1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

31:1 Ipsi David intellectus. Beati quorum remissæ sunt iniquitates,
et quorum tecta sunt peccata.

2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

2 Beatus vir cui non imputavit Dominus peccatum,
nec est in spiritu ejus dolus.

3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

3 Quoniam tacui, inveteraverunt ossa mea,
dum clamarem tota die.

4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

4 Quoniam die ac nocte gravata est super me manus tua,
conversus sum in ærumna mea, dum configitur spina.

5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

5 Delictum meum cognitum tibi feci,
et injustitiam meam non abscondi.
Dixi: Confitebor adversum me injustitiam meam Domino;
et tu remisisti impietatem peccati mei.

6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

6 Pro hac orabit ad te omnis sanctus
in tempore opportuno.
Verumtamen in diluvio aquarum multarum,
ad eum non approximabunt.

7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

7 Tu es refugium meum a tribulatione quæ circumdedit me;
exsultatio mea, erue me a circumdantibus me.

8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

8 Intellectum tibi dabo, et instruam te in via hac qua gradieris;
firmabo super te oculos meos.

9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

9 Nolite fieri sicut equus et mulus,
quibus non est intellectus.
In camo et freno maxillas eorum constringe,
qui non approximant ad te.

10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

10 Multa flagella peccatoris;
sperantem autem in Domino misericordia circumdabit.

11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

11 Lætamini in Domino, et exsultate, justi;
et gloriamini, omnes recti corde.