Psalm 69 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] Christ in his passion declares the greatness of his sufferings, and the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretells their reprobation.
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀλλοιωθησομένων τῷ Δαυιδ
LA In finem, pro iis qui commutabuntur. David.
EN Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David.
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[!note]- For them that shall be changed…
A psalm for Christian converts, to remember the passion of Christ. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR σῶσόν με ὁ θεός ὅτι εἰσήλθοσαν ὕδατα ἕως ψυχῆς μου
LA Salvum me fac, Deus, quoniam intraverunt aquæ usque ad animam meam.
EN Save me, O God: for the waters have come in even unto my soul.
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[!note]- The waters…
Of afflictions and sorrows. My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Matthew 26:38. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἐνεπάγην εἰς ἰλὺν βυθοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόστασις ἦλθον εἰς τὰ βάθη τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ καταιγὶς κατεπόντισέν με
LA Infixus sum in limo profundi et non est substantia. Veni in altitudinem maris, et tempestas demersit me.
EN I stick fast in the mire of the deep and there is no sure standing. I have come into the depth of the sea, and a tempest has overwhelmed me.
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GR ἐκοπίασα κράζων ἐβραγχίασεν ὁ λάρυγξ μου ἐξέλιπον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλπίζειν ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν μου
LA Laboravi clamans, raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ; defecerunt oculi mei, dum spero in Deum meum.
EN I have laboured with crying; my jaws have become hoarse, my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.
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GR ἐπληθύνθησαν ὑπὲρ τὰς τρίχας τῆς κεφαλῆς μου οἱ μισοῦντές με δωρεάν ἐκραταιώθησαν οἱ ἐχθροί μου οἱ ἐκδιώκοντές με ἀδίκως ἃ οὐχ ἥρπασα τότε ἀπετίννυον
LA Multiplicati sunt super capillos capitis mei qui oderunt me gratis. Confortati sunt qui persecuti sunt me inimici mei injuste; quæ non rapui, tunc exsolvebam.
EN They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.
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[!note]- I pay that which I took not away…
Christ in his passion made restitution of what he had not taken away, by suffering the punishment due to our sins, and so repairing the injury we had done to God. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ὁ θεός σὺ ἔγνως τὴν ἀφροσύνην μου καὶ αἱ πλημμέλειαί μου ἀπὸ σοῦ οὐκ ἐκρύβησαν
LA Deus, tu scis insipientiam meam; et delicta mea a te non sunt abscondita.
EN O God, you know my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from you:
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GR μὴ αἰσχυνθείησαν ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ οἱ ὑπομένοντές σε κύριε κύριε τῶν δυνάμεων μὴ ἐντραπείησαν ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ οἱ ζητοῦντές σε ὁ θεὸς τοῦ Ισραηλ
LA Non erubescant in me qui exspectant te, Domine, Domine virtutum; non confundantur super me qui quærunt te, Deus Israël.
EN Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for you, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek you, O God of Israel.
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GR ὅτι ἕνεκα σοῦ ὑπήνεγκα ὀνειδισμόν ἐκάλυψεν ἐντροπὴ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου
LA Quoniam propter te sustinui opprobrium; operuit confusio faciem meam.
EN Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.
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GR ἀπηλλοτριωμένος ἐγενήθην τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου καὶ ξένος τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς μητρός μου
LA Extraneus factus sum fratribus meis, et peregrinus filiis matris meæ.
EN I have become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.
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GR ὅτι ὁ ζῆλος τοῦ οἴκου σου κατέφαγέν με καὶ οἱ ὀνειδισμοὶ τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων σε ἐπέπεσαν ἐπ’ ἐμέ
LA Quoniam zelus domus tuæ comedit me, et opprobria exprobrantium tibi ceciderunt super me.
EN For the zeal of your house has eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen upon me.
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GR καὶ συνέκαμψα ἐν νηστείᾳ τὴν ψυχήν μου καὶ ἐγενήθη εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἐμοί
LA Et operui in jejunio animam meam, et factum est in opprobrium mihi.
EN And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.
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GR καὶ ἐθέμην τὸ ἔνδυμά μου σάκκον καὶ ἐγενόμην αὐτοῖς εἰς παραβολήν
LA Et posui vestimentum meum cilicium; et factus sum illis in parabolam.
