Psalm 68: The Plaint of Christ. For One in Great Suffering.

A prayer of the suffering Saviour during His passion. It describes vividly the greatness of Christ’s passion and the malice of his persecutors, whose punishments are foretold.

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{68:1} In finem, pro iis, qui commutabuntur, David.
{68:1} Unto the end. For those who will be changed: of David.

{68:2} Salvum me fac Deus: quoniam intraverunt aquæ usque ad animam meam.
{68:2} Save me, O God, for the waters have entered, even to my soul.

{68:3} Infixus sum in limo profundi: et non est substantia. Veni in altitudinem maris: et tempestas demersit me.
{68:3} I have become stuck in a deep quagmire, and there is no firm footing. I have arrived at the height of the sea, and a tempest has overwhelmed me.

{68:4} Laboravi clamans, raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ: defecerunt oculi mei, dum spero in Deum meum.
{68:4} I have endured hardships, while crying out. My jaws have become hoarse; my eyes have failed. Meanwhile, I hope in my God.

{68:5} Multiplicati sunt super capillos capitis mei, qui oderunt me gratis. Confortati sunt qui persecuti sunt me inimici mei iniuste: quæ non rapui, tunc exolvebam.
{68:5} Those who hate me without cause have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. My enemies, who persecuted me unjustly, have been strengthened. Then I was required to pay for what I did not take.

{68:6} Deus tu scis insipientiam meam: et delicta mea a te non sunt abscondita.
{68:6} O God, you know my foolishness, and my offenses have not been hidden from you.

{68:7} Non erubescant in me qui expectant te Domine, Domine virtutum. Non confundantur super me qui quærunt te, Deus Israel.
{68:7} Let those who wait for you, O Lord, the Lord of hosts, not be shamed in me. Let those who seek you, O God of Israel, not be confounded over me.

{68:8} Quoniam propter te sustinui opprobrium: operuit confusio faciem meam.
{68:8} For because of you, I have endured reproach; confusion has covered my face.

{68:9} Extraneus factus sum fratribus meis, et peregrinus filiis matris meæ.
{68:9} I have become a stranger to my brothers and a sojourner to the sons of my mother.

{68:10} Quoniam zelus domus tuæ comedit me: et opprobria exprobrantium tibi, ceciderunt super me.
{68:10} For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen upon me.

{68:11} Et operui in ieiunio animam meam: et factum est in opprobrium mihi.
{68:11} And I covered my soul with fasting, and it has become a reproach to me.

{68:12} Et posui vestimentum meum cilicium: et factus sum illis in parabolam.
{68:12} And I put on a haircloth as my garment, and I became a parable to them.

{68:13} Adversum me loquebantur qui sedebant in porta: et in me psallebant qui bibebant vinum.
{68:13} Those who sat at the gate spoke against me, and those who drank wine made me their song.

{68:14} Ego vero orationem meam ad te Domine: tempus beneplaciti Deus. In multitudine misericordiæ tuæ exaudi me, in veritate salutis tuæ:
{68:14} But as for me, truly, my prayer is to you, O Lord. This time has pleased you well, O God. In the multitude of your mercy, in the truth of your salvation, hear me.

{68:15} Eripe me de luto, ut non infigar: libera me ab iis, qui oderunt me, et de profundis aquarum.
{68:15} Rescue me from the quagmire, so that I may not become trapped. Free me from those who hate me and from deep waters.

{68:16} Non me demergat tempestas aquæ, neque absorbeat me profundum: neque urgeat super me puteus os suum.
{68:16} Do not allow the tempest of water to submerge me, nor the deep to absorb me. And do not allow the well to close in on me.

{68:17} Exaudi me Domine, quoniam benigna est misericordia tua: secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum respice in me.
{68:17} Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind. Look upon me, according to the fullness of your compassion.

{68:18} Et ne avertas faciem tuam a puero tuo: quoniam tribulor, velociter exaudi me.
{68:18} And do not turn your face away from your servant, for I am in trouble: heed me quickly.

{68:19} Intende animæ meæ, et libera eam: propter inimicos meos eripe me.
{68:19} Attend to my soul, and free it. Rescue me, because of my enemies.

{68:20} Tu scis improperium meum, et confusionem meam, et reverentiam meam.
{68:20} You know my reproach, and my confusion, and my reverence.

{68:21} In conspectu tuo sunt omnes qui tribulant me, improperium expectavit cor meum et miseriam. Et sustinui qui simul contristaretur, et non fuit: et qui consolaretur, et non inveni.
{68:21} All those who trouble me are in your sight; my heart has anticipated reproach and misery. And I sought for one who might grieve together with me, but there was no one, and for one who might console me, and I found no one.

{68:22} Et dederunt in escam meam fel: et in siti mea potaverunt me aceto.
{68:22} And they gave me gall for my food. And in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

{68:23} Fiat mensa eorum coram ipsis in laqueum, et in retributiones, et in scandalum.
{68:23} Let their table be a snare before them, and a retribution, and a scandal.

{68:24} Obscurentur oculi eorum ne videant: et dorsum eorum semper incurva.
{68:24} Let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see, and may their back always be crooked.

{68:25} Effunde super eos iram tuam: et furor iræ tuæ comprehendat eos.
{68:25} Pour out your indignation upon them, and may the fury of your anger take hold of them.

{68:26} Fiat habitatio eorum deserta: et in tabernaculis eorum non sit qui inhabitet.
{68:26} May their dwelling place be deserted, and may there be no one who dwells in their tabernacles.

{68:27} Quoniam quem tu percussisti, persecuti sunt: et super dolorem vulnerum meorum addiderunt.
{68:27} For they persecuted whomever you struck. And they have added to the grief of my wounds.

{68:28} Appone iniquitatem super iniquitatem eorum: et non intrent in iustitiam tuam.
{68:28} Assign an iniquity upon their iniquity, and may they not enter into your justice.

{68:29} Deleantur de Libro viventium: et cum iustis non scribantur.
{68:29} Delete them from the Book of the Living, and let them not be written down with the just.

{68:30} Ego sum pauper et dolens: salus tua Deus suscepit me.
{68:30} I am poor and sorrowful, but your salvation, O God, has taken me up.

{68:31} Laudabo nomen Dei cum cantico: et magnificabo eum in laude:
{68:31} I will praise the name of God with a canticle, and I will magnify him with praise.

{68:32} Et placebit Deo super vitulum novellum: cornua producentem et ungulas.
{68:32} And it will please God more than a new calf producing horns and hoofs.

{68:33} Videant pauperes et lætentur: quærite Deum, et vivet anima vestra:
{68:33} Let the poor see and rejoice. Seek God, and your soul will live.

{68:34} Quoniam exaudivit pauperes Dominus: et vinctos suos non despexit.
{68:34} For the Lord has heard the poor, and he has not despised his prisoners.

{68:35} Laudent illum cæli et terra, mare, et omnia reptilia in eis.
{68:35} Let the heavens and the earth praise him: the sea, and everything that crawls in it.

{68:36} Quoniam Deus salvam faciet Sion: et ædificabuntur civitates Iuda. Et inhabitabunt ibi, et hereditate acquirent eam.
{68:36} For God will save Zion, and the cities of Judah will be built up. And they will dwell there, and they will acquire it by inheritance.

{68:37} Et semen servorum eius possidebit eam, et qui diligunt nomen eius, habitabunt in ea.
{68:37} And the offspring of his servants will possess it; and those who love his name will dwell in it.