1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

55:1 In finem, pro populo qui a sanctis longe factus est. David in tituli inscriptionem, cum tenuerunt eum Allophyli in Geth.

2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

2 ¶ Miserere mei, Deus, quoniam conculcavit me homo;
tota die impugnans, tribulavit me.

3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

3 Conculcaverunt me inimici mei tota die,
quoniam multi bellantes adversum me.

4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

4 Ab altitudine diei timebo:
ego vero in te sperabo.

5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

5 In Deo laudabo sermones meos;
in Deo speravi:
non timebo quid faciat mihi caro.

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

6 Tota die verba mea execrabantur;
adversum me omnes cogitationes eorum in malum.

7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

7 Inhabitabunt, et abscondent;
ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt.
Sicut sustinuerunt animam meam,

8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

8 pro nihilo salvos facies illos;
in ira populos confringes.

9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

9 Deus, vitam meam annuntiavi tibi;
posuisti lacrimas meas in conspectu tuo,
sicut et in promissione tua:

10 In God will I praise his word: in the Lord will I praise his word.

10 tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum.
In quacumque die invocavero te,
ecce cognovi quoniam Deus meus es.

11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

11 In Deo laudabo verbum;
in Domino laudabo sermonem.
In Deo speravi:
non timebo quid faciat mihi homo.

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

12 In me sunt, Deus, vota tua,
quæ reddam, laudationes tibi:

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

13 quoniam eripuisti animam meam de morte,
et pedes meos de lapsu,
ut placeam coram Deo in lumine viventium.