The Message Bible MSG
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 God, the one and only - I'll wait as long as he says. Everything I need comes from him, so why not?
1
psalmus David cum esset in deserto Iudaeae
2 He's solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, An impregnable castle: I'm set for life.
2
Deus Deus meus ad te de luce vigilo sitivit in te anima mea quam multipliciter tibi caro mea
3 How long will you gang up on me? How long will you run with the bullies? There's nothing to you, any of you - rotten floorboards, worm-eaten rafters,
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in terra deserta et invia et inaquosa sic in sancto apparui tibi ut viderem virtutem tuam et gloriam tuam
4 Anthills plotting to bring down mountains, far gone in make-believe. You talk a good line, but every "blessing" breathes a curse.
4
quoniam melior est misericordia tua super vitas labia mea laudabunt te
5 God, the one and only - I'll wait as long as he says. Everything I hope for comes from him, so why not?
5
sic benedicam te in vita mea in nomine tuo levabo manus meas
6 He's solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, An impregnable castle: I'm set for life.
6
sicut adipe et pinguidine repleatur anima mea et labia exultationis laudabit os meum
7 My help and glory are in God
7
si memor fui tui super stratum meum in matutinis meditabar in te
8 So trust him absolutely, people; lay your lives on the line for him. God is a safe place to be.
8
quia fuisti adiutor meus et in velamento alarum tuarum exultabo
9 Man as such is smoke, woman as such, a mirage. Put them together, they're nothing; two times nothing is nothing.
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adhesit anima mea post te me suscepit dextera tua
10 And a windfall, if it comes - don't make too much of it.
10
ipsi vero in vanum quaesierunt animam meam introibunt in inferiora terrae
11 God said this once and for all; how many times Have I heard it repeated? "Strength comes Straight from God."
11
tradentur in manus gladii partes vulpium erunt
12 Love to you, Lord God! You pay a fair wage for a good day's work!
12
rex vero laetabitur in Deo laudabitur omnis qui iurat in eo quia obstructum est os loquentium iniqua
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The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.