Psalm 44 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] The Church commemorates former favours, and present afflictions; under which she prays for succour.
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορε εἰς σύνεσιν ψαλμός
LA In finem. Filiis Core ad intellectum.
EN Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.
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GR ὁ θεός ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν ἡμῶν ἠκούσαμεν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἀνήγγειλαν ἡμῖν ἔργον ὃ εἰργάσω ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτῶν ἐν ἡμέραις ἀρχαίαις
LA Deus, auribus nostris audivimus, patres nostri annuntiaverunt nobis, opus quod operatus es in diebus eorum, et in diebus antiquis.
EN We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us, The work you have wrought in their days, and in the days of old.
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GR ἡ χείρ σου ἔθνη ἐξωλέθρευσεν καὶ κατεφύτευσας αὐτούς ἐκάκωσας λαοὺς καὶ ἐξέβαλες αὐτούς
LA Manus tua gentes disperdidit, et plantasti eos; afflixisti populos, et expulisti eos.
EN Your hand destroyed the Gentiles, and you planted them: you afflicted the people and casted them out.
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GR οὐ γὰρ ἐν τῇ ῥομφαίᾳ αὐτῶν ἐκληρονόμησαν γῆν καὶ ὁ βραχίων αὐτῶν οὐκ ἔσωσεν αὐτούς ἀλλ’ ἡ δεξιά σου καὶ ὁ βραχίων σου καὶ ὁ φωτισμὸς τοῦ προσώπου σου ὅτι εὐδόκησας ἐν αὐτοῖς
LA Nec enim in gladio suo possederunt terram, et brachium eorum non salvavit eos: sed dextera tua et brachium tuum, et illuminatio vultus tui, quoniam complacuisti in eis.
EN For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword: neither did their own arm save them. But your right hand and your arm, and the light of your countenance: because you were pleased with them.
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GR σὺ εἶ αὐτὸς ὁ βασιλεύς μου καὶ ὁ θεός μου ὁ ἐντελλόμενος τὰς σωτηρίας Ιακωβ
LA Tu es ipse rex meus et Deus meus, qui mandas salutes Jacob.
EN You are yourself my king and my God, who commands the saving of Jacob.
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GR ἐν σοὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἡμῶν κερατιοῦμεν καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἐξουθενώσομεν τοὺς ἐπανιστανομένους ἡμῖν
LA In te inimicos nostros ventilabimus cornu, et in nomine tuo spernemus insurgentes in nobis.
EN Through you we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through your name we will despise them that rise up against us.
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GR οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῷ τόξῳ μου ἐλπιῶ καὶ ἡ ῥομφαία μου οὐ σώσει με
LA Non enim in arcu meo sperabo, et gladius meus non salvabit me:
EN For I will not trust in my bow: neither shall my sword save me.
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GR ἔσωσας γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν θλιβόντων ἡμᾶς καὶ τοὺς μισοῦντας ἡμᾶς κατῄσχυνας
LA salvasti enim nos de affligentibus nos, et odientes nos confudisti.
EN But you have saved us from them that afflict us: and have put them to shame that hate us.
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GR ἐν τῷ θεῷ ἐπαινεσθησόμεθα ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἐξομολογησόμεθα εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα διάψαλμα
LA In Deo laudabimur tota die, et in nomine tuo confitebimur in sæculum.
EN In God shall we glory all the day long: and in your name we will give praise for ever.
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GR νυνὶ δὲ ἀπώσω καὶ κατῄσχυνας ἡμᾶς καὶ οὐκ ἐξελεύσῃ ἐν ταῖς δυνάμεσιν ἡμῶν
LA Nunc autem repulisti et confudisti nos, et non egredieris, Deus, in virtutibus nostris.
EN But now you have cast us off, and put us to shame: and you, O God, will not go out with our armies.
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GR ἀπέστρεψας ἡμᾶς εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω παρὰ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἡμῶν καὶ οἱ μισοῦντες ἡμᾶς διήρπαζον ἑαυτοῖς
LA Avertisti nos retrorsum post inimicos nostros, et qui oderunt nos diripiebant sibi.
EN You have made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.
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GR ἔδωκας ἡμᾶς ὡς πρόβατα βρώσεως καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν διέσπειρας ἡμᾶς
LA Dedisti nos tamquam oves escarum, et in gentibus dispersisti nos.
EN You have given us up like sheep to be eaten: you have scattered us among the nations.
