Psalm 78 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] God’s great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their ingratitude.
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GR συνέσεως τῷ Ασαφ προσέχετε λαός μου τὸν νόμον μου κλίνατε τὸ οὖς ὑμῶν εἰς τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ στόματός μου
LA Attendite, popule meus, legem meam; inclinate aurem vestram in verba oris mei.
EN Attend, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
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GR ἀνοίξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὸ στόμα μου φθέγξομαι προβλήματα ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς
LA Aperiam in parabolis os meum; loquar propositiones ab initio.
EN I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from the beginning.
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[!note]- Propositions…
Deep and mysterious sayings. By this it appears that the historical facts of ancient times, commemorated in this psalm, were deep and mysterious: as being figures of great truths appertaining to the time of the New Testament. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ὅσα ἠκούσαμεν καὶ ἔγνωμεν αὐτὰ καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν διηγήσαντο ἡμῖν
LA Quanta audivimus, et cognovimus ea, et patres nostri narraverunt nobis.
EN How great things have we heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
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GR οὐκ ἐκρύβη ἀπὸ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰν ἑτέραν ἀπαγγέλλοντες τὰς αἰνέσεις τοῦ κυρίου καὶ τὰς δυναστείας αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ ἃ ἐποίησεν
LA Non sunt occultata a filiis eorum in generatione altera, narrantes laudes Domini et virtutes ejus, et mirabilia ejus quæ fecit.
EN They have not been hidden from their children, in another generation. Declaring the praises of the Lord, and his powers, and his wonders which he has done.
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GR καὶ ἀνέστησεν μαρτύριον ἐν Ιακωβ καὶ νόμον ἔθετο ἐν Ισραηλ ὅσα ἐνετείλατο τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν τοῦ γνωρίσαι αὐτὰ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτῶν
LA Et suscitavit testimonium in Jacob, et legem posuit in Israël, quanta mandavit patribus nostris nota facere ea filiis suis:
EN And he set up a testimony in Jacob: and made a law in Israel. How great things he commanded our fathers, that they should make the same known to their children:
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GR ὅπως ἂν γνῷ γενεὰ ἑτέρα υἱοὶ οἱ τεχθησόμενοι καὶ ἀναστήσονται καὶ ἀπαγγελοῦσιν αὐτὰ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτῶν
LA ut cognoscat generatio altera: filii qui nascentur et exsurgent, et narrabunt filiis suis,
EN That another generation might know them. The children that should be born and should rise up, and declare them to their children.
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GR ἵνα θῶνται ἐπὶ τὸν θεὸν τὴν ἐλπίδα αὐτῶν καὶ μὴ ἐπιλάθωνται τῶν ἔργων τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ ἐκζητήσουσιν
LA ut ponant in Deo spem suam, et non obliviscantur operum Dei, et mandata ejus exquirant:
EN That they may put their hope in God and may not forget the works of God: and may seek his commandments.
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GR ἵνα μὴ γένωνται ὡς οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν γενεὰ σκολιὰ καὶ παραπικραίνουσα γενεά ἥτις οὐ κατηύθυνεν τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῆς καὶ οὐκ ἐπιστώθη μετὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτῆς
LA ne fiant, sicut patres eorum, generatio prava et exasperans; generatio quæ non direxit cor suum, et non est creditus cum Deo spiritus ejus.
EN That they may not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation. A generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
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GR υἱοὶ Εφραιμ ἐντείνοντες καὶ βάλλοντες τόξοις ἐστράφησαν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου
LA Filii Ephrem, intendentes et mittentes arcum, conversi sunt in die belli.
EN The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot with the bow: they have turned back in the day of battle.
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GR οὐκ ἐφύλαξαν τὴν διαθήκην τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἤθελον πορεύεσθαι
LA Non custodierunt testamentum Dei, et in lege ejus noluerunt ambulare.
EN They kept not the covenant of God: and in his law they would not walk.