EN And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.
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GR κατ’ ἐμοῦ ἠδολέσχουν οἱ καθήμενοι ἐν πύλῃ καὶ εἰς ἐμὲ ἔψαλλον οἱ πίνοντες τὸν οἶνον
LA Adversum me loquebantur qui sedebant in porta, et in me psallebant qui bibebant vinum.
EN They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.
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GR ἐγὼ δὲ τῇ προσευχῇ μου πρὸς σέ κύριε καιρὸς εὐδοκίας ὁ θεός ἐν τῷ πλήθει τοῦ ἐλέους σου ἐπάκουσόν μου ἐν ἀληθείᾳ τῆς σωτηρίας σου
LA Ego vero orationem meam ad te, Domine; tempus beneplaciti, Deus. In multitudine misericordiæ tuæ, exaudi me in veritate salutis tuæ.
EN But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord; for the time of your good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation.
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GR σῶσόν με ἀπὸ πηλοῦ ἵνα μὴ ἐμπαγῶ ῥυσθείην ἐκ τῶν μισούντων με καὶ ἐκ τοῦ βάθους τῶν ὑδάτων
LA Eripe me de luto, ut non infigar; libera me ab iis qui oderunt me, et de profundis aquarum.
EN Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
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GR μή με καταποντισάτω καταιγὶς ὕδατος μηδὲ καταπιέτω με βυθός μηδὲ συσχέτω ἐπ’ ἐμὲ φρέαρ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ
LA Non me demergat tempestas aquæ, neque absorbeat me profundum, neque urgeat super me puteus os suum.
EN Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep water swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
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GR εἰσάκουσόν μου κύριε ὅτι χρηστὸν τὸ ἔλεός σου κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐπίβλεψον ἐπ’ ἐμέ
LA Exaudi me, Domine, quoniam benigna est misericordia tua; secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum respice in me.
EN Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of your tender mercies.
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GR μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ τοῦ παιδός σου ὅτι θλίβομαι ταχὺ ἐπάκουσόν μου
LA Et ne avertas faciem tuam a puero tuo; quoniam tribulor, velociter exaudi me.
EN And turn not away your face from your servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.
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GR πρόσχες τῇ ψυχῇ μου καὶ λύτρωσαι αὐτήν ἕνεκα τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου ῥῦσαί με
LA Intende animæ meæ, et libera eam; propter inimicos meos, eripe me.
EN Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.
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GR σὺ γὰρ γινώσκεις τὸν ὀνειδισμόν μου καὶ τὴν αἰσχύνην μου καὶ τὴν ἐντροπήν μου ἐναντίον σου πάντες οἱ θλίβοντές με
LA Tu scis improperium meum, et confusionem meam, et reverentiam meam;
EN You know my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.
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[!note]- Sion…
The catholic church. The cities of Juda, etc., her places of worship, which shall be established throughout the world. And there, viz., in this church of Christ, shall his servants dwell, etc. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ὀνειδισμὸν προσεδόκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν καὶ ὑπέμεινα συλλυπούμενον καὶ οὐχ ὑπῆρξεν καὶ παρακαλοῦντας καὶ οὐχ εὗρον
LA in conspectu tuo sunt omnes qui tribulant me. Improperium exspectavit cor meum et miseriam: et sustinui qui simul contristaretur, et non fuit; et qui consolaretur, et non inveni.
EN In your sight are all they that afflict me; my heart has expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.
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GR καὶ ἔδωκαν εἰς τὸ βρῶμά μου χολὴν καὶ εἰς τὴν δίψαν μου ἐπότισάν με ὄξος
LA Et dederunt in escam meam fel, et in siti mea potaverunt me aceto.
EN And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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GR γενηθήτω ἡ τράπεζα αὐτῶν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν εἰς παγίδα καὶ εἰς ἀνταπόδοσιν καὶ εἰς σκάνδαλον
LA Fiat mensa eorum coram ipsis in laqueum, et in retributiones, et in scandalum.
EN Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumbling block.
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GR σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν καὶ τὸν νῶτον αὐτῶν διὰ παντὸς σύγκαμψον
LA Obscurentur oculi eorum, ne videant, et dorsum eorum semper incurva.
EN Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend down always.
