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All nations whom thou hast made shall come, and shall worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
Greek · SeptuagintΠάντα τὰ ἔθνη ὅσα ἐποίησας ἥξουσι, καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν ἐνώπιόν σου Κύριε, καὶ δοξάσουσι τὸ ὄνομά σου,
Hebrew / Jewish
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)
Psalms
For thou art great, and doest wonders: thou art the only [and] the great God.
Greek · Septuagintὅτι μέγας εἶ σὺ, καὶ ποιῶν θαυμάσια, σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεὸς μόνος ὁ μέγας.
Guide me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice, that I may fear thy name.
Greek · SeptuagintὉδήγησόν με Κύριε ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου, καὶ πορεύσομαι ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου· εὐφρανθήτω ἡ καρδία μου, τοῦ φοβεῖσθαι τὸ ὄνομά σου.
I will give thee thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and I will glorify thy name for ever.
Greek · SeptuagintἘξομολογήσομαί σοι Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου, καὶ δοξάσω τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
For thy mercy is great toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι τὸ ἔλεός σου μέγα ἐπʼ ἐμὲ, καὶ ἐῤῥύσω τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐξ ᾅδου κατωτάτου.
O God, transgressors have risen up against me, and an assembly of violent [men] have sought my life; and have not set thee before them.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ Θεὸς, παράνομοι ἐπανέστησαν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ, καὶ συναγωγὴ κραταιῶν ἐζήτησαν τὴν ψυχήν μου, καὶ οὐ προέθεντό σε ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν.
But thou, O Lord God, art compassionate and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy and true.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ σὺ Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς οἰκτίρμων καὶ ἐλεήμων, μακρόθυμος καὶ πολυέλεος καὶ ἀληθινός.
Look thou upon me, and have mercy upon me: give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
Greek · SeptuagintἘπίβλεψον ἐπʼ ἐμὲ, καὶ ἐλέησόν με, δὸς τὸ κράτος σου τῷ παιδί σου, καὶ σῶσον τὸν υἱὸν τῆς παιδίσκης σου.
Establish with me a token for good; and let them that hate me see [it] and be ashamed; because thou, O Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.
Greek · SeptuagintΠοίησον μετʼ ἐμοῦ σημεῖον εἰς ἀγαθὸν, καὶ ἰδέτωσαν οἱ μισοῦντές με, καὶ αἰσχυνθήτωσαν· ὅτι σὺ Κύριε, ἐβοήθησάς μοι, καὶ παρεκάλεσάς με.
A Psalm of a Song for the sons of Core. His foundations are in the holy mountains.
Greek · SeptuagintΤοῖς υἱοῖς Κορὲ ψαλμὸς ᾠδῆς. Οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι τοῖς ἁγίοις.
The Lord loves the gates of Sion, more than all the tabernacles of Jacob.
Greek · SeptuagintἈγαπᾷ Κύριος τὰς πύλας Σιὼν, ὑπὲρ πάντα τὰ σκηνώματα Ἰακώβ.
Glorious things have been spoken of thee, O city of God. Pause.
Greek · SeptuagintΔεδοξασμένα ἐλαλήθη περὶ σοῦ ἡ πόλις τοῦ Θεοῦ· διάψαλμα.
I will make mention of Raab and Babylon to them that know me: behold also the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: these were born there.
Greek · SeptuagintΜνησθήσομαι Ῥαὰβ, καὶ Βαβυλῶνος, τοῖς γινώσκουσί με· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀλλόφυλοι καὶ Τύρος καὶ λαὸς Αἰθιόπων, οὗτοι ἐγεννήθησαν ἐκεῖ.
A man shall say, Sion [is my] mother; and [such] a man was born in her; and the Highest himself has founded her.
Greek · SeptuagintΜήτηρ Σιὼν ἐρεῖ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἐγενήθη ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτὴν ὁ ὕψιστος.
The Lord shall recount [it] in the writing of the people, and of these princes that were born in her. Pause.
Greek · SeptuagintΚύριος διηγήσεται ἐν γραφῇ λαῶν, καὶ ἀρχόντων τούτων τῶν γεγενημένων ἐν αὐτῇ. διάψαλμα.
The dwelling of all within thee is as [the dwelling] of those that rejoice.
Greek · SeptuagintὩς εὐφραινομένων πάντων ἡ κατοικία ἐν σοί.
