Psalmus 26 (27)
Psalm 26 (27)
In periculis fiducia
Confidence in danger
Ecce tabernaculum Dei cum hominibus (Ap 21, 3).
This is God's tabernacle with men (Rev 21:3).
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Dóminus illuminátio mea et salus mea, * quem timébo?
The Lord is my light and my salvation: of whom shall I be afraid?
† Dóminus protéctor vitæ meæ, * a quo trepidábo?
The Lord is the bulwark of my life: whom should I fear?
Dum apprópiant super me nocéntes, * ut edant carnes meas;
When wicked men came against me to devour my flesh;
qui tríbulant me et inimíci mei, * ipsi infirmáti sunt et cecidérunt.
When my adversaries and enemies advanced, they staggered and fell.
Si consístant advérsum me castra, * non timébit cor meum;
Let an army come and encamp against me, my heart will not fear;
si exsúrgat advérsum me proelium, * in hoc ego sperábo.
let the battle be waged against me, then even I will have confidence.
Unum pétii a Dómino, hoc requíram: * ut inhábitem in domo Dómini ómnibus diébus vitæ meæ,
I ask the Lord one thing, I ardently desire it: I would like to dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life,
ut vídeam voluptátem Dómini * et vísitem templum eius.
to enjoy the kindness of the Lord, to contemplate His sanctuary.
Quóniam occultábit me in tentório suo, * in die malórum.
For He shall shelter me in His dwelling place in the day of adversity,
Abscóndet me in abscóndito tabernáculi sui, * in petra exaltábit me.
He shall hide me in the secret of His tent, He shall set me on a rock.
Et nunc exaltátur caput meum * super inimícos meos in circúitu meo.
My head will rise above the enemies around me.
Immolábo in tabernáculo eius hóstias vociferatiónis, * cantábo et psalmum dicam Dómino.
I will offer in His tabernacle sacrifices of thanksgiving, and I will sing and say hymns unto the Lord.
