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Clap your hands, all ye nations; shout to God with a voice of exultation.
Greek · SeptuagintΠαντὰ τὰ ἔθνη κροτήσατε χεῖρας, ἀλαλάξατε τῷ Θεῷ ἐν φωνῇ ἀγαλλιάσεως.
Hebrew / Jewish
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)
Psalms
For the Lord most high is terrible; [he is] a great king over all the earth.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι Κύριος ὕψιστος, φοβερὸς, βασιλεὺς μέγας ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν.
He has subdued the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.
Greek · SeptuagintὙπέταξε λαοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ἔθνη ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας ἡμῶν·
He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he loved. Pause.
Greek · SeptuagintἘξελέξατο ἡμῖν τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ, τὴν καλλονὴν Ἰακὼβ, ἣν ἠγάπησε· διάψαλμα.
God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with a sound of a trumpet.
Greek · SeptuagintἈνέβη ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ἀλαλαγμῷ, Κύριος ἐν φωνῇ σάλπιγγος.
Sing praises to our God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises.
Greek · SeptuagintΨάλατε τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν, ψάλατε· ψάλατε τῷ βασιλεῖ ἡμῶν, ψάλατε.
For God is king of all the earth: sing praises with understanding.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι βασιλεὺς πάσης τῆς γῆς ὁ Θεὸς, ψάλατε συνετῶς.
God reigns over the nations: God sits upon the throne of his holiness.
Greek · SeptuagintἘβασίλευσεν ὁ Θεὸς ἐπὶ τὰ ἔθνη, ὁ Θεὸς κάθηται ἐπὶ θρόνου ἁγίου αὐτοῦ.
The rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraam: for God's mighty ones of the earth have been greatly exalted.
Greek · SeptuagintἌρχοντες λαῶν συνήχθησαν μετὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἀβραὰμ, ὅτι τοῦ Θεοῦ οἱ κραταιοὶ τῆς γῆς σφόδρα ἐπῄρθησαν.
A Psalm of praise for the sons of Core on the second [day] of the week.
Greek · SeptuagintΨαλμὸς ᾠδῆς τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορὲ δευτέρᾳ σαββάτου.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Greek · SeptuagintΜεγὰς Κύριος, καὶ αἰνετὸς σφόδρα ἐν πόλει τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ἐν ὄρει ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ.
The city of the great King is well planted [on] the mountains of Sion, with the joy of the whole earth, [on] the sides of the north.
Greek · SeptuagintΕὐρίζων, ἀγαλλιάματι πάσης τῆς γῆς, ὄρη Σιὼν τὰ πλευρὰ τοῦ βοῤῥᾶ, ἡ πόλις τοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ μεγάλου.
God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to help her.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ Θεὸς ἐν ταῖς βάρεσιν αὐτῆς γινώσκεται, ὅταν ἀντιλαμβάνηται αὐτῆς.
For, behold, the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι ἰδοὺ οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς συνήχθησαν, ἤλθοσαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό.
They saw, and so they wondered: they were troubled, they were moved.
Greek · SeptuagintΑὐτοὶ ἰδόντες οὕτως ἐθαύμασαν, ἐταράχθησαν, ἐσαλεύθησαν,
Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in travail.
Greek · Septuagintτρόμος ἐπελάβετο αὐτῶν· ἐκεῖ ὠδῖνες ὡς τικτούσης.
Thou wilt break the ships of Tharsis with a vehement wind.
Greek · SeptuagintἘν πνεύματι βιαίῳ συντρίψεις πλοῖα Θάρσις.
As we have heard, so have we also seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God has founded it for ever. Pause.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαθάπερ ἠκούσαμεν, οὕτως καὶ εἴδομεν, ἐν πόλει Κυρίου τῶν δυνάμεων, ἐν πόλει τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ὁ Θεὸς ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτὴν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· διάψαλμα.
We have thought of thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy people.
Greek · SeptuagintὙπελάβομεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ σου.
According to thy name, O God, so is also thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Greek · SeptuagintΚατὰ τὸ ὄνομά σου ὁ Θεὸς, οὕτως καὶ ἡ αἴνεσίς σου ἐπὶ τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς, δικαιοσύνης πλήρης ἡ δεξιά σου.
Let mount Sion rejoice, let the daughters of Judæa exult, because of thy judgments, O Lord.