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GR ἔκχεον ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς τὴν ὀργήν σου καὶ ὁ θυμὸς τῆς ὀργῆς σου καταλάβοι αὐτούς
LA Effunde super eos iram tuam, et furor iræ tuæ comprehendat eos.
EN Pour out your indignation upon them: and let your wrathful anger take hold of them.
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GR γενηθήτω ἡ ἔπαυλις αὐτῶν ἠρημωμένη καὶ ἐν τοῖς σκηνώμασιν αὐτῶν μὴ ἔστω ὁ κατοικῶν
LA Fiat habitatio eorum deserta, et in tabernaculis eorum non sit qui inhabitet.
EN Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.
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GR ὅτι ὃν σὺ ἐπάταξας αὐτοὶ κατεδίωξαν καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄλγος τῶν τραυματιῶν σου προσέθηκαν
LA Quoniam quem tu percussisti persecuti sunt, et super dolorem vulnerum meorum addiderunt.
EN Because they have persecuted him whom you have smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
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GR πρόσθες ἀνομίαν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν καὶ μὴ εἰσελθέτωσαν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ σου
LA Appone iniquitatem super iniquitatem eorum, et non intrent in justitiam tuam.
EN Add iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into your justice.
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GR ἐξαλειφθήτωσαν ἐκ βίβλου ζώντων καὶ μετὰ δικαίων μὴ γραφήτωσαν
LA Deleantur de libro viventium, et cum justis non scribantur.
EN Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.
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GR πτωχὸς καὶ ἀλγῶν εἰμι ἐγώ καὶ ἡ σωτηρία τοῦ προσώπου σου ὁ θεός ἀντελάβετό μου
LA Ego sum pauper et dolens; salus tua, Deus, suscepit me.
EN But I am poor and sorrowful: your salvation, O God, has set me up.
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GR αἰνέσω τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ μετ’ ᾠδῆς μεγαλυνῶ αὐτὸν ἐν αἰνέσει
LA Laudabo nomen Dei cum cantico, et magnificabo eum in laude:
EN I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.
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GR καὶ ἀρέσει τῷ θεῷ ὑπὲρ μόσχον νέον κέρατα ἐκφέροντα καὶ ὁπλάς
LA et placebit Deo super vitulum novellum, cornua producentem et ungulas.
EN And it shall please God better than a young calf, that brings forth horns and hoofs.
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GR ἰδέτωσαν πτωχοὶ καὶ εὐφρανθήτωσαν ἐκζητήσατε τὸν θεόν καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν
LA Videant pauperes, et lætentur; quærite Deum, et vivet anima vestra:
EN Let the poor see and rejoice: seek God, and your soul shall live.
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GR ὅτι εἰσήκουσεν τῶν πενήτων ὁ κύριος καὶ τοὺς πεπεδημένους αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐξουδένωσεν
LA quoniam exaudivit pauperes Dominus, et vinctos suos non despexit.
EN For the Lord has heard the poor: and has not despised his prisoners.
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GR αἰνεσάτωσαν αὐτὸν οἱ οὐρανοὶ καὶ ἡ γῆ θάλασσα καὶ πάντα τὰ ἕρποντα ἐν αὐτοῖς
LA Laudent illum cæli et terra; mare, et omnia reptilia in eis.
EN Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and everything that creeps therein.
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GR ὅτι ὁ θεὸς σώσει τὴν Σιων καὶ οἰκοδομηθήσονται αἱ πόλεις τῆς Ιουδαίας καὶ κατοικήσουσιν ἐκεῖ καὶ κληρονομήσουσιν αὐτήν
LA Quoniam Deus salvam faciet Sion, et ædificabuntur civitates Juda, et inhabitabunt ibi, et hæreditate acquirent eam.
EN For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.
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GR καὶ τὸ σπέρμα τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ καθέξουσιν αὐτήν καὶ οἱ ἀγαπῶντες τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ κατασκηνώσουσιν ἐν αὐτῇ
LA Et semen servorum ejus possidebit eam; et qui diligunt nomen ejus habitabunt in ea.
EN And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
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[!note]- My foolishness and my offences…
which my enemies impute to me: or the follies and sins of men, which I have taken upon myself. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Let their table, etc…
What here follows in the style of an imprecation, is a prophecy of the wretched state to which the Jews should be reduced in punishment of their wilful obstinacy. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
