KJV ¹ Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

VULC ¹ Psalmus David. Adversus Goliath. [Benedictus Dominus Deus meus,
qui docet manus meas ad prælium,
et digitos meos ad bellum.

KJV ² And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

VULC ² Misericordia mea et refugium meum ;
susceptor meus et liberator meus ;
protector meus, et in ipso speravi,
qui subdit populum meum sub me.

KJV ³ For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

VULC ³ Domine, quid est homo, quia innotuisti ei ?
aut filius hominis, quia reputas eum ?

KJV ⁴ Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

VULC ⁴ Homo vanitati similis factus est ;
dies ejus sicut umbra prætereunt.

KJV ⁵ I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

VULC ⁵ Domine, inclina cælos tuos, et descende ;
tange montes, et fumigabunt.

KJV ⁶ I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

VULC ⁶ Fulgura coruscationem, et dissipabis eos ;
emitte sagittas tuas, et conturbabis eos.

KJV ⁷ Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

VULC ⁷ Emitte manum tuam de alto : eripe me,
et libera me de aquis multis,
de manu filiorum alienorum :

KJV ⁸ Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

VULC ⁸ quorum os locutum est vanitatem,
et dextera eorum dextera iniquitatis.

KJV ⁹ Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

VULC ⁹ Deus, canticum novum cantabo tibi ;
in psalterio decachordo psallam tibi.

KJV ¹⁰ Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

VULC ¹⁰ Qui das salutem regibus,
qui redemisti David servum tuum de gladio maligno,

KJV ¹¹ Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

VULC ¹¹ eripe me, et erue me de manu filiorum alienorum,
quorum os locutum est vanitatem,
et dextera eorum dextera iniquitatis.

KJV ¹² And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

VULC ¹² Quorum filii sicut novellæ plantationes in juventute sua ;
filiæ eorum compositæ,
circumornatæ ut similitudo templi.

VULC ¹³ Promptuaria eorum plena, eructantia ex hoc in illud ;
oves eorum fœtosæ, abundantes in egressibus suis ;

VULC ¹⁴ boves eorum crassæ.
Non est ruina maceriæ, neque transitus,
neque clamor in plateis eorum.

VULC ¹⁵ Beatum dixerunt populum cui hæc sunt ;
beatus populus cujus Dominus Deus ejus.]