Psalm 53 (Latin-English)

Psalmus
(Latin-English)

Psalmus - caput 53Psalm - chapter 53

1 In finem, in carminibus. Intellectus David,

Unto the end, In verses, understanding for David.

2 cum venissent Ziphæi, et dixissent ad Saul: Nonne David absconditus est apud nos?

When the men of Ziph had come and said to Saul: Is not David hidden with us?

3 Deus, in nomine tuo salvum me fac, et in virtute tua judica me.

Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy strength.

4 Deus, exaudi orationem meam; auribus percipe verba oris mei.

O God, hear my prayer: give ear to the words of my mouth.

5 Quoniam alieni insurrexerunt adversum me, et fortes quæsierunt animam meam, et non proposuerunt Deum ante conspectum suum.

For strangers have risen up against me; and the mighty have sought after my soul: and they have not set God before their eyes.

6 Ecce enim Deus adjuvat me, et Dominus susceptor est animæ meæ.

For behold God is my helper: and the Lord is the protector of my soul.

7 Averte mala inimicis meis; et in veritate tua disperde illos.

Turn back the evils upon my enemies; and cut them off in thy truth.

8 Voluntarie sacrificabo tibi, et confitebor nomini tuo, Domine, quoniam bonum est.

I will freely sacrifice to thee, and will give praise, O God, to thy name: because it is good:

9 Quoniam ex omni tribulatione eripuisti me, et super inimicos meos despexit oculus meus.

For thou hast delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye hath looked down upon my enemies.

Psalmus - caput 53

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The Vulgate is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible that was to become the Catholic Church's officially promulgated Latin version of the Bible during the 16th century, and is still used fundamentally in the Latin Church to this day.

The translation was largely the work of Jerome, who in 382 had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Vetus Latina ("Old Latin") Gospels then in use by the Roman Church. Jerome, on his own initiative, extended this work of revision and translation to include most of the books of the Bible and once published, the new version became widely adopted and over succeeding centuries eventually eclipsed the Vetus Latina, so that by the 13th century it had taken over from the former version the appellation of versio vulgata (the "version commonly used") or vulgata for short.

The Catholic Church affirmed the Vulgate as its official Latin Bible at the Council of Trent (1545–1563), though there was no authoritative edition at that time. The Clementine edition of the Vulgate of 1592 became the standard Bible text of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church and remained so until 1979 when the Nova Vulgata was promulgated.

Psalmus (Latin-English)

Psalmus
(Latin-English)