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Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south.
Latin · Clementine VulgateConverte, Domine, captivitatem nostram, sicut torrens in austro.
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They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQui seminant in lacrimis, in exsultatione metent.
Going they went and wept, casting their seeds.
Latin · Clementine VulgateEuntes ibant et flebant, mittentes semina sua. Venientes autem venient cum exsultatione, portantes manipulos suos.]
But coming they shall come with joyfulness, carrying their sheaves.
A gradual canticle of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.
Latin · Clementine VulgateCanticum graduum Salomonis. [Nisi Dominus ædificaverit domum, in vanum laboraverunt qui ædificant eam. Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem, frustra vigilat qui custodit eam.
It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved,
Latin · Clementine VulgateVanum est vobis ante lucem surgere: surgite postquam sederitis, qui manducatis panem doloris. Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum,
Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.
Latin · Clementine Vulgateecce hæreditas Domini, filii; merces, fructus ventris.
As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken.
Latin · Clementine VulgateSicut sagittæ in manu potentis, ita filii excussorum.
Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.
Latin · Clementine VulgateBeatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis: non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta.]
A gradual canticle. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways.
Latin · Clementine VulgateCanticum graduum. [Beati omnes qui timent Dominum, qui ambulant in viis ejus.
For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.
Latin · Clementine VulgateLabores manuum tuarum quia manducabis: beatus es, et bene tibi erit.
Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table.
Latin · Clementine VulgateUxor tua sicut vitis abundans in lateribus domus tuæ; filii tui sicut novellæ olivarum in circuitu mensæ tuæ.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
Latin · Clementine VulgateEcce sic benedicetur homo qui timet Dominum.
May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayst thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Latin · Clementine VulgateBenedicat tibi Dominus ex Sion, et videas bona Jerusalem omnibus diebus vitæ tuæ.
And mayst thou see thy children's children, peace upon Israel.
Latin · Clementine VulgateEt videas filios filiorum tuorum: pacem super Israël.]
A gradual canticle. Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.
Latin · Clementine VulgateCanticum graduum. [Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea, dicat nunc Israël;
Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.
Latin · Clementine Vulgatesæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea: etenim non potuerunt mihi.
The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.
Latin · Clementine VulgateSupra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores; prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.
The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:
Latin · Clementine VulgateDominus justus concidit cervices peccatorum.
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
Latin · Clementine VulgateConfundantur, et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion.
Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth before it be plucked up:
Latin · Clementine VulgateFiant sicut fœnum tectorum, quod priusquam evellatur exaruit:
Who with the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
Latin · Clementine Vulgatede quo non implevit manum suam qui metit, et sinum suum qui manipulos colligit.
And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
Latin · Clementine VulgateEt non dixerunt qui præteribant: Benedictio Domini super vos. Benediximus vobis in nomine Domini.]
A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:
Latin · Clementine VulgateCanticum graduum. [De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine;
Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
Latin · Clementine VulgateDomine, exaudi vocem meam. Fiant aures tuæ intendentes in vocem deprecationis meæ.
If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it.
Latin · Clementine VulgateSi iniquitates observaveris, Domine, Domine, quis sustinebit?
For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word:
Latin · Clementine VulgateQuia apud te propitiatio est; et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine. Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus:
my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
Latin · Clementine Vulgatesperavit anima mea in Domino.
From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.
Latin · Clementine VulgateA custodia matutina usque ad noctem, speret Israël in Domino.
Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful redemption.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQuia apud Dominum misericordia, et copiosa apud eum redemptio.
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Latin · Clementine VulgateEt ipse redimet Israël ex omnibus iniquitatibus ejus.]
A gradual canticle of David. Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me.
Latin · Clementine VulgateCanticum graduum David. [Domine, non est exaltatum cor meum, neque elati sunt oculi mei, neque ambulavi in magnis, neque in mirabilibus super me.
If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul.
Latin · Clementine VulgateSi non humiliter sentiebam, sed exaltavi animam meam: sicut ablactatus est super matre sua, ita retributio in anima mea.
Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateSperet Israël in Domino, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.]
A gradual canticle. O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness.
