Deus in adjutorium. A prayer in persecution.
An other prayer of Dauid, when he was persecuted by Absolom: made in a Psalme after his deliuerie.
1Unto the end, a psalm for David, to bring to remembrance that the Lord saved him.Salmo di David in memoria della liberazione ottenuta dal Signore.Vnto the end, a Psalme of Dauid, in remembrance, that our Lord saued him.In finem. Psalmus David in rememorationem, quod salvum fecerit eum Dominus. 2O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.Muoviti, o Dio, in mio soccorso: Signore, affrettati a darmi aita,O God intend vnto my helpe: Lord make hast to helpe me.Deus, in adjutorium meum intende; / Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina. 3Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek my soul:Siano confusi, e svergognati coloro, che cercano l'anima mia:Let them be confounded, and be ashamed, that seeke my soule.Confundantur, et revereantur, qui quærunt animam meam. 4Let them be turned backward, and blush for shame that desire evils to me: Let them be presently turned away blushing for shame that say to me: ’Tis well, ’tis well.Siano volti in fuga, e svergognati coloro, che si pascono de' miei mali: Sian volti in fuga subitamente, e svergognati coloro, che a me dicono: Bene sta, bene sta.Let them be turned away backeward, and be ashamed that wil me euils. Let them be turned away forthwith ashamed, that say to me: Wel, wel.Avertantur retrorsum, et erubescant, qui volunt mihi mala; / avertantur statim erubescentes qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge ! 5Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified.Esultino in te, e si rallegrino tutti coloro, i quali te cercano; e coloro, che amano la salute che vien da te dican mai sempre: Glorificato sia il Signore.Let al that seeke thee reioyce, and be glad in thee, and let them say alwayes: Our Lord be magnified: which loue thy saluation.Exsultent et lætentur in te omnes qui quærunt te; / et dicant semper: Magnificetur Dominus, qui diligunt salutare tuum. 6But I am needy and poor; O God, help me. Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O lord, make no delay.Io però son povero, e mendico: aiutami, o Dio. Tu se' mio aiuto, e mio liberatore; Signore, non tardar più.But I am needie and poore: ô God helpe me thou art my helper, and deliuerer: ô Lord be not slacke.Ego vero egenus et pauper sum; / Deus, adjuva me. / Adjutor meus et liberator meus es tu; / Domine, ne moreris.
69:1
Berthier
Remembrance. This is all that occurs in Hebrew, or in many Greek copies, though the following words were perhaps extant in the copy of the Septuagint, or were added to complete the sentence. Several of the verses are found in Psalm xxxiv., and xxxix., and seem to have been used as a form of prayer in any danger. (Berthier)
Menochius
David foresaw that Christ would pray for the safety of his natural and mystical body, and would be heard. (Menochius)
Calmet
The following psalm is a sequel to this. (Calmet)
69:4
Challoner
'Tis well, 'tis well. Euge, euge. St. Jerome renders it, vah! vah! which is the voice of one insulting and deriding. Some understand it as a detestation of deceitful flatterers. (Challoner)
St. Jerome in Ezechiel vi
In the New Testament, Well done, denotes applause. (St. Jerome in Ezechiel vi.)
Berthier
These predictions relate to the murderers of the Messias. (Berthier)
69:4
’Tis well, ’tis well.... Euge, euge. St. Jerome renders it, vah, vah! which is the voice of one insulting and deriding. Some understand it as a detestation of deceitful flatterers.
69:1
An apt prayer also for the afflicted in the nevvv Testament,
from the danger of Absolom. (2. Reg. 18.) or from anie persecutor.
69:2
Al men at al times nede Gods helpe:
but most present nede, in present dangers. The rest of this Psalme is conteyned in the 39. Psalme, from the 15. verse. but there the whole Church prayeth for helpe, the world being almost drowned in sinnes; here Dauid, or other particular persons, or peoples pray in their seueral distresses,
69:3
Concordance Psal. 39.
69:1
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 70.3
… Let us then wish these things to our enemies, let us wish them without fear. Behold I have said, and let me have said it with you, may all that still dance and sing and insult the Martyrs “be confounded and fear:” at last within these walls confounded may they beat their breasts!
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 70.4
4. “Let them be turned away backward and blush that think evil things to me” (
John Cassian † AD 435 The Conferences of John Cassian 10.10
… And as this was delivered to us by a few of those who were left of the oldest fathers, so it is only divulged by us to a very few and to those who are really keen. And so for keeping up continual recollection of God this pious formula is to be ever set before you. “O God, make speed to save me: O Lord, make haste to help me,”
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 70.5
5. What followeth? “Let them be turned away forthwith blushing, that say to me, Well, well” (
69:4
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 70.6
… there shall come to pass what? “Let them exult and be joyous in Thee:” not in me, not in this man or in that man; but in whom they have been made light that were darkness. “Let them exult and be joyous in Thee, all that seek Thee” (
69:5
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 70.7
7. Behold, “Be the Lord magnified:” wilt thou never, wilt thou nowhere? In Him was something, in me nothing: but if in Him is whatsoever I am, be He, not I. But thou then what? “But I am needy and poor” (
69:1
… Cassian, for example, devotes the entire tenth chapter of the tenth conference to the versicle: "Deus in adiutorium meum intende; Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina" (Ps. 69, 1) in order to demonstrate how this single invocation adapts well to all the circumstances of our life, and is a practical form of perpetual prayer (cf. PL 49, 831 ff.).
69:25
… With the door open the following texts are recited: Ps. 79:6-7; 69:25; Lam. 3:66. The 4th cup is filled and Ps. 115-18 (v. HALLEL), 136 and various extra-biblical hymns are read. …
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.