Psalm 29

David praises God for his deliverance, and his merciful dealings with him.

Does this psalm differ from what you were expecting? Don't be confused. There are two systems for arranging the psalms: the Septuagint and the Masoretic. We use the Septuagint system here. In the Masoretic system, which is used in most modern Bible translations, this psalm is called Psalm 30, and the previous psalm is known as Psalm 29.

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David's house.

2 I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.
3 O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, and thou hast healed me.
4 Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.
5 Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: and give praise to the memory of his holiness.
6 For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good will. In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness.
7 And in my abundance I said: I shall never be moved.
8 O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest strength to my beauty. Thou turnedst away thy face from me, and I became troubled.
9 To thee, O Lord, will I cry: and I will make supplication to my God.
10 What profit is there in my blood, whilst I go down to corruption? Shall dust confess to thee, or declare thy truth?
11 The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: the Lord became my helper.
12 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:
13 To the end that my glory may sing to thee, and I may not regret: O Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for ever.

Old Testament first published 1609 by the English College at Douay
New Testament first published 1582 by the English College at Rheims
Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner
Imprimatur. +James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899

Latin (Clementine Vulgate)

1 Psalmus cantici, in dedicatione domus David.

2 Exaltabo te, Domine, quoniam suscepisti me,
nec delectasti inimicos meos super me.
3 Domine Deus meus, clamavi ad te, et sanasti me.
4 Domine, eduxisti ab inferno animam meam;
salvasti me a descendentibus in lacum.
5 Psallite Domino, sancti ejus;
et confitemini memoriæ sanctitatis ejus.
6 Quoniam ira in indignatione ejus,
et vita in voluntate ejus:
ad vesperum demorabitur fletus,
et ad matutinum lætitia.
7 Ego autem dixi in abundantia mea:
Non movebor in æternum.
8 Domine, in voluntate tua præstitisti decori meo virtutem;
avertisti faciem tuam a me, et factus sum conturbatus.
9 Ad te, Domine, clamabo,
et ad Deum meum deprecabor.
10 Quæ utilitas in sanguine meo,
dum descendo in corruptionem?
numquid confitebitur tibi pulvis,
aut annuntiabit veritatem tuam?
11 Audivit Dominus, et misertus est mei;
Dominus factus est adjutor meus.
12 Convertisti planctum meum in gaudium mihi;
conscidisti saccum meum, et circumdedisti me lætitia:
13 ut cantet tibi gloria mea, et non compungar.
Domine Deus meus, in æternum confitebor tibi.

Transcribed as part of the Clementine Vulgate Project
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