50:17. O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy praise. 50:18. For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted. 50:19. A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 50:20. Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up. 50:21. Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon thy altar. Psalms Chapter 51 Quid gloriaris. David condemneth the wickedness of Doeg, and foretelleth his destruction. 51:1. Unto the end, understanding for David, 51:2. When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul: David went to the house of Achimelech. 51:3. Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity? 51:4. All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit. 51:5. Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness. 51:6. Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue. 51:7. Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living. 51:8. The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say: 51:9. Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity. 51:10. But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever. 51:11. I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints. Psalms Chapter 52 Dixit insipiens. The general corruption of man before the coming of Christ. 52:1. Unto the end, for Maeleth, understandings to David. The fool said in his heart: There is no God. Maeleth... Or Machalath. A musical instrument, or a chorus of musicians, for St. Jerome renders it, per chorum. 52:2. They are corrupted, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that doth good. 52:3. God looked down from heaven on the children of men: to see if there were any that did understand, or did seek God. 52:4. All have gone aside, they are become unprofitable toegther, there is none that doth good, no not one. 52:5. Shall not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they eat bread? 52:6. They have not called upon God: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear. For God hath scattered the bones of them that please men: they have been confounded, because God hath despised them. God hath scattered the bones, etc... That is, God has brought to nothing the strength of all those that seek to please men, to the prejudice of their duty to their Maker.