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GR καὶ ἐπελάθοντο τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν θαυμασίων αὐτοῦ ὧν ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς
LA Et obliti sunt benefactorum ejus, et mirabilium ejus quæ ostendit eis.
EN And they forgot his benefits, and his wonders that he had shown them.
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GR ἐναντίον τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν ἃ ἐποίησεν θαυμάσια ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἐν πεδίῳ Τάνεως
LA Coram patribus eorum fecit mirabilia in terra Ægypti, in campo Taneos.
EN Wonderful things did he do in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.
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GR διέρρηξεν θάλασσαν καὶ διήγαγεν αὐτούς ἔστησεν ὕδατα ὡσεὶ ἀσκὸν
LA Interrupit mare, et perduxit eos, et statuit aquas quasi in utre:
EN He divided the sea and brought them through: and he made the waters to stand as in a vessel.
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GR καὶ ὡδήγησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν νεφέλῃ ἡμέρας καὶ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα ἐν φωτισμῷ πυρός
LA et deduxit eos in nube diei, et tota nocte in illuminatione ignis.
EN And he conducted them with a cloud by day: and all the night with a light of fire.
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GR διέρρηξεν πέτραν ἐν ἐρήμῳ καὶ ἐπότισεν αὐτοὺς ὡς ἐν ἀβύσσῳ πολλῇ
LA Interrupit petram in eremo, et adaquavit eos velut in abysso multa.
EN He struck the rock in the wilderness: and gave them to drink, as out of the great deep.
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GR καὶ ἐξήγαγεν ὕδωρ ἐκ πέτρας καὶ κατήγαγεν ὡς ποταμοὺς ὕδατα
LA Et eduxit aquam de petra, et deduxit tamquam flumina aquas.
EN He brought forth water out of the rock: and made streams run down as rivers.
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GR καὶ προσέθεντο ἔτι τοῦ ἁμαρτάνειν αὐτῷ παρεπίκραναν τὸν ὕψιστον ἐν ἀνύδρῳ
LA Et apposuerunt adhuc peccare ei; in iram excitaverunt Excelsum in inaquoso.
EN And they added yet more sin against him: they provoked the most High to wrath in the place without water.
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GR καὶ ἐξεπείρασαν τὸν θεὸν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν τοῦ αἰτῆσαι βρώματα ταῖς ψυχαῖς αὐτῶν
LA Et tentaverunt Deum in cordibus suis, ut peterent escas animabus suis.
EN And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their desires.
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GR καὶ κατελάλησαν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ εἶπαν μὴ δυνήσεται ὁ θεὸς ἑτοιμάσαι τράπεζαν ἐν ἐρήμῳ
LA Et male locuti sunt de Deo; dixerunt: Numquid poterit Deus parare mensam in deserto?
EN And they spoke ill of God: they said: Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
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GR ἐπεὶ ἐπάταξεν πέτραν καὶ ἐρρύησαν ὕδατα καὶ χείμαρροι κατεκλύσθησαν μὴ καὶ ἄρτον δύναται δοῦναι ἢ ἑτοιμάσαι τράπεζαν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ
LA quoniam percussit petram, et fluxerunt aquæ, et torrentes inundaverunt. Numquid et panem poterit dare, aut parare mensam populo suo?
EN Because he struck the rock, and the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed. Can he also give bread, or provide a table for his people?
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GR διὰ τοῦτο ἤκουσεν κύριος καὶ ἀνεβάλετο καὶ πῦρ ἀνήφθη ἐν Ιακωβ καὶ ὀργὴ ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὸν Ισραηλ
LA Ideo audivit Dominus et distulit; et ignis accensus est in Jacob, et ira ascendit in Israël:
EN Therefore the Lord heard, and was angry: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel.
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GR ὅτι οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν ἐν τῷ θεῷ οὐδὲ ἤλπισαν ἐπὶ τὸ σωτήριον αὐτοῦ
LA quia non crediderunt in Deo, nec speraverunt in salutari ejus.