Greek · SeptuagintΕὐφρανθήτω τὸ ὄρος Σιὼν, ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν αἱ θυγατέρες τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἕνεκα τῶν κριμάτων σου Κύριε.
Go round about Sion, and encompass her: tell ye her towers.
Greek · SeptuagintΚυκλώσατε Σιὼν, καὶ περιλάβετε αὐτὴν, διηγήσασθε ἐν τοῖς πύργοις αὐτῆς.
Mark ye well her strength, and observe her palaces; that ye may tell the next generation.
Greek · SeptuagintΘέσθε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν εἰς τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῆς, καὶ καταδιέλεσθε τὰς βάρεις αὐτῆς, ὅπως ἂν διηγήσησθε εἰς γενεὰν ἑτέραν.
For this is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide for evermore.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος, αὐτὸς ποιμανεῖ ἡμᾶς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.
For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰς τὸ τέλος, τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορὲ ψαλμός.
Hear these words, all ye nations, hearken, all ye that dwell upon the earth:
Greek · SeptuagintἈκούσατε ταῦτα πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἐνωτίσασθε πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν οἰκουμένην,
both the sons of mean men, and sons of [great] men; the rich and poor [man] together.
Greek · Septuagintοἵ τε γηγενεῖς καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἐπιτοαυτὸ πλούσιος καὶ πένης.
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall bring [forth] understanding.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὸ στόμα μου λαλήσει σοφίαν, καὶ ἡ μελέτη τῆς καρδίας μου σύνεσιν.
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my riddle on the harp.
Greek · SeptuagintΚλινῶ εἰς παραβολὴν τὸ οὖς μου, ἀνοίξω ἐν ψαλτηρίῳ τὸ πρόβλημά μου.
Wherefore should I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall compass me.
Greek · SeptuagintἹνατί φοβοῦμαι ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πονηρᾷ; ἡ ἀνομία τῆς πτέρνης μου κυκλώσει με.
They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth—
Greek · SeptuagintΟἱ πεποιθότες ἐπὶ τῇ δυνάμει αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ πλήθει τοῦ πλούτου αὐτῶν καυχώμενοι.
A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself,
Greek · SeptuagintἈδελφὸς οὐ λυτροῦται, λυτρώσεται ἄνθρωπος; οὐ δώσει τῷ Θεῷ ἐξίλασμα ἑαυτοῦ,
or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labour for ever,
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ τὴν τιμὴν τῆς λυτρώσεως τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐκοπίασεν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,
and live to the end, [so] that he should not see corruption.
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ ζήσεται εἰς τέλος· ὅτι οὐκ ὄψεται καταφθορὰν,
When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers.
Greek · SeptuagintὍταν ἴδῃ σοφοὺς ἀποθνήσκοντας, ἐπιτοαυτὸ ἄφρων καὶ ἄνους ἀπολοῦνται, καὶ καταλείψουσιν ἀλλοτρίοις τὸν πλοῦτον αὐτῶν.
And their sepulchres are their houses for ever, [even] their tabernacles to all generations: they have called their lands after their own names.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ οἱ τάφοι αὐτῶν οἰκίαι αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, σκηνώματα αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεὰν, ἐπεκαλέσαντο τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τῶν γαιῶν αὐτῶν.
And man being in honour, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἄνθρωπος ἐν τιμῇ ὢν, οὐ συνῆκε, παρασυνεβλήθη τοῖς κτήνεσι τοῖς ἀνοήτοις, καὶ ὡμοιώθη αὐτοῖς.
This their way is an offence to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. Pause.
Greek · SeptuagintΑὕτη ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτῶν σκάνδαλον αὐτοῖς, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν εὐλογήσουσι· διάψαλμα.
They have laid [them] as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their help shall fail in Hades from their glory.
Greek · SeptuagintὩς πρόβατα ἐν ᾅδῃ ἔθεντο, θάνατος ποιμανεῖ αὐτούς· καὶ κατακυριεύσουσιν αὐτῶν οἱ εὐθεῖς τοπρωῒ, καὶ ἡ βοήθεια αὐτῶν παλαιωθήσεται ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἐκ τῆς δόξης αὐτῶν.
But God shall deliver my soul from the power of Hades, when he shall receive me. Pause.
