138:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and know me:
In finem, psalmus David. Domine, probasti me, et cognovisti me;

138:2 thou hast known my sitting down and my rising up.
tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam.

138:3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
Intellexisti cogitationes meas de longe; semitam meam et funiculum meum investigasti:

138:4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
et omnes vias meas prævidisti, quia non est sermo in lingua mea.

138:5 Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
Ecce, Domine, tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua. Tu formasti me, et posuisti super me manum tuam.

138:6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
Mirabilis facta est scientia tua ex me; confortata est, et non potero ad eam.

138:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
Quo ibo a spiritu tuo? et quo a facie tua fugiam?

138:8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.
Si ascendero in cælum, tu illic es; si descendero in infernum, ades.

138:9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
Si sumpsero pennas meas diluculo, et habitavero in extremis maris,

138:10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
etenim illuc manus tua deducet me, et tenebit me dextera tua.

138:11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
Et dixi: Forsitan tenebræ conculcabunt me; et nox illuminatio mea in deliciis meis.

138:12 But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as the day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof, are alike to thee.
Quia tenebræ non obscurabuntur a te, et nox sicut dies illuminabitur: sicut tenebræ ejus, ita et lumen ejus.

138:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.
Quia tu possedisti renes meos; suscepisti me de utero matris meæ.

138:14 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
Confitebor tibi, quia terribiliter magnificatus es; mirabilia opera tua, et anima mea cognoscit nimis.

138:15 My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
Non est occultatum os meum a te, quod fecisti in occulto; et substantia mea in inferioribus terræ.

138:16 Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
Imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libro tuo omnes scribentur. Dies formabuntur, et nemo in eis.

138:17 But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
Mihi autem nimis honorificati sunt amici tui, Deus; nimis confortatus est principatus eorum.

138:18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
Dinumerabo eos, et super arenam multiplicabuntur. Exsurrexi, et adhuc sum tecum.

138:19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood depart from me:
Si occideris, Deus, peccatores, viri sanguinum, declinate a me:

138:20 Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
quia dicitis in cogitatione: Accipient in vanitate civitates tuas.

138:21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
Nonne qui oderunt te, Domine, oderam, et super inimicos tuos tabescebam?

138:22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
Perfecto odio oderam illos, et inimici facti sunt mihi.

138:23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
Proba me, Deus, et scito cor meum; interroga me, et cognosce semitas meas.

138:24 And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.
Et vide si via iniquitatis in me est, et deduc me in via æterna.