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| 55 | 1 | Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance form the sanctuary: for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth. | victori pro columba muta eo quod procul abierit David humilis et simplex quando tenuerunt eum Palestini in Geth |
| 55 | 2 | Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me. | miserere mei Deus quoniam conculcavit me homo tota die pugnans tribulavit me |
| 55 | 3 | My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me. | conculcaverunt me insidiatores mei tota die multi enim qui pugnant contra me Altissime |
| 55 | 4 | From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee. | quacumque die territus fuero ego in te confidam |
| 55 | 5 | In God I will praise my words, in God I have put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do against me. | in Deo laudavi verbum in Deo speravi non timebo quid faciat caro mihi |
| 55 | 6 | All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil. | tota die sermonibus me adfligebant contra me omnes cogitationes eorum in malum |
| 55 | 7 | They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul, | congregabuntur abscondite plantas meas observabunt expectantes animam meam |
| 55 | 8 | For nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces. O God, | quia nullus est salvus in eis in furore populos detrahet Deus |
| 55 | 9 | I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set me tears in thy sight, As also in thy promise. | secretiora mea numerasti pone lacrimam meam in conspectu tuo sed non in narratione tua |
| 55 | 10 | Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God. | tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum in quacumque die invocavero hoc scio quia Deus meus es |
| 55 | 11 | In God will I praise the word, in the Lord will I praise his speech. In God have I hoped, I will not fear what man can do to me. | in Deo laudabo verbum in Domino praedicabo sermonem in Deo speravi non timebo quid faciat homo mihi |
| 55 | 12 | In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises to thee: | in me sunt Deus vota tua reddam gratiarum actiones tibi |
| 55 | 13 | Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the living. | quia liberasti animam meam de morte et pedes meos de lapsu ut ambulem coram Deo in luce viventium |