A song of a Psalm for the sons of Core for the end, upon Maeleth for responsive [strains], of instruction for Æman the Israelite.
Greek · SeptuagintὨδὴ ψαλμοῦ τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορὲ, εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ μαελὲθ τοῦ ἀποκριθῆναι, συνέσεως Αἰμὰν τῷ Ἰσραηλίτῃ.
O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee.
Greek · SeptuagintΚύριε ὁ Θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου, ἡμέρας ἐκέκραξα καὶ ἐν νυκτὶ ἐναντίον σου.
Let my prayer come in before thee; incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰσελθέτω ἐνώπιόν σου ἡ προσευχή μου, κλῖνον τὸ οὖς σου εἰς τὴν δέησίν μου, Κύριε.
For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to Hades.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι ἐπλήσθη κακῶν ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ ἡ ζωή μου τῷ ᾅδῃ ἤγγισε.
I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;
Greek · SeptuagintΠροσελογίσθην μετὰ τῶν καταβαινόντων εἰς λάκκον, ἐγενήθην ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἀβοήθητος,
free among the dead, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom thou rememberest no more; and they are rejected from thy hand.
Greek · Septuagintἐν νεκροῖς ἐλεύθερος, ὡσεὶ τραυματίαι ἐῤῥιμμένοι καθεύδοντες ἐν τάφῳ, ὧν οὐκ ἐμνήσθης ἔτι, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐκ τῆς χειρός σου ἀπώσθησαν.
They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark [places], and in the shadow of death.
Greek · SeptuagintἜθεντό με ἐν λάκκῳ κατωτάτῳ, ἐν σκοτεινοῖς καὶ ἐν σκιᾷ θανάτου.
Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and thou hast brought upon me all thy billows. Pause.
Greek · SeptuagintἘπʼ ἐμὲ ἐπεστηρίχθη ὁ θυμός σου, καὶ πάντας τοὺς μετεωρισμούς σου ἐπήγαγες ἐπʼ ἐμέ· διάψαλμα.
Thou hast removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth.
Greek · SeptuagintἘμάκρυνας τοὺς γνωστούς μου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, ἔθεντό με βδέλυγμα ἑαυτοῖς· παρεδόθην καὶ οὐκ ἐξεπορευόμην.
Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to thee.
Greek · SeptuagintΟἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἠσθένησαυ ἀπὸ πτωχείας· καὶ ἐκέκραξα πρὸς σὲ Κύριε ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, διεπέτασα πρὸς σὲ τὰς χεῖράς μου.
Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise [them] up, that they shall praise thee?
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ τοῖς νεκροῖς ποιήσεις θαυμάσια, ἢ ἰατροὶ ἀναστήσουσι καὶ ἐξομολογήσονταί σοι;
Shall any one declare thy mercy in the tomb? and thy truth in destruction?
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ διηγήσεταί τις ἐν τάφῳ τὸ ἔλεός σου, καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου ἐν τῇ ἀπωλείᾳ;
Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land?
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ γνωσθήσεται ἐν τῷ σκότει τὰ θαυμάσιά σου, καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου ἐν γῇ ἐπιλελησμένῃ;
But I cried to thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
Greek · SeptuagintΚᾀγὼ πρὸς σὲ Κύριε ἐκέκραξα, καὶ τοπρωῒ ἡ προσευχή μου προφθάσει σε.
Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayer, [and] turn thy face away from me?
Greek · SeptuagintἹνατί Κύριε ἀπωθεῖς τὴν προσευχήν μου, ἀποστρέφεις τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ;
I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair.
Greek · SeptuagintΠτωχός εἰμι ἐγὼ καὶ ἐν κόποις ἐκ νεότητός μου, ὑψωθεὶς δὲ ἐταπεινώθην καὶ ἐξηπορήθην.
Thy wrath has passed over me; and thy terrors have greatly disquieted me.
Greek · SeptuagintἘπʼ ἐμὲ διῆλθον αἱ ὀργαί σου, καὶ οἱ φοβερισμοί σου ἐξετάραξάν με.
They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.
Greek · SeptuagintἘκύκλωσάν με ὡς ὕδωρ, ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν περιέσχον με ἅμα.
Thou hast put far from me [every] friend, and mine acquaintances because of [my] wretchedness.
Greek · SeptuagintἘμάκρυνας ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ φίλον, καὶ τοὺς γνωστούς μου ἀπὸ ταλαιπωρίας.
