | Vespere, et mane, et meridie, narrabo, et annuntiabo; et exaudiet vocem meam. |
| 19 | He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me. | Redimet in pace animam meam ab his qui appropinquant mihi: quoniam inter multos erant mecum. |
| 20 | God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God: | Exaudiet Deus, et humiliabit illos, qui est ante saecula. Non enim est illis commutatio, et non timuerunt Deum. |
| 21 | He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant, | Extendit manum suam in retribuendo; contaminaverunt testamentum eius: |
| 22 | They are divided by the wrath Of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts. | divisi sunt ab ira vultus eius, et appropinquavit cor illius. Molliti sunt sermones eius super oleum; et ipsi sunt iacula. |
| 23 | Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever. | Iacta super Dominum curam tuam, et ipse te enutriet; non dabit in aeternum fluctuationem iusto. |
| 24 | But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord. | Tu vero, Deus, deduces eos in puteum interitus. Viri sanguinum et dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos; ego autem sperabo in te, Domine. |
