Psalm 73 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] The temptation of the weak, upon seeing the prosperity of the wicked, is overcome by the consideration of the justice of God, who will quickly render to every one according to his works.
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GR ψαλμὸς τῷ Ασαφ ὡς ἀγαθὸς τῷ Ισραηλ ὁ θεός τοῖς εὐθέσι τῇ καρδίᾳ
LA Quam bonus Israël Deus, his qui recto sunt corde!
EN How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!
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GR ἐμοῦ δὲ παρὰ μικρὸν ἐσαλεύθησαν οἱ πόδες παρ’ ὀλίγον ἐξεχύθη τὰ διαβήματά μου
LA Mei autem pene moti sunt pedes, pene effusi sunt gressus mei:
EN But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well near slipped.
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GR ὅτι ἐζήλωσα ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀνόμοις εἰρήνην ἁμαρτωλῶν θεωρῶν
LA quia zelavi super iniquos, pacem peccatorum videns.
EN Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.
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GR ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνάνευσις τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτῶν καὶ στερέωμα ἐν τῇ μάστιγι αὐτῶν
LA Quia non est respectus morti eorum, et firmamentum in plaga eorum.
EN For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.
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GR ἐν κόποις ἀνθρώπων οὐκ εἰσὶν καὶ μετὰ ἀνθρώπων οὐ μαστιγωθήσονται
LA In labore hominum non sunt, et cum hominibus non flagellabuntur.
EN They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men.
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GR διὰ τοῦτο ἐκράτησεν αὐτοὺς ἡ ὑπερηφανία περιεβάλοντο ἀδικίαν καὶ ἀσέβειαν αὐτῶν
LA Ideo tenuit eos superbia; operti sunt iniquitate et impietate sua.
EN Therefore pride has held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.
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GR ἐξελεύσεται ὡς ἐκ στέατος ἡ ἀδικία αὐτῶν διήλθοσαν εἰς διάθεσιν καρδίας
LA Prodiit quasi ex adipe iniquitas eorum; transierunt in affectum cordis.
EN Their iniquity has come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.
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[!note]- Fatness…
Abundance and temporal prosperity, which hath encouraged them in their iniquity: and made them give themselves up to their irregular affections. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR διενοήθησαν καὶ ἐλάλησαν ἐν πονηρίᾳ ἀδικίαν εἰς τὸ ὕψος ἐλάλησαν
LA Cogitaverunt et locuti sunt nequitiam; iniquitatem in excelso locuti sunt.
EN They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.
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GR ἔθεντο εἰς οὐρανὸν τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν διῆλθεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
LA Posuerunt in cælum os suum, et lingua eorum transivit in terra.
EN They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue has passed through the earth.
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GR διὰ τοῦτο ἐπιστρέψει ὁ λαός μου ἐνταῦθα καὶ ἡμέραι πλήρεις εὑρεθήσονται αὐτοῖς
LA Ideo convertetur populus meus hic, et dies pleni invenientur in eis.
EN Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be found in them.
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[!note]- Return here…
or hither. The weak among the servants of God, will be apt often to return to this thought, and will be shocked when they consider the full days, that is, the long and prosperous life of the wicked; and will be tempted to make the reflections against providence which are set down in the following verses. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR καὶ εἶπαν πῶς ἔγνω ὁ θεός καὶ εἰ ἔστιν γνῶσις ἐν τῷ ὑψίστῳ
LA Et dixerunt: Quomodo scit Deus, et si est scientia in excelso?
EN And they said: How does God know? And is there knowledge in the most High?
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GR ἰδοὺ οὗτοι ἁμαρτωλοὶ καὶ εὐθηνοῦνται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατέσχον πλούτου
LA Ecce ipsi peccatores, et abundantes in sæculo obtinuerunt divitias.
EN Behold these are sinners; and yet, abounding in the world they have obtained riches.
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GR καὶ εἶπα ἄρα ματαίως ἐδικαίωσα τὴν καρδίαν μου καὶ ἐνιψάμην ἐν ἀθῴοις τὰς χεῖράς μου
LA Et dixi: Ergo sine causa justificavi cor meum, et lavi inter innocentes manus meas,
EN And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.
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GR καὶ ἐγενόμην μεμαστιγωμένος ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ ὁ ἔλεγχός μου εἰς τὰς πρωίας
LA et fui flagellatus tota die, et castigatio mea in matutinis.
EN And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement has been in the mornings.
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GR εἰ ἔλεγον διηγήσομαι οὕτως ἰδοὺ τῇ γενεᾷ τῶν υἱῶν σου ἠσυνθέτηκα
LA Si dicebam: Narrabo sic; ecce nationem filiorum tuorum reprobavi.
