Psalm 63 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] The prophet aspires after God.
Book: Psalm · ← Psalm 62 · Psalm 64 →
1
GR ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Ιουδαίας
LA Psalmus David, cum esset in deserto Idumææ.
EN A psalm of David while he was in the desert of Edom.
^1
2
GR ὁ θεὸς ὁ θεός μου πρὸς σὲ ὀρθρίζω ἐδίψησέν σοι ἡ ψυχή μου ποσαπλῶς σοι ἡ σάρξ μου ἐν γῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ ἀβάτῳ καὶ ἀνύδρῳ
LA Deus, Deus meus, ad te de luce vigilo. Sitivit in te anima mea; quam multipliciter tibi caro mea!
EN O God, my God, to you do I watch at break of day. For you my soul has thirsted; for you my flesh, O how many ways!
^2
3
GR οὕτως ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ ὤφθην σοι τοῦ ἰδεῖν τὴν δύναμίν σου καὶ τὴν δόξαν σου
LA In terra deserta, et invia, et inaquosa, sic in sancto apparui tibi, ut viderem virtutem tuam et gloriam tuam.
EN In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: so in the sanctuary have I come before you, to see your power and your glory.
^3
4
GR ὅτι κρεῖσσον τὸ ἔλεός σου ὑπὲρ ζωάς τὰ χείλη μου ἐπαινέσουσίν σε
LA Quoniam melior est misericordia tua super vitas, labia mea laudabunt te.
EN For your mercy is better than lives: you my lips will praise.
^4
5
GR οὕτως εὐλογήσω σε ἐν τῇ ζωῇ μου ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἀρῶ τὰς χεῖράς μου
LA Sic benedicam te in vita mea, et in nomine tuo levabo manus meas.
EN Thus will I bless you all my life long: and in your name I will lift up my hands.
^5
6
GR ὡσεὶ στέατος καὶ πιότητος ἐμπλησθείη ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ χείλη ἀγαλλιάσεως αἰνέσει τὸ στόμα μου
LA Sicut adipe et pinguedine repleatur anima mea, et labiis exsultationis laudabit os meum.
EN Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips.
^6
7
GR εἰ ἐμνημόνευόν σου ἐπὶ τῆς στρωμνῆς μου ἐν τοῖς ὄρθροις ἐμελέτων εἰς σέ
LA Si memor fui tui super stratum meum, in matutinis meditabor in te.
EN If I have remembered you upon my bed, I will meditate on you in the morning:
^7
8
GR ὅτι ἐγενήθης βοηθός μου καὶ ἐν τῇ σκέπῃ τῶν πτερύγων σου ἀγαλλιάσομαι
LA Quia fuisti adjutor meus, et in velamento alarum tuarum exsultabo.
EN Because you have been my helper. And I will rejoice under the covert of your wings:
^8
9
GR ἐκολλήθη ἡ ψυχή μου ὀπίσω σου ἐμοῦ ἀντελάβετο ἡ δεξιά σου
LA Adhæsit anima mea post te; me suscepit dextera tua.
EN My soul has stuck close to you: your right hand has received me.
^9
10
GR αὐτοὶ δὲ εἰς μάτην ἐζήτησαν τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὰ κατώτατα τῆς γῆς
LA Ipsi vero in vanum quæsierunt animam meam: introibunt in inferiora terræ;
EN But they have fought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth:
^10
11
GR παραδοθήσονται εἰς χεῖρας ῥομφαίας μερίδες ἀλωπέκων ἔσονται
LA tradentur in manus gladii: partes vulpium erunt.
EN They shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall be the portions of foxes.
^11
12
GR ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς εὐφρανθήσεται ἐπὶ τῷ θεῷ ἐπαινεσθήσεται πᾶς ὁ ὀμνύων ἐν αὐτῷ ὅτι ἐνεφράγη στόμα λαλούντων ἄδικα
LA Rex vero lætabitur in Deo; laudabuntur omnes qui jurant in eo: quia obstructum est os loquentium iniqua.
EN But the king shall rejoice in God, all they shall be praised that swear by him: because the mouth is stopped of them that speak wicked things.
^12