EN Because they believed not in God: and trusted not in his salvation.
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GR καὶ ἐνετείλατο νεφέλαις ὑπεράνωθεν καὶ θύρας οὐρανοῦ ἀνέῳξεν
LA Et mandavit nubibus desuper, et januas cæli aperuit.
EN And he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of heaven.
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GR καὶ ἔβρεξεν αὐτοῖς μαννα φαγεῖν καὶ ἄρτον οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς
LA Et pluit illis manna ad manducandum, et panem cæli dedit eis.
EN And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the bread of heaven.
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GR ἄρτον ἀγγέλων ἔφαγεν ἄνθρωπος ἐπισιτισμὸν ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοῖς εἰς πλησμονήν
LA Panem angelorum manducavit homo; cibaria misit eis in abundantia.
EN Man ate the bread of angels: he sent them provisions in abundance.
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GR ἀπῆρεν νότον ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἐπήγαγεν ἐν τῇ δυναστείᾳ αὐτοῦ λίβα
LA Transtulit austrum de cælo, et induxit in virtute sua africum.
EN He removed the south wind from heaven: and by his power brought in the southwest wind.
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GR καὶ ἔβρεξεν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ὡσεὶ χοῦν σάρκας καὶ ὡσεὶ ἄμμον θαλασσῶν πετεινὰ πτερωτά
LA Et pluit super eos sicut pulverem carnes, et sicut arenam maris volatilia pennata.
EN And he rained upon them flesh as dust: and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.
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GR καὶ ἐπέπεσον εἰς μέσον τῆς παρεμβολῆς αὐτῶν κύκλῳ τῶν σκηνωμάτων αὐτῶν
LA Et ceciderunt in medio castrorum eorum, circa tabernacula eorum.
EN And they fell in the midst of their camp, round about their pavilions.
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GR καὶ ἐφάγοσαν καὶ ἐνεπλήσθησαν σφόδρα καὶ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν αὐτῶν ἤνεγκεν αὐτοῖς
LA Et manducaverunt, et saturati sunt nimis, et desiderium eorum attulit eis:
EN So they ate, and were filled exceedingly, and he gave them their desire:
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GR οὐκ ἐστερήθησαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῶν ἔτι τῆς βρώσεως αὐτῶν οὔσης ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν
LA non sunt fraudati a desiderio suo. Adhuc escæ eorum erant in ore ipsorum,
EN They were not defrauded of that which they craved. As yet their meat was in their mouth:
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GR καὶ ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀνέβη ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν ἐν τοῖς πίοσιν αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς τοῦ Ισραηλ συνεπόδισεν
LA et ira Dei ascendit super eos: et occidit pingues eorum, et electos Israël impedivit.
EN And the wrath of God came upon them. And he slew the fat ones amongst them, and brought down the chosen men of Israel.
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GR ἐν πᾶσιν τούτοις ἥμαρτον ἔτι καὶ οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν ἐν τοῖς θαυμασίοις αὐτοῦ
LA In omnibus his peccaverunt adhuc, et non crediderunt in mirabilibus ejus.
EN In all these things they sinned still: and they behaved not for his wondrous works.
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GR καὶ ἐξέλιπον ἐν ματαιότητι αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ἔτη αὐτῶν μετὰ σπουδῆς
LA Et defecerunt in vanitate dies eorum, et anni eorum cum festinatione.
EN And their days were consumed in vanity, and their years in haste.
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GR ὅταν ἀπέκτεννεν αὐτούς ἐξεζήτουν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπέστρεφον καὶ ὤρθριζον πρὸς τὸν θεὸν
LA Cum occideret eos, quærebant eum et revertebantur, et diluculo veniebant ad eum.
EN When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and came to him early in the morning.
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GR καὶ ἐμνήσθησαν ὅτι ὁ θεὸς βοηθὸς αὐτῶν ἐστιν καὶ ὁ θεὸς ὁ ὕψιστος λυτρωτὴς αὐτῶν ἐστιν
LA Et rememorati sunt quia Deus adjutor est eorum, et Deus excelsus redemptor eorum est.