Greek · SeptuagintΠλὴν ὁ Θεὸς λυτρώσεται τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ χειρὸς ᾅδου, ὅταν λαμβάνῃ με· διάψαλμα.
Fear not when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased.
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ φοβοῦ ὅταν πλουτήσῃ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ὅταν πληθυνθῇ ἡ δόξα τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ.
For he shall take nothing when he dies; neither shall his glory descend with him.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι οὐκ ἐν τῷ ἀποθνήσκειν αὐτὸν λήψεται τὰ πάντα, οὐδὲ συγκαταβήσεται αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα αὐτοῦ.
For his soul shall be blessed in his life: he shall give thanks to thee when thou dost well to him.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτοῦ εὐλογηθήσεται, ἐξομολογήσεταί σοι ὅταν ἀγαθύνῃς αὐτῷ.
[Yet] he shall go in to the generation of his fathers; he shall never see light.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰσελεύσεται ἕως γενεᾶς πατέρων αὐτοῦ, ἕως αἰῶνος οὐκ ὄψεται φῶς.
Man that is in honour, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them.
Greek · SeptuagintἌνθρωπος ἐν τιμῇ ὢν, οὐ συνῆκε, παρασυνεβλήθη τοῖς κτήνεσι τοῖς ἀνοήτοις, καὶ ὡμοιώθη αὐτοῖς.
A Psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down [thereof].
Greek · SeptuagintΨαλμὸς τῷ Ἀσάφ. Θεὸς θεῶν Κύριος ἐλάλησε, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὴν γῆν ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου μέχρι δυσμῶν.
Out of Sion [comes] the excellence of his beauty.
Greek · SeptuagintἘκ Σιὼν ἡ εὐπρέπεια τῆς ὡραιότητος αὐτοῦ.
God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ Θεὸς ἐμφανῶς ἥξει, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐ παρασιωπήσεται· πῦρ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ καυθήσεται, καὶ κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ καταιγὶς σφοδρά.
He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.
Greek · SeptuagintΠροσκαλέσεται τὸν οὐρανὸν ἄνω, καὶ τὴν γῆν διακρῖναι τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ.
Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.
Greek · SeptuagintΣυναγάγετε αὐτῷ τοὺς ὁσίους αὐτοῦ, τοὺς διατιθεμένους τὴν διαθήκην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ θυσίαις.
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. Pause.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἀναγγελοῦσιν οἱ οὐρανοὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ, ὅτι Θεὸς κριτής ἐστι· διάψαλμα.
Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel: and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
Greek · SeptuagintἌκουσον λαός μου καὶ λαλήσω σοι, Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ διαμαρτύρομαί σοι· ὁ Θεὸς ὁ Θεός σου εἰμὶ ἐγώ.
I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices; for thy whole-burnt-offerings are before me continually.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐκ ἐπὶ ταῖς θυσίαις σου ἐλέγξω σε, τὰ δὲ ὁλοκαυτώματά σου ἐνώπιόν μου ἐστὶ διαπαντός.
I will take no bullocks out of thine house, nor he-goats out of thy flocks.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐ δέξομαι ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου σου μόσχους, οὐδὲ ἐκ τῶν ποιμνίων σου χιυάρους·
For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι ἐμά ἐστι πάντα τὰ θηρία τοῦ δρυμοῦ, κτήνη ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι, καὶ βόες.
I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.
Greek · SeptuagintἜγνωκα πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ὡραιότης ἀγροῦ μετʼ ἐμοῦ ἐστιν.
If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness of it.
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν πεινάσω, οὐ μή σοι εἴπω, ἐμὴ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ οἰκουμένη καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς.
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ φάγομαι κρέα ταύρων, ἢ αἷμα τράγων πίομαι;
Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay thy vows to the Most High.
Greek · SeptuagintΘῦσον τῷ Θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως, καὶ ἀπόδος τῷ ὑψίστῳ τὰς εὐχάς σου.
And call upon me in the day of affliction; and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Pause.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἐπικάλεσαί με ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως, καὶ ἐξελοῦμαί σε, καὶ δοξάσεις με. διάψαλμα.
But to the sinner God has said, Why dost thou declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in thy mouth?