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GR ἀπέδου τὸν λαόν σου ἄνευ τιμῆς καὶ οὐκ ἦν πλῆθος ἐν τοῖς ἀλλάγμασιν αὐτῶν
LA Vendidisti populum tuum sine pretio, et non fuit multitudo in commutationibus eorum.
EN You have sold your people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.
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GR ἔθου ἡμᾶς ὄνειδος τοῖς γείτοσιν ἡμῶν μυκτηρισμὸν καὶ καταγέλωτα τοῖς κύκλῳ ἡμῶν
LA Posuisti nos opprobrium vicinis nostris; subsannationem et derisum his qui sunt in circuitu nostro.
EN You have made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.
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GR ἔθου ἡμᾶς εἰς παραβολὴν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν κίνησιν κεφαλῆς ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς
LA Posuisti nos in similitudinem gentibus; commotionem capitis in populis.
EN You have made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.
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GR ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἡ ἐντροπή μου κατεναντίον μού ἐστιν καὶ ἡ αἰσχύνη τοῦ προσώπου μου ἐκάλυψέν με
LA Tota die verecundia mea contra me est, et confusio faciei meæ cooperuit me:
EN All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion of my face has covered me,
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GR ἀπὸ φωνῆς ὀνειδίζοντος καὶ παραλαλοῦντος ἀπὸ προσώπου ἐχθροῦ καὶ ἐκδιώκοντος
LA a voce exprobrantis et obloquentis, a facie inimici et persequentis.
EN at the voice of him that reproaches and detracts me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor.
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GR ταῦτα πάντα ἦλθεν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς καὶ οὐκ ἐπελαθόμεθά σου καὶ οὐκ ἠδικήσαμεν ἐν διαθήκῃ σου
LA Hæc omnia venerunt super nos; nec obliti sumus te, et inique non egimus in testamento tuo.
EN All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you: and we have not done wickedly in your covenant.
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GR καὶ οὐκ ἀπέστη εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν καὶ ἐξέκλινας τὰς τρίβους ἡμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ σου
LA Et non recessit retro cor nostrum; et declinasti semitas nostras a via tua:
EN And our heart has not turned back: neither have you turned aside our steps from your way.
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GR ὅτι ἐταπείνωσας ἡμᾶς ἐν τόπῳ κακώσεως καὶ ἐπεκάλυψεν ἡμᾶς σκιὰ θανάτου
LA quoniam humiliasti nos in loco afflictionis, et cooperuit nos umbra mortis.
EN For you have humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death has covered us.
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GR εἰ ἐπελαθόμεθα τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ εἰ διεπετάσαμεν χεῖρας ἡμῶν πρὸς θεὸν ἀλλότριον
LA Si obliti sumus nomen Dei nostri, et si expandimus manus nostras ad deum alienum,
EN If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:
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GR οὐχὶ ὁ θεὸς ἐκζητήσει ταῦτα αὐτὸς γὰρ γινώσκει τὰ κρύφια τῆς καρδίας
LA nonne Deus requiret ista? ipse enim novit abscondita cordis.
EN Shall not God search out these things: for he knows the secrets of the heart.
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GR ὅτι ἕνεκα σοῦ θανατούμεθα ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐλογίσθημεν ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς
LA Quoniam propter te mortificamur tota die; æstimati sumus sicut oves occisionis.
EN Because for your sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
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GR ἐξεγέρθητι ἵνα τί ὑπνοῖς κύριε ἀνάστηθι καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ εἰς τέλος
LA Exsurge; quare obdormis, Domine? exsurge, et ne repellas in finem.
EN Arise, why are you sleeping, O Lord? Arise, and cast us not off to the end.
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GR ἵνα τί τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀποστρέφεις ἐπιλανθάνῃ τῆς πτωχείας ἡμῶν καὶ τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν
LA Quare faciem tuam avertis? oblivisceris inopiæ nostræ et tribulationis nostræ?
EN Why do you turn your face away? And forget our want and our trouble?
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GR ὅτι ἐταπεινώθη εἰς χοῦν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν
LA Quoniam humiliata est in pulvere anima nostra; conglutinatus est in terra venter noster.
EN For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaves to the earth.
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GR ἀνάστα κύριε βοήθησον ἡμῖν καὶ λύτρωσαι ἡμᾶς ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου
LA Exsurge, Domine, adjuva nos, et redime nos propter nomen tuum.
EN Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for your name’s sake.
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