51:1 Unto the end, understanding for David,
In finem. Intellectus David,

51:2 when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul: David went to the house of Achimelech. [1 Kings xxii. 9.]
cum venit Doëg Idumæus, et nuntiavit Sauli: Venit David in domum Achimelech.

51:3 Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?
Quid gloriaris in malitia, qui potens es in iniquitate?

51:4 All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.
Tota die injustitiam cogitavit lingua tua; sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum.

51:5 Thou hast loved malice more than goodness; and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.
Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem; iniquitatem magis quam loqui æquitatem.

51:6 Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.
Dilexisti omnia verba præcipitationis; lingua dolosa.

51:7 Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling-place: and thy root out of the land of the living.
Propterea Deus destruet te in finem; evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo, et radicem tuam de terra viventium.

51:8 The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:
Videbunt justi, et timebunt; et super eum ridebunt, et dicent:

51:9 Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.
Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum; sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum, et prævaluit in vanitate sua.

51:10 But I, as a fruitful olive-tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever; yea, for ever and ever.
Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei; speravi in misericordia Dei, in æternum et in sæculum sæculi.

51:11 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.
Confitebor tibi in sæculum, quia fecisti; et exspectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.