Holy David inveigheth against dissembling wicked men. 7. describeth their manifold punishment, 11. wherein the just shall be comforted.Holie Dauid inueigheth against dissembling wicked men. 7. describeth their manifold punishment, 11. wherin the iust shal be comforted.✦
Unto the end, destroy not, to David in, the inscription of the title.Unto the end, destroy not, to David in, the inscription of the title.Vnto athe end, bdestroy not, to Dauid in, cthe inscription of the title.In finem, ne disperdas. David in tituli inscriptionem.
2If in very deed you speak justice: judge right things ye sons of men.If in very deed you speak justice: judge right things ye sons of men.IF din very dede you speake iustice: iudge right thinges ye sonnes of men.Si vere utique justitiam loquimini, recta judicate, filii hominum.
3For in the heart you work iniquities: in the earth your hands forge injustice.For in the heart you work iniquities: in the earth your hands forge injustice.For in ethe hart you worke iniquities: in the earth your fhandes forge iniustice.Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini ; in terra injustitias manus vestræ concinnant.
4Sinners are alienated from the Douay: matrice · vulva: the womb, they have erred from the womb: they have spoken false things.Sinners are alienated from the vulva: the womb, they have erred from the womb: they have spoken false things.Sinners are alienated from the matrice, they haue erred from the wombe: they haue spoken false thinges.Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva ; erraverunt ab utero : locuti sunt falsa.
5They have fury according to the similitude of a serpent: as of the asp that is deaf, and Douay: stoppeth his ears.They have fury according to the similitude of a serpent: as of the asp that is deaf, and stoppeth his ears.They haue furie according to the similitude of ha serpent: as of the aspe that is deafe, and stoppeth his eares.Furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis, sicut aspidis surdæ et obturantis aures suas,
6Which will not hear the voice of the enchanters, and of the sorcerer enchanting sapienter: cunningly, skilfully; not prudently.Which will not hear the voice of the enchanters, and of the sorcerer enchanting sapienter: cunningly, skilfully; not prudently.Which wil not heare the voice of the inchanters, and of the sorcerer inchanting wisely.quæ non exaudiet vocem incantantium, et venefici incantantis sapienter.
7God shall break their teeth in their mouth, the cheek molas: the grinding tooth, molar of the lions, our Lord will break in pieces.God shall break their teeth in their mouth, the cheek molas: the grinding tooth, molar of the lions, our Lord will break in pieces.God shal breake their kteeth in their mouth, the lcheeke tooth of the lions, our Lord wil breake in peeces.Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum ; molas leonum confringet Dominus.
8They shall come to nothing as water running down: he Douay: hath bent his bow till they be weakened.They shall come to nothing as water running down: he hath bent his bow till they be weakened.They shal come to nothing as water running downe: he hath mbent his bow til they be weakened.Ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens ; intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur.
9As wax that Douay: melteth, shall they be taken away: fire Douay: hath fallen on them, and they have not seen the sun.As wax that melteth, shall they be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they have not seen the sun.As nwaxe that melteth, shal they be taken away: ofyre hath falne on them, and they haue not scene the sunne.Sicut cera quæ fluit auferentur ; supercecidit ignis, et non viderunt solem.
10Before your thorns did understand the old briar: as living so in wrath he Douay: swalloweth them.Before your thorns did understand the old briar: as living so in wrath he swalloweth them.Before your pthornes did vnderstand the old bryar: as liuing so in wrath he swalloweth them.Priusquam intelligerent spinæ vestræ rhamnum, sicut viventes sic in ira absorbet eos.
11The just shall rejoice when he shall see vindictam: vengeance, just retribution: he shall wash his hands in the blood of a sinner.The just shall rejoice when he shall see vindictam: vengeance, just retribution: he shall wash his hands in the blood of a sinner.The iust qshal reioice when he shal see reuenge: he shal wash his handes in the bloud of a sinner.Lætabitur justus cum viderit vindictam ; manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris.
12And man shall say: If Douay: certes · utique: assuredly, truly there be fruit to the just: there is a God Douay: certes · utique: assuredly, truly judging them on the earth.And man shall say: If utique: assuredly, truly there be fruit to the just: there is a God certes judging them on the earth.And man shal say: If certes there be fruite to the iust: rthere is a God certes iudging them on the earth.Et dicet homo : Si utique est fructus justo, utique est Deus judicans eos in terra.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition. Also available: Plantin Louvain (Latin).