Psalm 17
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General Information
Settings by composers
- Robert Hugill SATBBB (in Latin, vv.6,8b,1)
- Nobuaki Izawa SATB (in Latin, v.6)
- Daniel Read SATB (Isaac Watts' metrical version)
- Joseph Stephenson SATB (in English, metrical New Version)
See also Perfice gressus meos, for settings of vv.5-7 as the Offertory for Sexagesima.
Text and translations
Clementine Vulgate (psalm 16) Latin text
1 Oratio David. Exaudi, Domine, justitiam meam; intende deprecationem meam. |
Church of England 1662 Book of Common Prayer English text
1 Hear the right, O Lord, consider my complaint: |
King James VersionEnglish text 1 Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. 6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. 7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: 14 From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. |
Káldi fordítás (16. zsoltár)Hungarian translation
Hallgasd meg, Uram! igazságomat, figyelmezz könyörgésemre. Vedd füleidbe imádságomat az álnokság nélküli ajkakból. |
Metrical 'Old Version' (Thomas Sternhold)English text O Lord, give ear to my just cause, |
Metrical 'New Version' (Tate/Brady)English text To my just plea and sad complaint, |
Metrical paraphrase by Isaac Watts, 1719English text Lord, I am thine; but thou wilt prove |