PSALTERIVM

PSALMVS LIII — DEVS IN NOMINE

Save Me, O God, By Thy Name

Deus in nomine tuo salvum me fac is a brief but urgent petition for deliverance, attributed to David when the Ziphites betrayed his location to Saul. In the 1962 Breviary it appears at Prime on Tuesdays. The confident assertion 'God is my helper' expresses the fundamental disposition of trust that characterizes all true prayer.

LATINE
Deus, in nomine tuo salvum me fac: et in virtute tua iudica me.
Deus, exaudi orationem meam: auribus percipe verba oris mei.
Quoniam alieni insurrexerunt adversum me, et fortes quaesierunt animam meam: et non proposuerunt Deum ante conspectum suum.
Ecce enim Deus adiuvat me: et Dominus susceptor est animae meae.
Averte mala inimicis meis: et in veritate tua disperde illos.
Voluntarie sacrificabo tibi, et confitebor nomini tuo, Domine: quoniam bonum est.
Quoniam ex omni tribulatione eripuisti me: et super inimicos meos despexit oculus meus.
ENGLISH
Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy strength.
O God, hear my prayer: give ear to the words of my mouth.
For strangers have risen up against me; and the mighty have sought after my soul: and they have not set God before their eyes.
For behold God is my helper: and the Lord is the protector of my soul.
Turn back the evils upon my enemies; and cut them off in thy truth.
I will freely sacrifice to thee, and will give praise, O God, to thy name: because it is good.
For thou hast delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye hath looked down upon my enemies.
NOTA
FONS
Douay-Rheims (1609) / Vulgata
USUS
Prime, Urgent prayer
CONTEXT
Psalm 54 in Hebrew numbering. Traditional psalm of the Little Hours. David prayed this when the Ziphites betrayed his hiding place to Saul.