EN If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of your children.
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GR καὶ ὑπέλαβον τοῦ γνῶναι τοῦτο κόπος ἐστὶν ἐναντίον μου
LA Existimabam ut cognoscerem hoc; labor est ante me:
EN I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:
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GR ἕως εἰσέλθω εἰς τὸ ἁγιαστήριον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ συνῶ εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα αὐτῶν
LA donec intrem in sanctuarium Dei, et intelligam in novissimis eorum.
EN Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning their last ends.
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GR πλὴν διὰ τὰς δολιότητας ἔθου αὐτοῖς κατέβαλες αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ἐπαρθῆναι
LA Verumtamen propter dolos posuisti eis; dejecisti eos dum allevarentur.
EN But indeed for deceits you have put it to them: when they were lifted up you have cast them down.
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GR πῶς ἐγένοντο εἰς ἐρήμωσιν ἐξάπινα ἐξέλιπον ἀπώλοντο διὰ τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν
LA Quomodo facti sunt in desolationem? subito defecerunt: perierunt propter iniquitatem suam.
EN How are they brought to desolation? They have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.
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GR ὡσεὶ ἐνύπνιον ἐξεγειρομένου κύριε ἐν τῇ πόλει σου τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτῶν ἐξουδενώσεις
LA Velut somnium surgentium, Domine, in civitate tua imaginem ipsorum ad nihilum rediges.
EN As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in your city you shall bring their image to nothing.
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GR ὅτι ἐξεκαύθη ἡ καρδία μου καὶ οἱ νεφροί μου ἠλλοιώθησαν
LA Quia inflammatum est cor meum, et renes mei commutati sunt;
EN For my heart has been inflamed, and my reins have been changed:
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GR καὶ ἐγὼ ἐξουδενωμένος καὶ οὐκ ἔγνων κτηνώδης ἐγενόμην παρὰ σοί
LA et ego ad nihilum redactus sum, et nescivi:
EN And I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.
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GR καὶ ἐγὼ διὰ παντὸς μετὰ σοῦ ἐκράτησας τῆς χειρὸς τῆς δεξιᾶς μου
LA ut jumentum factus sum apud te, et ego semper tecum.
EN I have become as a beast before you: and I am always with you.
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GR ἐν τῇ βουλῇ σου ὡδήγησάς με καὶ μετὰ δόξης προσελάβου με
LA Tenuisti manum dexteram meam, et in voluntate tua deduxisti me, et cum gloria suscepisti me.
EN You have held me by my right hand; and by your will you have conducted me, and with your glory you have received me.
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GR τί γάρ μοι ὑπάρχει ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ παρὰ σοῦ τί ἠθέλησα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
LA Quid enim mihi est in cælo? et a te quid volui super terram?
EN For what have I in heaven? And besides you what do I desire upon earth?
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GR ἐξέλιπεν ἡ καρδία μου καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου ὁ θεὸς τῆς καρδίας μου καὶ ἡ μερίς μου ὁ θεὸς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
LA Defecit caro mea et cor meum; Deus cordis mei, et pars mea, Deus in æternum.
EN For you my flesh and my heart has fainted away: you are the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever.
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GR ὅτι ἰδοὺ οἱ μακρύνοντες ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ σοῦ ἀπολοῦνται ἐξωλέθρευσας πάντα τὸν πορνεύοντα ἀπὸ σοῦ
LA Quia ecce qui elongant se a te peribunt; perdidisti omnes qui fornicantur abs te.
EN For behold they that go far from you shall perish: you have destroyed all them that are disloyal to you.
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GR ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸ προσκολλᾶσθαι τῷ θεῷ ἀγαθόν ἐστιν τίθεσθαι ἐν τῷ κυρίῳ τὴν ἐλπίδα μου τοῦ ἐξαγγεῖλαι πάσας τὰς αἰνέσεις σου ἐν ταῖς πύλαις τῆς θυγατρὸς Σιων
LA Mihi autem adhærere Deo bonum est; ponere in Domino Deo spem meam: ut annuntiem omnes prædicationes tuas in portis filiæ Sion.
EN But it is good for me to adhere to my God, to put my hope in the Lord God: That I may declare all your praises, in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
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[!note]- If I said, etc…
That is, if I should indulge such thoughts as these. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Thou hast put it to them…
In punishment of their deceits, or for deceiving them, thou hast brought evils upon them in their last end, which, in their prosperity they never apprehended. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
