A song of national thanksgiving for a deliverance from foreign invasion. God has defeated the plans of the heathen. Not in might of armies does victory lie; nothing avails but trust in God.
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Psalm 32: Prayer Audio in Latin
{32:1} Psalmus David. Exultate iusti in Domino: rectos decet collaudatio.
{32:1} A Psalm of David. Exult in the Lord, you just ones; together praise the upright.
{32:2} Confitemini Domino in cithara: in psalterio decem chordarum psallite illi.
{32:2} Confess to the Lord with stringed instruments; sing psalms to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.
{32:3} Cantate ei canticum novum: bene psallite ei in vociferatione.
{32:3} Sing to him a new song. Sing psalms to him skillfully, with loud exclamation.
{32:4} Quia rectum est verbum Domini, et omnia opera eius in fide.
{32:4} For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are in faith.
{32:5} Diligit misericordiam et iudicium: misericordia Domini plena est terra.
{32:5} He loves mercy and judgment. The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
{32:6} Verbo Domini cæli firmati sunt: et spiritu oris eius omnis virtus eorum.
{32:6} By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, and all their power, by the Spirit of his mouth:
{32:7} Congregans sicut in utre aquas maris: ponens in thesauris abyssos.
{32:7} Gathering together the waters of the sea, as if in a container, placing the depths in storage.
{32:8} Timeat Dominum omnis terra: ab eo autem commoveantur omnes inhabitantes orbem.
{32:8} Let all the earth fear the Lord, and may all the inhabitants of the world quake before him.
{32:9} Quoniam ipse dixit, et facta sunt: ipse mandavit, et creata sunt.
{32:9} For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.
{32:10} Dominus dissipat consilia gentium: reprobat autem cogitationes populorum, et reprobat consilia principum.
{32:10} The Lord scatters the counsels of the nations. Moreover, he reproves the thoughts of the people, and he rejects the counsels of the leaders.
{32:11} Consilium autem Domini in æternum manet: cogitationes cordis eius in generatione et generationem.
{32:11} But the counsel of the Lord remains for eternity, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.
{32:12} Beata gens, cuius est Dominus, Deus eius: populus, quem elegit in hereditatem sibi.
{32:12} Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his inheritance.
{32:13} De cælo respexit Dominus: vidit omnes filios hominum.
{32:13} The Lord has looked down from heaven. He has seen all the sons of men.
{32:14} De præparato habitaculo suo respexit super omnes, qui habitant terram.
{32:14} From his well-prepared dwelling place, he has gazed upon all who dwell on the earth.
{32:15} Qui finxit sigillatim corda eorum: qui intelligit omnia opera eorum.
{32:15} He has formed the hearts of each one of them; he understands all their works.
{32:16} Non salvatur rex per multam virtutem: et gigas non salvabitur in multitudine virtutis suæ.
{32:16} The king is not saved by great power, nor will the giant be saved by his many powers.
{32:17} Fallax equus ad salutem: in abundantia autem virtutis suæ non salvabitur.
{32:17} The horse is false safety; for he will not be saved by the abundance of his powers.
{32:18} Ecce oculi Domini super metuentes eum: et in eis, qui sperant super misericordia eius.
{32:18} Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him and on those who hope in his mercy,
{32:19} Ut eruat a morte animas eorum: et alat eos in fame.
{32:19} so as to rescue their souls from death and to feed them during famine.
{32:20} Anima nostra sustinet Dominum: quoniam adiutor et protector noster est.
{32:20} Our soul remains with the Lord. For he is our helper and protector.
{32:21} Quia in eo lætabitur cor nostrum: et in nomine sancto eius speravimus.
{32:21} For in him, our heart will rejoice, and in his holy name, we have hoped.
{32:22} Fiat misericordia tua Domine super nos: quemadmodum speravimus in te.
{32:22} Let your mercy be upon us, O Lord, just as we have hoped in you.
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