For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance hath
beheld righteousness.

Psalms Chapter 11

Salvum me fac.

The prophet calls for God's help against the wicked.

11:1. Unto the end: for the octave, a psalm for David.

11:2. Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed
from among the children of men.

11:3. They have spoken vain things, every one to his neighbour: with
deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken.

11:4. May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that
speaketh proud things.

11:5. Who have said: We will magnify our tongue: our lips are our own:
who is Lord over us?

11:6. By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor,
now will I arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety: I will deal
confidently in his regard.

11:7. The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire,
purged from the earth, refined seven times.

11:8. Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us: and keep us from this generation
for ever.

11:9. The wicked walk round about: according to thy highness, thou hast
multiplied the children of men.

Psalms Chapter 12

Usquequo, Domine.

A prayer in tribulation.

12:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou
forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?

12:2. How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all
the day?

12:3. How long shall my enemy be exalted over Me?

12:4. Consider, and hear me, O Lord, my God. Enlighten my eyes, that I
never sleep in death:

12:5. Lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They
that trouble me, will rejoice when I am moved:

12:6. But I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy
salvation: I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good things: yea, I
will sing to the name of the Lord, the most high.

Psalms Chapter 13

Dixit insipiens. 1.

The general corruption of man before our redemption by Christ.

13:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. The fool hath said in his heart:
There is no God. They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their
ways: there is none that doth good, no not one.

13:2. The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to
see if there be any that understand and seek God.

13:3. They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together:
there is none that doth good: no not one. Their throat is an open
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