Greek · SeptuagintΤῷ δὲ ἁμαρτωλῷ εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς, ἱνατί σὺ διηγῇ τὰ δικαιώματά μου, καὶ ἀναλαμβάνεις τὴν διαθήκην μου διὰ στόματός σου;
Whereas thou hast hated instruction, and hast cast my words behind [thee].
Greek · SeptuagintΣὺ δὲ ἐμίσησας παιδείαν, καὶ ἐξέβαλες τοὺς λόγους μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω.
If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him, and hast cast in thy lot with adulterers.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ ἐθεώρεις κλέπτην, συνέτρεχες αὐτῷ, καὶ μετὰ μοιχῶν τὴν μερίδα σου ἐτίθεις.
Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, and thy tongue has framed deceit.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὸ στόμα σου ἐπλεόνασε κακίαν, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσά σου περιέπλεκε δολιότητα.
Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalise thy mother's son.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαθήμενος κατὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου κατελάλεις, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς μητρός σου ἐτίθεις σκάνδαλον.
These things thou didst, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest wickedly that I should be like thee; [but] I will reprove thee, and set [thine offences] before thee.
Greek · SeptuagintΤαῦτα ἐποίησας, καὶ ἐσίγησα, ὑπέλαβες ἀνομίαν ὅτι ἔσομαί σοι ὅμοιος· ἐλέγξω σε, καὶ παραστήσω κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου.
Now consider these things, ye that forget God, lest he rend [you], and there be no deliverer.
Greek · SeptuagintΣύνετε δὴ ταῦτα οἱ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, μήποτε ἁρπάσῃ, καὶ μὴ ᾖ ὁ ῥυόμενος.
The sacrifice of praise will glorify me: and that is the way wherein I will shew to him the salvation of God.
Greek · SeptuagintΘυσία αἰνέσεως δοξάσει με, καὶ ἐκεῖ ὁδὸς ᾗ δείξω αὐτῷ τὸ σωτήριον Θεοῦ.
For the end, a Psalm of David,
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰς τὸ τέλος, ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυὶδ,
when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he had gone in to Bersabee.
Greek · Septuagintἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς αὐτὸν Νάθαν τὸν προφήτην, ἡνίκα εἰσῆλθε πρὸς Βηρσαβεέ.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgression.
Greek · SeptuagintἘλέησον με ὁ Θεὸς κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐξάλειψον τὸ ἀνόμημά μου.
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Greek · SeptuagintἘπιπλεῖον πλῦνόν με ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας μου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου καθάρισόν με.
For I am conscious of mine iniquity; and my sin is continually before me.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι τὴν ἀνομίαν μου ἐγὼ γινώσκω, καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία μου ἐνώπιόν μου ἐστὶ διαπαντός·
Against thee only have I sinned, and done evil before thee: that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
Greek · SeptuagintΣοὶ μόνῳ ἥμαρτον, καὶ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐποίησα· ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.
For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.
Greek · SeptuagintἸδοὺ γὰρ ἐν ἀνομίαις συνελήφθην, καὶ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἐκίσσησέ με ἡ μήτηρ μου.
For, behold, thou lovest truth: thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom.
Greek · SeptuagintἸδοὺ γὰρ ἀλήθειαν ἠγάπησας, τὰ ἄδηλα καὶ τὰ κρύφια τῆς σοφίας σου ἐδήλωσάς μοι.
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
Greek · SeptuagintῬαντιεῖς με ὑσσώπῳ καὶ καθαρισθήσομαι, πλυνεῖς με καὶ ὑπὲρ χιόνα λευκανθήσομαι.
Thou shalt cause me to hear gladness and joy: the afflicted bones shall rejoice.
Greek · SeptuagintἈκουτιεῖς με ἀγαλλίασιν καὶ εὐφροσύνην, ἀγαλλιάσονται ὀστᾶ τεταπεινωμένα.
Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Greek · SeptuagintἈπόστρεψον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου, καὶ πάσας τὰς ἀνομίας μου ἐξάλειψον.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit in my inward parts.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοὶ ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ πνεῦμα εὐθὲς ἐγκαίνισον ἐν τοῖς ἐγκάτοις μου.
Cast me not away from thy presence; and remove not thy Holy Spirit from me.
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ ἀποῤῥίψῃς με ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιόν σου μὴ ἀντανέλῃς ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ.
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation: establish me with thy directing Spirit.
