Psalmus ipsi David. Misericordiam et judicium cantabo tibi, Domine ; psallam,
A psalm for David himself. Mercy and judgment I will sing to thee, O Lord: I will sing,
et intelligam in via immaculata : quando venies ad me ? Perambulabam in innocentia cordis mei, in medio domus meæ.
And I will understand in the unspotted way, when thou shalt come to me. I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.
Non proponebam ante oculos meos rem injustam ; facientes prævaricationes odivi ; non adhæsit mihi
I will not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.
cor pravum ; declinantem a me malignum non cognoscebam.
The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.
Detrahentem secreto proximo suo, hunc persequebar : superbo oculo, et insatiabili corde, cum hoc non edebam.
The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.
Oculi mei ad fideles terræ, ut sedeant mecum ; ambulans in via immaculata, hic mihi ministrabat.
My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me.
Non habitabit in medio domus meæ qui facit superbiam ; qui loquitur iniqua non direxit in conspectu oculorum meorum.
He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.
In matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores terræ, ut disperderem de civitate Domini omnes operantes iniquitatem.
In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.