A penitential prayer of a sick person. Acknowledging his grievous afflictions as just punishment for his wickedness, David with sincere contrition puts his trust in God.
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Psalm 37: Prayer Audio in Latin
{37:1} Psalmus David, in rememorationem de Sabbato.
{37:1} A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath.
{37:2} Domine ne in furore tuo arguas me, neque in ira tua corripias me.
{37:2} O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath.
{37:3} Quoniam sagittæ tuæ infixæ sunt mihi: et confirmasti super me manum tuam.
{37:3} For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.
{37:4} Non est sanitas in carne mea a facie iræ tuæ: non est pax ossibus meis a facie peccatorum meorum.
{37:4} There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins.
{37:5} Quoniam iniquitates meæ supergressæ sunt caput meum: et sicut onus grave gravatæ sunt super me.
{37:5} For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.
{37:6} Putruerunt et corruptæ sunt cicatrices meæ, a facie insipientiæ meæ.
{37:6} My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness.
{37:7} Miser factus sum, et curvatus sum usque in finem: tota die contristatus ingrediebar.
{37:7} I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.
{37:8} Quoniam lumbi mei impleti sunt illusionibus: et non est sanitas in carne mea.
{37:8} For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh.
{37:9} Afflictus sum, et humiliatus sum nimis: rugiebam a gemitu cordis mei.
{37:9} I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart.
{37:10} Domine, ante te omne desiderium meum: et gemitus meus a te non est absconditus.
{37:10} O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.
{37:11} Cor meum conturbatum est: dereliquit me virtus mea, et lumen oculorum meorum: et ipsum non est mecum.
{37:11} My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me.
{37:12} Amici mei et proximi mei adversum me appropinquaverunt, et steterunt. Et qui iuxta me erant, de longe steterunt: et vim faciebant qui quærebant animam meam.
{37:12} My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence.
{37:13} Et qui inquirebant mala mihi, locuti sunt vanitates: et dolos tota die meditabantur.
{37:13} And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.
{37:14} Ego autem tamquam surdus non audiebam: et sicut mutus non aperiens os suum.
{37:14} But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.
{37:15} Et factus sum sicut homo non audiens: et non habens in ore suo redargutiones.
{37:15} And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
{37:16} Quoniam in te Domine speravi: tu exaudies me Domine Deus meus.
{37:16} For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God.
{37:17} Quia dixi: Nequando supergaudeant mihi inimici mei: et dum commoventur pedes mei, super me magna locuti sunt.
{37:17} For I said, “Lest at any time, my enemies might rejoice over me,” and, “While my feet are being shaken, they have spoken great things against me.”
{37:18} Quoniam ego in flagella paratus sum: et dolor meus in conspectu meo semper.
{37:18} For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me.
{37:19} Quoniam iniquitatem meam annuntiabo: et cogitabo pro peccato meo.
{37:19} For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin.
{37:20} Inimici autem mei vivunt, et confirmati sunt super me: et multiplicati sunt qui oderunt me inique.
{37:20} But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied.
{37:21} Qui retribuunt mala pro bonis, detrahebant mihi: quoniam sequebar bonitatem.
{37:21} Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness.
{37:22} Ne derelinquas me Domine Deus meus: ne discesseris a me.
{37:22} Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me.
{37:23} Intende in adiutorium meum, Domine Deus salutis meæ.
{37:23} Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.
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