Liber Psalmorum

Canticum graduum. Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea, dicat nunc Israël;

A gradual canticle. Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

Cantico de graduos. Saepe expugna me ab iuventute meo, Israële nunc que dic;

sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea: etenim non potuerunt mihi.

Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.

Saepe expugna me ab iuventute meo: etenim non pote ad me.

Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores; prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.

The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.

Supra dorso meo peccatores fabrica; prolonga iniquitate suo.

Dominus justus concidit cervices peccatorum.

The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:

Domino iusto concide cervices de peccatos.

Confundantur, et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion.

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.

Confunde, et omni retrorsus qui ode Sione converte.

Fiant sicut fœnum tectorum, quod priusquam evellatur exaruit:

Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth before it be plucked up:

Fi sicut foeno de tectoros, quod antequam evelle exaresce:

de quo non implevit manum suam qui metit, et sinum suum qui manipulos colligit.

Who with the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.

De quo non imple manu suo qui mete, et sinu suo qui collige manipulos.

Et non dixerunt qui præteribant: Benedictio Domini super vos. Benediximus vobis in nomine Domini.

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.

Et non dic qui praeteri: benedictione de Domino super vos. Benedic ad vos in nomine de Domino.