II
II
Veníte, fílii, audíte me: * timórem Dómini docébo vos.
Come, my sons, hearken unto me, and I will teach thou the fear of the Lord.
Quis est homo, qui vult vitam, * díligit dies, ut vídeat bonum?
What man is there who loves life, who desires long days to enjoy happiness?
Próhibe línguam tuam a malo, * et lábia tua ne loquátur dolum.
Preserve thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from deceitful words;
Divérte a malo et fac bonum, * inquíre pacem et perséquere eam.
depart from evil and do good, seek peace, and pursue it.
Oculi Dómini super iustos, * et aures eius in clamórem eórum.
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous; and His ears are attentive to their cries.
Vultus autem Dómini super faciéntes mala, * ut perdat de terra memóriam eórum.
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil; to cut off their memory from the earth.
Clamavérunt, et Dóminus exaudívit * et ex ómnibus tribulatiónibus eórum liberávit eos.
The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them, and He delivers them from all their anguish.
Iuxta est Dóminus iis, qui contríto sunt corde, * et confráctos spíritu salvábit.
The Lord is near unto the brokenhearted, He saves those whose spirits are depressed.
Multæ tribulatiónes iustórum, * et de ómnibus his liberábit eos Dóminus.
Many are the misfortunes of the righteous, but from all the Lord delivers him.
Custódit ómnia ossa eórum, * unum ex his non conterétur.
He keepeth all his bones, none of them will be broken.
Interfíciet peccatórem malítia, * et, qui odérunt iustum, puniéntur.
Evil kills the wicked, and the enemies of the righteous are punished.
Rédimet Dóminus ánimas servórum suórum, * et non puniéntur omnes, qui sperant in eo.
the Lord delivers the souls of His servants, and all who take refuge in Him are not punished.