[A Psalm] of instruction for Ætham the Israelite.
Greek · SeptuagintΣυνέσεως Αἰθὰμ τῷ Ἰσραηλίτῃ.
I will sing of thy mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὰ ἐλέη σου Κύριε εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ᾄσομαι, εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεὰν ἀπαγγελῶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου ἐν τῷ στόματί μου.
For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy truth shall be established in the heavens.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι εἶπας, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔλεος οἰκοδομηθήσεται, ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς ἑτοιμασθήσεται ἡ ἀλήθειά σου·
I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware unto David my servant.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιεθέμην διαθήκην τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς μου, ὤμοσα Δαυὶδ τῷ δούλῳ μου.
I will establish thy seed for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Pause.
Greek · SeptuagintἝως τοῦ αἰῶνος ἑτοιμάσω τὸ σπέρμα σου, καὶ οἰκοδομήσω εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεὰν τὸν θρόνον σου· διάψαλμα.
The heavens shall declare thy wonders, O Lord; and thy truth in the assembly of the saints.
Greek · SeptuagintἘξομολογήσονται οἱ οὐρανοὶ τὰ θαυμάσιά σου Κύριε, καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ἁγίων.
For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι τίς ἐν νεφέλαις ἰσωθήσεται τῷ Κυρίῳ; καὶ τίς ὁμοιωθήσεται τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν υἱοῖς Θεοῦ;
God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that are round about him.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ Θεὸς ἐνδοξαζόμενος ἐν βουλῇ ἁγίων, μέγας καὶ φοβερὸς ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς περικύκλῳ αὐτοῦ.
O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.
Greek · SeptuagintΚύριε ὁ Θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων, τίς ὅμοιός σοι; δυνατὸς εἶ Κύριε, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθειά σου κύκλῳ σου.
Thou rulest the power of the sea; and thou calmest the tumult of its waves.
Greek · SeptuagintΣὺ δεσπόζεις τοῦ κράτους τῆς θαλάσσης, τὸν δὲ σάλον τῶν κυμάτων αὐτῆς σὺ καταπραΰνεις.
Thou hast brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of thy power thou hast scattered thine enemies.
Greek · SeptuagintΣὺ ἐταπείνωσας ὡς τραυματίαν ὑπερήφανον, καὶ ἐν τῷ βραχίονι τῆς δυνάμεώς σου διεσκόρπισας τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου.
The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine: thou hast founded the world, and the fulness of it.
Greek · SeptuagintΣοί εἰσιν οἱ οὐρανοὶ, καὶ σή ἐστιν ἡ γῆ, τὴν οἰκουμένην καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς σὺ ἐθεμελίωσας.
Thou hast created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὸν Βοῤῥᾶν καὶ θάλασσας σὺ ἔκτισας, Θαβὼρ καὶ Ἑρμὼν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἀγαλλιάσονται.
Thine is the mighty arm: let thy hand be strengthened, let thy right hand be exalted.
Greek · SeptuagintΣὸς ὁ βραχίων μετὰ δυναστείας· κραταιωθήτω ἡ χείρ σου, ὑψωθήτω ἡ δεξιά σου.
Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Greek · SeptuagintΔικαιοσύνη καὶ κρίμα ἑτοιμασία τοῦ θρόνου σου· ἔλεος καὶ ἀλήθεια προπορεύσονται πρὸ προσώπου σου.
Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
Greek · SeptuagintΜακάριος ὁ λαὸς ὁ γινώσκων ἀλαλαγμόν· Κύριε ἐν τῷ φωτὶ τοῦ προσώπου σου πορεύσονται,
And in thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἀγαλλιάσονται ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, καὶ ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ὑψωθήσονται.
For thou art the boast of their strength; and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι τὸ καύχημα τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτῶν σὺ εἶ, καὶ ἐν τῇ εὐδοκίᾳ σου ὑψωθήσεται τὸ κέρας ἡμῶν·
for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.
Greek · Septuagintὅτι τοῦ Κυρίου ἡ ἀντίληψις, καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰσραὴλ βασιλέως ἡμῶν.
Then thou spokest in vision to thy children, and saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.
Greek · SeptuagintΤότε ἐλάλησας ἐν ὁράσει τοῖς υἱοῖς σου, καὶ εἶπας, ἐθέμην βοήθειαν ἐπὶ δυνατὸν, ὕψωσα ἐκλεκτὸν ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ μου.
