Psalm 57 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] The prophet prays in his affliction, and praises God for his delivery.
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος μὴ διαφθείρῃς τῷ Δαυιδ εἰς στηλογραφίαν ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν ἀποδιδράσκειν ἀπὸ προσώπου Σαουλ εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον
LA In finem, ne disperdas. David in tituli inscriptionem, cum fugeret a facie Saul in speluncam.
EN Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave.
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[!note]- Destroy not…
Suffer me not to be destroyed. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἐλέησόν με ὁ θεός ἐλέησόν με ὅτι ἐπὶ σοὶ πέποιθεν ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ ἐν τῇ σκιᾷ τῶν πτερύγων σου ἐλπιῶ ἕως οὗ παρέλθῃ ἡ ἀνομία
LA Miserere mei, Deus, miserere mei, quoniam in te confidit anima mea. Et in umbra alarum tuarum sperabo, donec transeat iniquitas.
EN Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusts in you. And in the shadow of your wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.
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GR κεκράξομαι πρὸς τὸν θεὸν τὸν ὕψιστον τὸν θεὸν τὸν εὐεργετήσαντά με
LA Clamabo ad Deum altissimum, Deum qui benefecit mihi.
EN I will cry to God the most high; to God who has done good to me.
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GR ἐξαπέστειλεν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἔσωσέν με ἔδωκεν εἰς ὄνειδος τοὺς καταπατοῦντάς με διάψαλμα ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν αὐτοῦ
LA Misit de cælo, et liberavit me; dedit in opprobrium conculcantes me. Misit Deus misericordiam suam et veritatem suam,
EN He has sent from heaven and delivered me: he has made them a reproach that trod upon me. God has sent his mercy and his truth,
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GR καὶ ἐρρύσατο τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ μέσου σκύμνων ἐκοιμήθην τεταραγμένος υἱοὶ ἀνθρώπων οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτῶν ὅπλον καὶ βέλη καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν μάχαιρα ὀξεῖα
LA et eripuit animam meam de medio catulorum leonum. Dormivi conturbatus. Filii hominum dentes eorum arma et sagittæ, et lingua eorum gladius acutus.
EN and he has delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
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GR ὑψώθητι ἐπὶ τοὺς οὐρανούς ὁ θεός καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἡ δόξα σου
LA Exaltare super cælos, Deus, et in omnem terram gloria tua.
EN Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and your glory above all the earth.
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GR παγίδα ἡτοίμασαν τοῖς ποσίν μου καὶ κατέκαμψαν τὴν ψυχήν μου ὤρυξαν πρὸ προσώπου μου βόθρον καὶ ἐνέπεσαν εἰς αὐτόν διάψαλμα
LA Laqueum paraverunt pedibus meis, et incurvaverunt animam meam. Foderunt ante faciem meam foveam, et inciderunt in eam.
EN They prepared a snare for my feet; and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, and they are fallen into it.
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GR ἑτοίμη ἡ καρδία μου ὁ θεός ἑτοίμη ἡ καρδία μου ᾄσομαι καὶ ψαλῶ
LA Paratum cor meum, Deus, paratum cor meum; cantabo, et psalmum dicam.
EN My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and rehearse a psalm.
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GR ἐξεγέρθητι ἡ δόξα μου ἐξεγέρθητι ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάρα ἐξεγερθήσομαι ὄρθρου
LA Exsurge, gloria mea; exsurge, psalterium et cithara: exsurgam diluculo.
EN Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early.
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GR ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ἐν λαοῖς κύριε ψαλῶ σοι ἐν ἔθνεσιν
LA Confitebor tibi in populis, Domine, et psalmum dicam tibi in gentibus:
EN I will give praise to you, O Lord, among the people: I will sing a psalm to you among the nations.
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GR ὅτι ἐμεγαλύνθη ἕως τῶν οὐρανῶν τὸ ἔλεός σου καὶ ἕως τῶν νεφελῶν ἡ ἀλήθειά σου
LA quoniam magnificata est usque ad cælos misericordia tua, et usque ad nubes veritas tua.
EN For your mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and your truth unto the clouds.
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GR ὑψώθητι ἐπὶ τοὺς οὐρανούς ὁ θεός καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἡ δόξα σου
LA Exaltare super cælos, Deus, et super omnem terram gloria tua.
EN Be exalted, O God, above the heavens: and your glory above all the earth.
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