A Psalm of David.
1 Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea , happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
1 hymnus David
aleph exaltabo te Deus meus rex
et benedicam nomini tuo in aeternum et ultra
2 beth in omni die benedicam tibi
et laudabo nomen tuum in sempiternum iugiter
3 gimel magnus Deus et laudabilis nimis
et magnificentiae eius non est inventio
4 deleth generatio ad generationem laudabit opera tua
et fortitudines tuas adnuntiabunt
5 he decorem gloriae magnitudinis tuae
et verba mirabilium tuorum loquar
6 vav et fortitudinem horribilium tuorum loquentur
et magnitudines tuas narrabo
7 zai memoriam multae bonitatis tuae loquentur
et iustitias tuas laudabunt
8 heth clemens et misericors Dominus
patiens et multae miserationis
9 teth bonus Dominus omnibus
et misericordiae eius in universa opera eius
10 ioth confiteantur tibi Domine omnia opera tua
et sancti tui benedicant tibi
11 caph gloriam regni tui dicent
et fortitudines tuas loquentur
12 lameth ut ostendant filiis hominum fortitudines eius
et gloriam decoris regni eius
13 mem regnum tuum regnum omnium saeculorum
et potestas tua in omni generatione et generatione
14 samech sustentat Dominus omnes corruentes
et erigit universos iacentes
15 ain oculi eorum in te sperant
et tu das eis escam suam in tempore suo
16 fe aperis manus tuas et imples omne animal refectione
17 sade iustus Dominus in omnibus viis suis
et sanctus in omnibus operibus suis
18 coph iuxta est Dominus omnibus qui invocant
eum
omnibus qui invocant eum in veritate
19 res placitum timentium se faciet
et clamorem eorum audiet et salvabit eos
20 sen custodit Dominus omnes diligentes se
et universos impios conteret
21 thau laudem Domini loquetur os meum
et benedicet omnis caro nomini sancto eius
in aeternum et iugiter