I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.
Greek · SeptuagintΕὗρον Δαυὶδ τὸν δοῦλόν μου, ἐν ἐλέει ἁγίῳ ἔχρισα αὐτόν.
For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
Greek · SeptuagintἩ γὰρ χείρ μου συναντιλήψεται αὐτῷ, καὶ ὁ βραχίων μου κατισχύσει αὐτόν.
The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐκ ὠφελήσει ἐχθρὸς ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ υἱὸς ἀνομίας οὐ προσθήσει τοῦ κακῶσαι αὐτόν.
And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ συγκόψω ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς μισοῦντας αὐτὸν τροπώσομαι.
But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἡ ἀλήθειά μου καὶ τὸ ἔλεός μου μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου ὑψωθήσεται τὸ κέρας αὐτοῦ.
And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ θήσομαι ἐν θαλάσσῃ χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν ποταμοῖς δεξιὰν αὐτοῦ.
He shall call upon me, [saying], Thou art my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.
Greek · SeptuagintΑὐτὸς ἐπικαλέσεταί με, πατήρ μου εἶ σὺ, Θεός μου καὶ ἀντιλήπτωρ τῆς σωτηρίας μου.
And I will make him [my] first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.
Greek · SeptuagintΚᾀγὼ πρωτότοκον θήσομαι αὐτὸν, ὑψηλὸν παρὰ τοῖς βασιλεῦσι τῆς γῆς.
I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm with him.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰς τὸν αἰῶνα φυλάξω αὐτῷ τὸ ἔλεός μου, καὶ ἡ διαθήκη μου πιστὴ αὐτῷ.
And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ θήσομαι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ ὡς τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν ἐγκαταλίπωσιν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ τὸν νόμον μου, καὶ τοῖς κρίμασί μου μὴ πορευθῶσιν·
if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;
Greek · Septuagintἐὰν τὰ δικαιώματά μου βεβηλώσωσι, καὶ τὰς ἐντολάς μου μὴ φυλάξωσιν·
I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.
Greek · SeptuagintἘπισκέψομαι ἐν ῥάβδῳ τὰς ἀνομίας αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐν μάστιξι τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν.
But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὸ δὲ ἔλεός μου οὐ μὴ διασκεδάσω ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ μὴ ἀδικήσω ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μου,
Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.
Greek · Septuagintοὐδὲ μὴ βεβηλώσω τὴν διαθήκην μου, καὶ τὰ ἐκπορευόμενα διὰ τῶν χειλέων μου οὐ μὴ ἀθετήσω.
Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.
Greek · SeptuagintἍπαξ ὤμοσα ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ μου, εἰ τῷ Δαυὶδ ψεύσομαι.
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
Greek · SeptuagintΤὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μενεῖ, καὶ ὁ θρόνος αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος ἐναντίον μου,
and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. Pause.
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ ὡς ἡ σελήνη κατηρτισμένη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ ὁ μάρτυς ἐν οὐρανῷ πιστός· διάψαλμα.
But thou hast cast off and set at nought, thou hast rejected thine anointed.
Greek · SeptuagintΣὺ δὲ ἀπώσω καὶ ἐξουδένωσας, ἀνεβάλου τὸν χριστόν σου.
Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.
Greek · SeptuagintΚατέστρεψας τὴν διαθήκην τοῦ δούλου σου, ἐβεβήλωσας εἰς τὴν γῆν τὸ ἁγίασμα αὐτοῦ.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast made his strong holds a terror.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαθεῖλες πάντας τοὺς φραγμοῦς αὐτοῦ, ἔθου τὰ ὀχυρώματα αὐτοῦ δειλίαν.
All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιήρπασαν αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ διοδεύοντες ὁδὸν, ἐγενήθη ὄνειδος τοῖς γείτοσιν αὐτοῦ.
Thou hast exalted the right hand of his enemies; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
Greek · SeptuagintὝψωσας τὴν δεξιὰν τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ, εὔφρανας πάντας τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ.
Thou hast turned back the help of his sword, and hast not helped him in the battle.
Greek · SeptuagintἈπέστρεψας τὴν βοήθειαν τῆς ῥομφαίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἀντελάβου αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ.
Thou hast deprived him of glory: thou hast broken down his throne to the ground.
Greek · SeptuagintΚατέλυσας ἀπὸ καθαρισμοῦ αὐτὸν, τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν κατέῤῥαξας,
Thou hast shortened the days of his throne: thou hast poured shame upon him. Pause.