EN And they remembered that God was their helper: and the most high God their redeemer.
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GR καὶ ἠπάτησαν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῶν ἐψεύσαντο αὐτῷ
LA Et dilexerunt eum in ore suo, et lingua sua mentiti sunt ei;
EN And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they lied unto him:
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GR ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν οὐκ εὐθεῖα μετ’ αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ ἐπιστώθησαν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ αὐτοῦ
LA cor autem eorum non erat rectum cum eo, nec fideles habiti sunt in testamento ejus.
EN But their heart was not right with him: nor were they counted faithful in his covenant.
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GR αὐτὸς δέ ἐστιν οἰκτίρμων καὶ ἱλάσεται ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτῶν καὶ οὐ διαφθερεῖ καὶ πληθυνεῖ τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι τὸν θυμὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχὶ ἐκκαύσει πᾶσαν τὴν ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ
LA Ipse autem est misericors, et propitius fiet peccatis eorum, et non disperdet eos. Et abundavit ut averteret iram suam, et non accendit omnem iram suam.
EN But he is merciful, and will forgive their sins: and will not destroy them. And many a time did he turn away his anger: and did not kindle all his wrath.
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GR καὶ ἐμνήσθη ὅτι σάρξ εἰσιν πνεῦμα πορευόμενον καὶ οὐκ ἐπιστρέφον
LA Et recordatus est quia caro sunt, spiritus vadens et non rediens.
EN And he remembered that they are flesh: a wind that goes and returns not.
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GR ποσάκις παρεπίκραναν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ παρώργισαν αὐτὸν ἐν γῇ ἀνύδρῳ
LA Quoties exacerbaverunt eum in deserto; in iram concitaverunt eum in inaquoso?
EN How often did they provoke him in the desert: and move him to wrath in the place without water?
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GR καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν καὶ ἐπείρασαν τὸν θεὸν καὶ τὸν ἅγιον τοῦ Ισραηλ παρώξυναν
LA Et conversi sunt, et tentaverunt Deum, et sanctum Israël exacerbaverunt.
EN And they turned back and tempted God: and grieved the holy one of Israel.
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GR οὐκ ἐμνήσθησαν τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ ἡμέρας ἧς ἐλυτρώσατο αὐτοὺς ἐκ χειρὸς θλίβοντος
LA Non sunt recordati manus ejus, die qua redemit eos de manu tribulantis:
EN They remembered not his hand, in the day that he redeemed them from the hand of him that afflicted them:
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GR ὡς ἔθετο ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τὰ σημεῖα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ τέρατα αὐτοῦ ἐν πεδίῳ Τάνεως
LA sicut posuit in Ægypto signa sua, et prodigia sua in campo Taneos;
EN How he wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Tanis.
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GR καὶ μετέστρεψεν εἰς αἷμα τοὺς ποταμοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ὀμβρήματα αὐτῶν ὅπως μὴ πίωσιν
LA et convertit in sanguinem flumina eorum, et imbres eorum, ne biberent.
EN And he turned their rivers into blood, and their showers that they might not drink.
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GR ἐξαπέστειλεν εἰς αὐτοὺς κυνόμυιαν καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτούς καὶ βάτραχον καὶ διέφθειρεν αὐτούς
LA Misit in eos cœnomyiam, et comedit eos, et ranam, et disperdidit eos;
EN He sent amongst them divers sorts of flies, which devoured them: and frogs which destroyed them.
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GR καὶ ἔδωκεν τῇ ἐρυσίβῃ τὸν καρπὸν αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς πόνους αὐτῶν τῇ ἀκρίδι
LA et dedit ærugini fructus eorum, et labores eorum locustæ;
EN And he gave up their fruits to the blast, and their labours to the locust.
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GR ἀπέκτεινεν ἐν χαλάζῃ τὴν ἄμπελον αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς συκαμίνους αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ πάχνῃ
LA et occidit in grandine vineas eorum, et moros eorum in pruina;
EN And he destroyed their vineyards with hail, and their mulberry trees with hoarfrost.
