1
Intellectus David, cum esset in spelunca, oratio.
Of understanding for David. A prayer when he was in the cave. 1 Kings 24
2
Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi, voce mea ad Dominum deprecatus sum.
I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.
3
Effundo in conspectu ejus orationem meam, et tribulationem meam ante ipsum pronuntio:
In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble:
4
in deficiendo ex me spiritum meum, et tu cognovisti semitas meas. In via hac qua ambulabam absconderunt laqueum mihi.
When my spirit failed me, then thou newest my paths.
5
Considerabam ad dexteram, et videbam, et non erat qui cognosceret me: periit fuga a me, et non est qui requirat animam meam.
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, and there was no one that would know me. Flight hath failed me: and there is no one that hath regard to my soul.
6
Clamavi ad te, Domine; dixi: Tu es spes mea, portio mea in terra viventium.
I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
7
Intende ad deprecationem meam, quia humiliatus sum nimis. Libera me a persequentibus me, quia confortati sunt super me.
Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
8
Educ de custodia animam meam ad confitendum nomini tuo; me exspectant justi donec retribuas mihi.
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the just wait for me, until thou reward me.
Sources
Latin: Vulgata Clementina (1598/1880) — eBible.org/find/details.php?id=latVUC — public domain
English: Douay-Rheims American Edition — eBible.org/find/details.php?id=engDRA — public domain