The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 ALEPH ego vir videns paupertatem meam in virga indignationis eius
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I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath;
2 ALEPH me minavit et adduxit in tenebris et non in lucem
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he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light;
3 ALEPH tantum in me vertit et convertit manum suam tota die
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surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long.
4 BETH vetustam fecit pellem meam et carnem meam contrivit ossa mea
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He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
5 BETH aedificavit in gyro meo et circumdedit me felle et labore
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he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation;
6 BETH in tenebrosis conlocavit me quasi mortuos sempiternos
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he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago.
7 GIMEL circumaedificavit adversum me ut non egrediar adgravavit conpedem meam
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He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has put heavy chains on me;
8 GIMEL sed et cum clamavero et rogavero exclusit orationem meam
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though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer;
9 GIMEL conclusit vias meas lapidibus quadris semitas meas subvertit
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he has blocked my ways with hewn stones, he has made my paths crooked.
10 DELETH ursus insidians factus est mihi leo in absconditis
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He is to me like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding;
11 DELETH semitas meas subvertit et confregit me posuit me desolatam
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he led me off my way and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate;
12 DELETH tetendit arcum suum et posuit me quasi signum ad sagittam
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he bent his bow and set me as a mark for his arrow.
13 HE misit in renibus meis filias faretrae suae
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He drove into my heart the arrows of his quiver;
14 HE factus sum in derisu omni populo meo canticum eorum tota die
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I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the burden of their songs all day long.
15 HE replevit me amaritudinibus inebriavit me absinthio
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He has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood.
16 VAV et fregit ad numerum dentes meos cibavit me cinere
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He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes;
17 VAV et repulsa est anima mea oblitus sum bonorum
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my soul is bereft of peace, I have forgotten what happiness is;
18 VAV et dixi periit finis meus et spes mea a Domino
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so I say, "Gone is my glory, and my expectation from the LORD."
19 ZAI recordare paupertatis et transgressionis meae absinthii et fellis
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Remember my affliction and my bitterness, the wormwood and the gall!
20 ZAI memoria memor ero et tabescet in me anima mea
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My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.
21 ZAI hoc recolens in corde meo ideo sperabo
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But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:
22 HETH misericordiae Domini quia non sumus consumpti quia non defecerunt miserationes eius
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The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;
23 HETH novae diluculo multa est fides tua
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they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.
24 HETH pars mea Dominus dixit anima mea propterea expectabo eum
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"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."
25 TETH bonus est Dominus sperantibus in eum animae quaerenti illum
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The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
26 TETH bonum est praestolari cum silentio salutare Domini
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It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
27 TETH bonum est viro cum portaverit iugum ab adulescentia sua
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It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 IOTH sedebit solitarius et tacebit quia levavit super se
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Let him sit alone in silence when he has laid it on him;
29 IOTH ponet in pulvere os suum si forte sit spes
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let him put his mouth in the dust--there may yet be hope;
30 IOTH dabit percutienti se maxillam saturabitur obprobriis
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let him give his cheek to the smiter, and be filled with insults.
31 CAPH quia non repellet in sempiternum Dominus
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For the Lord will not cast off for ever,
32 CAPH quia si abiecit et miserebitur secundum multitudinem misericordiarum suarum
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but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
33 CAPH non enim humiliavit ex corde suo et abiecit filios hominis
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for he does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
34 LAMED ut contereret sub pedibus suis omnes vinctos terrae
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To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
35 LAMED ut declinaret iudicium viri in conspectu vultus Altissimi
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to turn aside the right of a man in the presence of the Most High,
36 LAMED ut perverteret hominem in iudicio suo Dominus ignoravit
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to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.
37 MEM quis est iste qui dixit ut fieret Domino non iubente
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Who has commanded and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
38 MEM ex ore Altissimi non egredientur nec mala nec bona
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Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and evil come?
39 MEM quid murmuravit homo vivens vir pro peccatis suis
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Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?
40 NUN scrutemur vias nostras et quaeramus et revertamur ad Dominum
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Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!
41 NUN levemus corda nostra cum manibus ad Dominum in caelos
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Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
42 NUN nos inique egimus et ad iracundiam provocavimus idcirco tu inexorabilis es
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"We have transgressed and rebelled, and thou hast not forgiven.
43 SAMECH operuisti in furore et percussisti nos occidisti nec pepercisti
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"Thou hast wrapped thyself with anger and pursued us, slaying without pity;
44 SAMECH opposuisti nubem tibi ne transeat oratio
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thou hast wrapped thyself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
45 SAMECH eradicationem et abiectionem posuisti me in medio populorum
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Thou hast made us offscouring and refuse among the peoples.
46 FE aperuerunt super nos os suum omnes inimici
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"All our enemies rail against us;
47 FE formido et laqueus facta est nobis vaticinatio et contritio
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panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction;
48 FE divisiones aquarum deduxit oculus meus in contritione filiae populi mei
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my eyes flow with rivers of tears because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 AIN oculus meus adflictus est nec tacuit eo quod non esset requies
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"My eyes will flow without ceasing, without respite,
50 AIN donec respiceret et videret Dominus de caelis
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until the LORD from heaven looks down and sees;
51 AIN oculus meus depraedatus est animam meam in cunctis filiabus urbis meae
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my eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the maidens of my city.
52 SADE venatione ceperunt me quasi avem inimici mei gratis
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"I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies without cause;
53 SADE lapsa est in lacu vita mea et posuerunt lapidem super me
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they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me;
54 SADE inundaverunt aquae super caput meum dixi perii
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water closed over my head; I said, 'I am lost.'
55 COPH invocavi nomen tuum Domine de lacis novissimis
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"I called on thy name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit;
56 COPH vocem meam audisti ne avertas aurem tuam a singultu meo et clamoribus
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thou didst hear my plea, 'Do not close thine ear to my cry for help!'
57 COPH adpropinquasti in die quando invocavi te dixisti ne timeas
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Thou didst come near when I called on thee; thou didst say, 'Do not fear!'
58 RES iudicasti Domine causam animae meae redemptor vitae meae
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"Thou hast taken up my cause, O Lord, thou hast redeemed my life.
59 RES vidisti Domine iniquitatem adversum me iudica iudicium meum
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Thou hast seen the wrong done to me, O LORD; judge thou my cause.
60 RES vidisti omnem furorem universas cogitationes eorum adversum me
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Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their devices against me.
61 SEN audisti obprobria eorum Domine omnes cogitationes eorum adversum me
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"Thou hast heard their taunts, O LORD, all their devices against me.
62 SEN labia insurgentium mihi et meditationes eorum adversum me tota die
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The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all the day long.
63 SEN sessionem eorum et resurrectionem eorum vide ego sum psalmus eorum
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Behold their sitting and their rising; I am the burden of their songs.
64 THAU reddes eis vicem Domine iuxta opera manuum suarum
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"Thou wilt requite them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65 THAU dabis eis scutum cordis laborem tuum
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Thou wilt give them dullness of heart; thy curse will be on them.
66 THAU persequeris in furore et conteres eos sub caelis Domine
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Thou wilt pursue them in anger and destroy them from under thy heavens, O LORD."
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