Latin · Clementine VulgateCanticum graduum. [Memento, Domine, David, et omnis mansuetudinis ejus:
How he swore to the Lord, he vowed a vow to the God of Jacob:
Latin · Clementine Vulgatesicut juravit Domino; votum vovit Deo Jacob:
If I shall enter into the tabernacle of my house: if I shall go up into the bed wherein I lie:
Latin · Clementine VulgateSi introiero in tabernaculum domus meæ; si ascendero in lectum strati mei;
If I shall give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,
Latin · Clementine Vulgatesi dedero somnum oculis meis, et palpebris meis dormitationem,
Or rest to my temples: until I find out a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Latin · Clementine Vulgateet requiem temporibus meis, donec inveniam locum Domino, tabernaculum Deo Jacob.
Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the fields of the wood.
Latin · Clementine VulgateEcce audivimus eam in Ephrata; invenimus eam in campis silvæ.
We will go into his tabernacle: we will adore in the place where his feet stood.
Latin · Clementine VulgateIntroibimus in tabernaculum ejus; adorabimus in loco ubi steterunt pedes ejus.
Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified.
Latin · Clementine VulgateSurge, Domine, in requiem tuam, tu et arca sanctificationis tuæ.
Let thy priests be clothed with justice: and let thy saints rejoice.
Latin · Clementine VulgateSacerdotes tui induantur justitiam, et sancti tui exsultent.
For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thy anointed.
Latin · Clementine VulgatePropter David servum tuum non avertas faciem christi tui.
The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.
Latin · Clementine VulgateJuravit Dominus David veritatem, et non frustrabitur eam: De fructu ventris tui ponam super sedem tuam.
If thy children will keep my covenant, and these my testimonies which I shall teach them: Their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.
Latin · Clementine VulgateSi custodierint filii tui testamentum meum, et testimonia mea hæc quæ docebo eos, et filii eorum usque in sæculum sedebunt super sedem tuam.
For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQuoniam elegit Dominus Sion: elegit eam in habitationem sibi.
This is my rest for ever and ever: here will I dwell, for I have chosen it.
Latin · Clementine VulgateHæc requies mea in sæculum sæculi; hic habitabo, quoniam elegi eam.
Blessing I will bless her widow: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Latin · Clementine VulgateViduam ejus benedicens benedicam; pauperes ejus saturabo panibus.
I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall rejoice with exceeding great joy.
Latin · Clementine VulgateSacerdotes ejus induam salutari, et sancti ejus exsultatione exsultabunt.
There will I bring forth a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
Latin · Clementine VulgateIlluc producam cornu David; paravi lucernam christo meo.
His enemies I will clothe with confusion: but upon him shall my sanctification flourish.
Latin · Clementine VulgateInimicos ejus induam confusione; super ipsum autem efflorebit sanctificatio mea.]
A gradual canticle of David. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity:
Latin · Clementine VulgateCanticum graduum David. [Ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum, habitare fratres in unum !
Like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron, Which ran down to the skirt of his garment:
Latin · Clementine VulgateSicut unguentum in capite, quod descendit in barbam, barbam Aaron, quod descendit in oram vestimenti ejus;
As the dew of Hermon, which descendeth upon mount Sion. For there the Lord hath commanded blessing, and life for evermore.
Latin · Clementine Vulgatesicut ros Hermon, qui descendit in montem Sion. Quoniam illic mandavit Dominus benedictionem, et vitam usque in sæculum.]
A gradual canticle. Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord: Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
Latin · Clementine VulgateCanticum graduum. [Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum, omnes servi Domini: qui statis in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri.
In the nights lift up your hands to the holy places, and bless ye the Lord.
Latin · Clementine VulgateIn noctibus extollite manus vestras in sancta, et benedicite Dominum.
May the Lord out of Sion bless thee, he that made heaven and earth.
Latin · Clementine VulgateBenedicat te Dominus ex Sion, qui fecit cælum et terram.]
Alleluia. Praise ye the name of the Lord: O you his servants, praise the Lord:
Latin · Clementine VulgateAlleluja. [Laudate nomen Domini; laudate, servi, Dominum:
You that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
Latin · Clementine Vulgatequi statis in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri.
Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: sing ye to his name, for it is sweet.
Latin · Clementine VulgateLaudate Dominum, quia bonus Dominus; psallite nomini ejus, quoniam suave.
For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself: Israel for his own possession.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQuoniam Jacob elegit sibi Dominus; Israël in possessionem sibi.
For I have known that the Lord is great, and our God is above all gods.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQuia ego cognovi quod magnus est Dominus, et Deus noster præ omnibus diis.