Greek · SeptuagintἈπόδος μοι τὴν ἀγαλλίασιν τοῦ σωτηρίου σου, πνεύματι ἡγεμονικῷ στήριξόν με.
[Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and ungodly men shall turn to thee.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιδάξω ἀνόμους τὰς ὁδούς σου, καὶ ἀσεβεῖς ἐπὶ σὲ ἐπιστρέψουσι.
Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness.
Greek · SeptuagintῬῦσαί με ἐξ αἱμάτων ὁ Θεὸς, ὁ Θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου, ἀγαλλιάσεται ἡ γλῶσσά μου τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου.
O Lord, thou shalt open my lips; and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
Greek · SeptuagintΚύριε, τὰ χείλη μου ἀνοίξεις, καὶ τὸ στόμα μου ἀναγγελεῖ τὴν αἴνεσίν σου.
For if thou desiredst sacrifice, I would have given [it]: thou wilt not take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι εἰ ἠθέλησας θυσίαν, ἔδωκα ἄν· ὁλοκαυτώματα οὐκ εὐδοκήσεις.
Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.
Greek · SeptuagintΘυσία τῷ Θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον, καρδίαν συντετριμμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἐξουδενώσει.
Do good, O Lord, to Sion in thy good pleasure; and let the walls of Jerusalem be built.
Greek · SeptuagintἈγάθυνον, Κύριε, ἐν τῇ εὐδοκίᾳ σου τὴν Σιὼν, καὶ οἰκοδομηθήτω τὰ τείχη Ἱερουσαλήμ.
Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, offering, and whole-burnt-sacrifices: then shall they offer calves upon thine altar.
Greek · SeptuagintΤότε εὐδοκήσεις θυσίαν δικαιοσύνης, ἀναφορὰν, καὶ ὁλοκαυτώματα· τότε ἀνοίσουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριόν σου μόσχους.
For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David,
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰς τὸ τέλος συνέσεως τῷ Δαυὶδ,
when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech.
Greek · Septuagintἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν Δωὴκ τὸν Ἰδουμαῖον, καὶ ἀναγγεῖλαι τῷ Σαοὺλ, καὶ εἰπεῖν αὐτῷ, ἦλθε Δαυὶδ εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ἀβιμέλεχ.
Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [thy] mischief? All the day
Greek · SeptuagintΤί ἐγκαυχᾷ ἐν κακίᾳ ὁ δυνατὸς ἀνομίαν; ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν
thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.
Greek · Septuagintἀδικίαν ἐλογίσατο ἡ γλῶσσά σου· ὡσεὶ ξυρὸν ἠκονημένον ἐποίησας δόλον.
Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.
Greek · SeptuagintἨγάπησας κακίαν ὑπὲρ ἀγαθωσύνην, ἀδικίαν ὑπὲρ τὸ λαλῆσαι δικαιοσύνην· διάψαλμα.
Thou hast loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue.
Greek · SeptuagintἨγάπησας πάντα τὰ ῥήματα καταποντισμοῦ, γλῶσσαν δολίαν.
Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from [thy] dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. Pause.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιὰ τοῦτο ὁ Θεὸς καθέλοι σε εἰς τέλος, ἐκτίλαι σε καὶ μεταναστεύσαι σε ἀπὸ σκηνώματος, καὶ τὸ ῥίζωμά σου ἐκ γῆς ζώντων· διάψαλμα.
And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ὄψονται δίκαιοι καὶ φοβηθήσονται, καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν γελάσονται, καὶ ἐροῦσιν,
Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.
Greek · Septuagintἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος ὃς οὐκ ἔθετο τὸν Θεὸν βοηθὸν αὐτοῦ, ἀλλʼ ἐπήλπισεν ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ πλούτου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνεδυναμώθη ἐπὶ τῇ ματαιότητι αὐτοῦ.
But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.
Greek · SeptuagintἘγὼ δὲ ὡσεὶ ἐλαία κατάκαρπος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἤλπισα ἐπὶ τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος.
I will give thanks to thee for ever, for thou hast done [it]: and I will wait on thy name; for [it is] good before thy saints.
Greek · SeptuagintἘξομολογήσομαί σοι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ὅτι ἐποίησας, καὶ ὑπομενῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου, ὅτι χρηστὸν ἐναντίον τῶν ὁσίων σου.