Psalm 60

A prayer for the coming of the kingdom of Christ, which shall have no end.

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 61, and the previous psalm is known as Psalm 60.

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 Unto the end, in hymns, for David.

2 Hear, O God, my supplication: be attentive to my prayer.
3 To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;
4 For thou hast been my hope; a tower of strength against the face of the enemy.
5 In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.
6 For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name.
7 Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to generation and generation.
8 He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who shall search?
9 So will I sing a psalm to thy name for ever and ever: that I may pay my vows from day to day.

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 In finem. In hymnis David.

2 Exaudi, Deus, deprecationem meam;
intende orationi meæ.
3 A finibus terræ ad te clamavi, dum anxiaretur cor meum;
in petra exaltasti me.
Deduxisti me,
4 quia factus es spes mea:
turris fortitudinis a facie inimici.
5 Inhabitabo in tabernaculo tuo in sæcula;
protegar in velamento alarum tuarum.
6 Quoniam tu, Deus meus, exaudisti orationem meam;
dedisti hæreditatem timentibus nomen tuum.
7 Dies super dies regis adjicies;
annos ejus usque in diem generationis et generationis.
8 Permanet in æternum in conspectu Dei:
misericordiam et veritatem ejus quis requiret?
9 Sic psalmum dicam nomini tuo in sæculum sæculi,
ut reddam vota mea de die in diem.

Transcribed as part of the Clementine Vulgate Project
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