God (or Lord), give me strength

[aimeec2010]

Hello,
I am new here and my name is Aimee.
My motto for the longest time has been "God, give me strength."
Latley i have been considering getting this as a tattoo."
I have spent a considerable amount of time surfing the web for English to Latin translations and non have them have seem to come up with exactly what I want.
I am not expert to the language, but I like the history of it and I feel it would be meaningful.
I would like my tattoo to translate specifically to those exact words.
If you can help, I would sincerely appreciate it.
Thank you,
Aimee C.

[scrabulista]

There's a hymn called Dona nobis pacem- "Give us peace;" those very words appear in the Latin mass. Now that I think about it, I think the official English translation is "Grant us peace." The entire hymn is those three words sung in various cadences.

Psalm 86 has da fortitudinem tuam servo tuo - "give strength to your servant."

If you've heard the hymn (the entire hymn consists of those three words sung in various cadences, with an extra pacem thrown in at least once) and like the melody, you might like Deus, dona mihi vim. If you like the psalm, you might like Deus, da fortitudinem mihi.

[Nikolaos]

Deus, da fortitudinem mihi.

Don't forget the vocative - Dee, da. . ..

Though, I think that "Domine" looks better than "Dee".

[scrabulista]

So far as I know, Dee is not attested, and Deus is the preferred vocative. Maybe you're joking.

Domine for Lord is fine as well.

[Nikolaos]

No, I wouldn't very well know what's attested and what isn't - I just checked the Latin Wiktionary to see what was listed as the vocative.

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[aimeec2010]

And so would the proper sentence be:
Domine, da fortitudinem mihi?

[Nikolaos]

Domine or Deus, whichever you prefer. "Domine" is "Lord", "Deus" is "God".

[scrabulista]

It depends what you like.

Here's a musical version of the hymn (no words just the melody):
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~msmiller/donanobis.html There's sheet music on the page too.

Look at viewtopic.php?f=7&t=170 -- especially #3 and #4.

[miroslaw]

I came across this phrase several times, and I am preety much sure that
God (Lord) give me strengh can be translated as followed :

1. Deus (Dominus) , dona mihi firmitatem - this referst to the strengh of mind

2. Deus (Dominus) dona mihi Vires - refers to pchysical strengh

As far as church latin is concidered
The Responsorium "Si Vis Patronum" , the entreaty,"Lord, give me strength", is rendered: Domine da robur

[scrabulista]

I used vim (physical strength) because it was one syllable shorter than Dona nobis pacem. With Deus in there it still fits the melody pretty well.

I would say robur (can be translated as "oak" but also "strength") and constantiam are the strength of being able to take a hit.

The version I found is http://www.franciscan-sfo.org/ap/rac/peter.htm

O firma Petra Ecclesiae,
Columna flecti nescia,
Da robur et constantiam,
Error fidem ne subruat.

"Firm rock whereon the Church is based,
Pillar that cannot bend,
With strength endue us; and the faith
From heresy defend."