Whatsoever the Lord pleased he hath done, in heaven, in earth, in the sea, and in all the deeps.
Latin · Clementine VulgateOmnia quæcumque voluit Dominus fecit, in cælo, in terra, in mari et in omnibus abyssis.
He bringeth up clouds from the end of the earth: he hath made lightnings for the rain. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores:
Latin · Clementine VulgateEducens nubes ab extremo terræ, fulgura in pluviam fecit; qui producit ventos de thesauris suis.
He slew the firstborn of Egypt from man even unto beast.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQui percussit primogenita Ægypti, ab homine usque ad pecus.
He sent forth signs and wonders in the midst of thee, O Egypt: upon Pharao, and upon all his servants.
Latin · Clementine VulgateEt misit signa et prodigia in medio tui, Ægypte: in Pharaonem, et in omnes servos ejus.
He smote many nations, and slew mighty kings:
Latin · Clementine VulgateQui percussit gentes multas, et occidit reges fortes:
Sehon king of the Amorrhites, and Og king of Basan, and all the kingdoms of Chanaan.
Latin · Clementine VulgateSehon, regem Amorrhæorum, et Og, regem Basan, et omnia regna Chanaan:
And gave their land for an inheritance, for an inheritance to his people Israel.
Latin · Clementine Vulgateet dedit terram eorum hæreditatem, hæreditatem Israël populo suo.
Thy name, O Lord, is for ever: thy memorial, O Lord, unto all generations.
Latin · Clementine VulgateDomine, nomen tuum in æternum; Domine, memoriale tuum in generationem et generationem.
For the Lord will judge his people, and will be entreated in favour of his servants.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQuia judicabit Dominus populum suum, et in servis suis deprecabitur.
The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of men's hands.
Latin · Clementine VulgateSimulacra gentium argentum et aurum, opera manuum hominum.
They have a mouth, but they speak not: they have eyes, but they see not.
Latin · Clementine VulgateOs habent, et non loquentur; oculos habent, et non videbunt.
They have ears, but they hear not: neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Latin · Clementine VulgateAures habent, et non audient; neque enim est spiritus in ore ipsorum.
Let them that make them be like to them: and every one that trusteth in them.
Latin · Clementine VulgateSimiles illis fiant qui faciunt ea, et omnes qui confidunt in eis.
Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: bless the Lord, O house of Aaron.
Latin · Clementine VulgateDomus Israël, benedicite Domino; domus Aaron, benedicite Domino.
Bless the Lord, O house of Levi: you that fear the Lord, bless the Lord.
Latin · Clementine VulgateDomus Levi, benedicite Domino; qui timetis Dominum, benedicite Domino.
Blessed be the Lord out of Sion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem.
Latin · Clementine VulgateBenedictus Dominus ex Sion, qui habitat in Jerusalem.]
Alleluia. Praise the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateAlleluja. [Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
Praise ye the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateConfitemini Deo deorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
Praise ye the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateConfitemini Domino dominorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
Who alone doth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQui facit mirabilia magna solus, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
Who made the heavens in understanding: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQui fecit cælos in intellectu, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
Who established the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQui firmavit terram super aquas, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
Who made the great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQui fecit luminaria magna, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus:
The sun to rule the day: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine Vulgatesolem in potestatem diei, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus;
The moon and the stars to rule the night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine Vulgatelunam et stellas in potestatem noctis, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
Who smote Egypt with their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQui percussit Ægyptum cum primogenitis eorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
Who brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQui eduxit Israël de medio eorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus,
With a mighty hand and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine Vulgatein manu potenti et brachio excelso, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
Who divided the Red Sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQui divisit mare Rubrum in divisiones, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus;
And brought out Israel through the midst thereof: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine Vulgateet eduxit Israël per medium ejus, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus;
And overthrew Pharao and his host in the Red Sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine Vulgateet excussit Pharaonem et virtutem ejus in mari Rubro, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
Who led his people through the desert: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQui traduxit populum suum per desertum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
Who smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateQui percussit reges magnos, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus;
And slew strong kings: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine Vulgateet occidit reges fortes, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus:
Sehon king of the Amorrhites: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine VulgateSehon, regem Amorrhæorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus;
And Og king of Basan: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine Vulgateet Og, regem Basan, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus:
And he gave their land for an inheritance: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Latin · Clementine Vulgateet dedit terram eorum hæreditatem, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus;