In finem. Intellectus David,
Unto the end, understanding for David,
Psalmi 51
Psalms 51
David condemneth the wickedness of Doeg, and foretelleth his destruction.
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cum venit Doëg Idumæus, et nuntiavit Sauli: Venit David in domum Achimelech.
When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul: David went to the house of Achimelech.
Quid gloriaris in malitia, qui potens es in iniquitate?
Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?
Tota die injustitiam cogitavit lingua tua; sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum.
All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.
Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem; iniquitatem magis quam loqui æquitatem.
Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.
Dilexisti omnia verba præcipitationis; lingua dolosa.
Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.
Propterea Deus destruet te in finem; evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo, et radicem tuam de terra viventium.
Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.
Videbunt justi, et timebunt; et super eum ridebunt, et dicent:
The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:
Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum; sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum, et prævaluit in vanitate sua.
Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.
Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei; speravi in misericordia Dei, in æternum et in sæculum sæculi.
But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.
Confitebor tibi in sæculum, quia fecisti; et exspectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.
I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.