Psalm 85

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English (Douay-Rheims)

1 A prayer for David himself.

Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.
2 Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee. I am holy... I am by my office and profession dedicated to thy service.
3 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.
4 Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.
5 For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.
6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.
7 I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou hast heard me.
8 There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.
9 All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.
10 For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.
11 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:
13 For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.
14 O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.
15 And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.
16 O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
17 Show me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.

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 Oratio ipsi David.

Inclina, Domine, aurem tuam et exaudi me,
quoniam inops et pauper sum ego.
2 Custodi animam meam, quoniam sanctus sum;
salvum fac servum tuum, Deus meus, sperantem in te.
3 Miserere mei, Domine,
quoniam ad te clamavi tota die;
4 lætifica animam servi tui,
quoniam ad te, Domine, animam meam levavi.
5 Quoniam tu, Domine, suavis et mitis,
et multæ misericordiæ omnibus invocantibus te.
6 Auribus percipe, Domine, orationem meam,
et intende voci deprecationis meæ.
7 In die tribulationis meæ clamavi ad te,
quia exaudisti me.
8 Non est similis tui in diis, Domine,
et non est secundum opera tua.
9 Omnes gentes quascumque fecisti venient,
et adorabunt coram te, Domine,
et glorificabunt nomen tuum.
10 Quoniam magnus es tu, et faciens mirabilia;
tu es Deus solus.
11 Deduc me, Domine, in via tua, et ingrediar in veritate tua;
lætetur cor meum, ut timeat nomen tuum.
12 Confitebor tibi, Domine Deus meus, in toto corde meo,
et glorificabo nomen tuum in æternum:
13 quia misericordia tua magna est super me,
et eruisti animam meam ex inferno inferiori.
14 Deus, iniqui insurrexerunt super me,
et synagoga potentium quæsierunt animam meam:
et non proposuerunt te in conspectu suo.
15 Et tu, Domine Deus, miserator et misericors;
patiens, et multæ misericordiæ, et verax.
16 Respice in me, et miserere mei;
da imperium tuum puero tuo,
et salvum fac filium ancillæ tuæ.
17 Fac mecum signum in bonum,
ut videant qui oderunt me, et confundantur:
quoniam tu, Domine, adjuvisti me, et consolatus es me.

Transcribed as part of the Clementine Vulgate Project
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