Catholic Public Domain Version

Psalm 117:5-17 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

5. In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord. And the Lord heeded me with generosity.

6. The Lord is my helper. I will not fear what man can do to me.

7. The Lord is my helper. And I will look down upon my enemies.

8. It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in man.

9. It is good to hope in the Lord, rather than to hope in leaders.

10. All the nations have surrounded me. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them.

11. Surrounding me, they closed in on me. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them.

12. They surrounded me like a swarm, and they burned like fire among the thorns. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them.

13. Having been pushed, I was overturned so as to fall. But the Lord took me up.

14. The Lord is my strength and my praise. And he has become my salvation.

15. A voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the just.

16. The right hand of the Lord has wrought virtue. The right hand of the Lord has exalted me. The right hand of the Lord has wrought virtue.

17. I will not die, but I will live. And I will declare the works of the Lord.