Psalm 11, Catholic Public Domain Version
Unto the end. For the octave. A Psalm of David.
In finem, pro octava. Psalmus David.
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Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men.
Salvum me fac, Domine, quoniam defecit sanctus, quoniam diminutæ sunt veritates a filiis hominum.
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They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.
Vana locuti sunt unusquisque ad proximum suum; labia dolosa, in corde et corde locuti sunt.
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May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice.
Disperdat Dominus universa labia dolosa, et linguam magniloquam.
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They have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?”
Qui dixerunt: Linguam nostram magnificabimus; labia nostra a nobis sunt. Quis noster dominus est?
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Because of the misery of the destitute and the groaning of the poor, now I will arise, says the Lord. I will place him in safety. I will act faithfully toward him.
Propter miseriam inopum, et gemitum pauperum, nunc exsurgam, dicit Dominus. Ponam in salutari; fiducialiter agam in eo.
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The eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence, silver tested by fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.
Eloquia Domini, eloquia casta; argentum igne examinatum, probatum terræ, purgatum septuplum.
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You, O Lord, will preserve us, and you will guard us from this generation into eternity.
Tu, Domine, servabis nos, et custodies nos a generatione hac in æternum.
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The impious wander aimlessly. According to your loftiness, you have multiplied the sons of men.
In circuitu impii ambulant: secundum altitudinem tuam multiplicasti filios hominum.
Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)