Psalm 131

Gàidhlig

Salm 131

Mo chridhe chan eil àrdanach,
  no fòs mo shùil, a Dhè;
Nìor ghluais mi ann an cùisean mòr',
  as àirde na mi fhèin.

Gu dearbh, mar naoidhean chaidh on chìch,
  chùm mi mi fhèin am thosd;
Mar naoidhean chaidh o chìch a mhàth'r,
  is amhlaidh m'anam bochd.

Biodh dòchas math aig Israel
  an Dia Iehòbhah treun,
On aimsir seo a-nis a th'ann,
  's air feadh gach linn an cèin.

(Bho Tiomnadh Nuadh, Dùn Eideann (2002))

English

Psalm 131

Song of ascents.

O Yahweh, my heart is not proud,
       my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not take part in great affairs,
       in marvels beyond my capacity;
I keep myself in calm and quietness,
       like a weaned child with its mother,
       my soul within me is like a weaned child.
Israel, hope in Yahweh,
       now and for eternity.

(From The Psalms, Slough (1994))