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title: "Psalm 139 (140) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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description: "Psalm 139 (Psalm 140 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Eripe me, Domine. A prayer to be delivered from the wicked."
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# Psalm 139 (140)

Psalm 139 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 140 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 14 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Eripe me, Domine. A prayer to be delivered from the wicked.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 139 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
2. Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. Rescue me from the iniquitous leader.
3. Those who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all day long they constructed conflicts.
4. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. The venom of asps is under their lips.
5. Preserve me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner, and rescue me from men of iniquity. They have decided to supplant my steps.
6. The arrogant have hidden a snare for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare. They have placed a stumbling block for me near the road.
7. I said to the Lord: You are my God. O Lord, heed the voice of my supplication.
8. Lord, O Lord, the strength of my salvation: you have overshadowed my head in the day of war.
9. O Lord, do not hand me over to the sinner by my desire. They have plotted against me. Do not abandon me, lest they should triumph.
10. The head of those who encompass me, the labor of their lips, will overwhelm them.
11. Burning coals will fall upon them. You will cast them down into the fire, into miseries that they will not be able to withstand.
12. A talkative man will not be guided aright upon the earth. Evils will drag the unjust man unto utter ruin.
13. I know that the Lord will accomplish justice for the needy and vindication for the poor.
14. So then, truly, the just will confess your name, and the upright will dwell with your countenance.

## Psalm 139 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. In finem. Psalmus David.
2. Eripe me, Domine, ab homine malo; a viro iniquo eripe me.
3. Qui cogitaverunt iniquitates in corde, tota die constituebant prælia.
4. Acuerunt linguas suas sicut serpentis; venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum.
5. Custodi me, Domine, de manu peccatoris, et ab hominibus iniquis eripe me. Qui cogitaverunt supplantare gressus meos:
6. absconderunt superbi laqueum mihi. Et funes extenderunt in laqueum; juxta iter, scandalum posuerunt mihi.
7. Dixi Domino: Deus meus es tu; exaudi, Domine, vocem deprecationis meæ.
8. Domine, Domine, virtus salutis meæ, obumbrasti super caput meum in die belli.
9. Ne tradas me, Domine, a desiderio meo peccatori: cogitaverunt contra me; ne derelinquas me, ne forte exaltentur.
10. Caput circuitus eorum: labor labiorum ipsorum operiet eos.
11. Cadent super eos carbones; in ignem dejicies eos: in miseriis non subsistent.
12. Vir linguosus non dirigetur in terra; virum injustum mala capient in interitu.
13. Cognovi quia faciet Dominus judicium inopis, et vindictam pauperum.
14. Verumtamen justi confitebuntur nomini tuo, et habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).