PSALTERIVM

PSALMVS X — IN DOMINO CONFIDO

In the Lord I Put My Trust

In Domino confido is a psalm of trust when tempted to flee danger, affirming that God tests both just and wicked and sees all from His heavenly throne. In the 1962 Breviary it appears at Tuesday Matins. The image of fire and brimstone raining on sinners recalls the destruction of Sodom.

LATINE
In Domino confido: quomodo dicitis animae meae: Transmigra in montem sicut passer?
Quoniam ecce peccatores intenderunt arcum, paraverunt sagittas suas in pharetra, ut sagittent in obscuro rectos corde.
Quoniam quae perfecisti, destruxerunt: iustus autem quid fecit?
Dominus in templo sancto suo, Dominus in caelo sedes eius.
Oculi eius in pauperem respiciunt: palpebrae eius interrogant filios hominum.
Dominus interrogat iustum et impium: qui autem diligit iniquitatem, odit animam suam.
Pluet super peccatores laqueos: ignis, et sulphur, et spiritus procellarum pars calicis eorum.
Quoniam iustus Dominus, et iustitias dilexit: aequitatem vidit vultus eius.
ENGLISH
In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain like a sparrow?
For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.
For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?
The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven.
His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men.
The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity hateth his own soul.
He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone and storms of winds shall be the portion of their cup.
For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance hath beheld righteousness.
NOTA
FONS
Douay-Rheims (1609) / Vulgata
USUS
Matins, Times of persecution
CONTEXT
Psalm 11 in Hebrew numbering. The imagery of fire and brimstone recalls Sodom's destruction.