Greek · Septuagintἐσμίκρυνας τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ, κατέχεας αὐτοῦ αἰσχύνην· διάψαλμα.
How long, O Lord, wilt thou turn away, for ever? shall thine anger flame out as fire?
Greek · SeptuagintἝως πότε Κύριε ἀποστρέφῃ εἰς τέλος; ἐκκαυθήσεται ὡς πῦρ ἡ ὀργή σου;
Remember what my being is: for hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?
Greek · SeptuagintΜνήσθητι τίς ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου· μὴ γὰρ ματαίως ἔκτισας πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων;
What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall [any one] deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? Pause.
Greek · SeptuagintΤίς ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὃς ζήσεται καὶ οὐκ ὄψεται θάνατον; ῥύσεται τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐκ χειρὸς ᾅδου; διάψαλμα.
Where are thine ancient mercies, O Lord, which thou swarest to David in thy truth?
Greek · SeptuagintΠοῦ ἐστι τὰ ἐλέη σου τὰ ἀρχαῖα, Κύριε, ἃ ὤμοσας τῷ Δαυὶδ ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου;
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;
Greek · SeptuagintΜνήσθητι Κύριε τοῦ ὀνειδισμου τῶν δούλων σου οὗ ὑπέσχον ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου πολλῶν ἐθνῶν·
wherewith thine enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompence of thine anointed.
Greek · Septuagintοὗ ὠνείδισαν οἱ ἐχθροί σου Κύριε, οὗ ὠνείδισαν τὸ ἀντάλλαγμα τοῦ χριστοῦ σου.
Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
Greek · SeptuagintΕὐλογητὸς Κύριος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· γένοιτο, γένοιτο.
A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations.
Greek · SeptuagintΠροσευχὴ τοῦ Μωυσῆ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ. Κύριε, καταφυγὴ ἐγενήθης ἡμῖν ἐν γενεᾷ καὶ γενεᾷ.
Before the mountains existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.
Greek · SeptuagintΠρὸ τοῦ ὄρη γενηθῆναι καὶ πλασθῆναι τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν οἰκουμένην, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος σὺ εἶ.
Turn not man back to [his] low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ ἀποστρέψῃς ἄνθρωπον εἰς ταπείνωσιν, καὶ εἶπας, ἐπιστρέψατε υἱοὶ ἀνθρώπων;
For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι χίλια ἔτη ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου, ὡς ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ ἐχθὲς ἥτις διῆλθε, καὶ φυλακὴ ἐν νυκτί.
Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὰ ἐξουδενώματα αὐτῶν ἔτη ἔσονται, τοπρωῒ ὡσεὶ χλόη παρέλθοι·
In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.
Greek · SeptuagintΤοπρωῒ ἀνθήσαι καὶ παρέλθοι, τὸ ἑσπέρας ἀποπέσοι, σκληρυνθείη καὶ ξηρανθείη.
For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι ἐξελίπομεν ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ σου, καὶ ἐν τῷ θυμῷ σου ἐταράχθημεν.
Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance.
Greek · SeptuagintἜθου τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν ἐνώπιόν σου, ὁ αἰὼν ἡμῶν εἰς φωτισμὸν τοῦ προσώπου σου.
For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι ἡμῶν ἐξέλιπον, καὶ ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ σου ἐξελίπομεν· τὰ ἔτη ἡμῶν ὡς ἀράχνη ἐμελέτων.
[As for] the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if [men should be] in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
Greek · SeptuagintΑἱ ἡμέραι τῶν ἐτῶν ἡμῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη, ἐὰν δὲ ἐν δυναστείαις, ὀγδοήκοντα ἔτη, καὶ τὸ πλεῖον αὐτῶν κόπος καὶ πόνος· ὅτι ἐπῆλθε πραΰτης ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, καὶ παιδευθησόμεθα.
Who knows the power of thy wrath?
Greek · SeptuagintΤίς γινώσκει τὸ κράτος τῆς ὀργῆς σου, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου τοῦ θυμοῦ σου ἐξαριθμήσασθαι;
and [who knows how] to number [his days] because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.
Greek · Septuagintτὴν δεξιάν σου οὕτως γνώρισον, καὶ τοὺς πεπαιδευμένους τῇ καρδίᾳ ἐν σοφίᾳ.