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GR καὶ παρέδωκεν εἰς χάλαζαν τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν ὕπαρξιν αὐτῶν τῷ πυρί
LA et tradidit grandini jumenta eorum, et possessionem eorum igni;
EN And he gave up their cattle to the hail, and their stock to the fire.
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GR ἐξαπέστειλεν εἰς αὐτοὺς ὀργὴν θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ θυμὸν καὶ ὀργὴν καὶ θλῖψιν ἀποστολὴν δι’ ἀγγέλων πονηρῶν
LA misit in eos iram indignationis suæ, indignationem, et iram, et tribulationem, immissiones per angelos malos.
EN And he sent upon them the wrath of his indignation: indignation and wrath and trouble, which he sent by evil angels.
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GR ὡδοποίησεν τρίβον τῇ ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐφείσατο ἀπὸ θανάτου τῶν ψυχῶν αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν εἰς θάνατον συνέκλεισεν
LA Viam fecit semitæ iræ suæ: non pepercit a morte animabus eorum, et jumenta eorum in morte conclusit:
EN He made a way for a path to his anger: he spared not their souls from death, and their cattle he shut up in death.
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GR καὶ ἐπάταξεν πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἀπαρχὴν τῶν πόνων αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖς σκηνώμασι Χαμ
LA et percussit omne primogenitum in terra Ægypti; primitias omnis laboris eorum in tabernaculis Cham:
EN And he killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: the firstfruits of all their labour in the tabernacles of Cham.
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GR καὶ ἀπῆρεν ὡς πρόβατα τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ὡς ποίμνιον ἐν ἐρήμῳ
LA et abstulit sicut oves populum suum, et perduxit eos tamquam gregem in deserto:
EN And he took away his own people as sheep: and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
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GR καὶ ὡδήγησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἐλπίδι καὶ οὐκ ἐδειλίασαν καὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτῶν ἐκάλυψεν θάλασσα
LA et deduxit eos in spe, et non timuerunt, et inimicos eorum operuit mare.
EN And he brought them out in hope and they feared not: and the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
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GR καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτοὺς εἰς ὅριον ἁγιάσματος αὐτοῦ ὄρος τοῦτο ὃ ἐκτήσατο ἡ δεξιὰ αὐτοῦ
LA Et induxit eos in montem sanctificationis suæ, montem quem acquisivit dextera ejus; et ejecit a facie eorum gentes, et sorte divisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis;
EN And he brought them into the mountain of his sanctuary: the mountain which his right hand had purchased. And he cast out the Gentiles before them: and by lot divided to them their land by a line of distribution.
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GR καὶ ἐξέβαλεν ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν ἔθνη καὶ ἐκληροδότησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν σχοινίῳ κληροδοσίας καὶ κατεσκήνωσεν ἐν τοῖς σκηνώμασιν αὐτῶν τὰς φυλὰς τοῦ Ισραηλ
LA et habitare fecit in tabernaculis eorum tribus Israël.
EN And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.
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GR καὶ ἐπείρασαν καὶ παρεπίκραναν τὸν θεὸν τὸν ὕψιστον καὶ τὰ μαρτύρια αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐφυλάξαντο
LA Et tentaverunt, et exacerbaverunt Deum excelsum, et testimonia ejus non custodierunt.
EN Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: and they kept not his testimonies.
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GR καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν καὶ ἠσυνθέτησαν καθὼς καὶ οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν καὶ μετεστράφησαν εἰς τόξον στρεβλὸν
LA Et averterunt se, et non servaverunt pactum: quemadmodum patres eorum, conversi sunt in arcum pravum.
EN And they turned away, and kept not the covenant: even like their fathers they were turned aside as a crooked bow.
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GR καὶ παρώργισαν αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς βουνοῖς αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς γλυπτοῖς αὐτῶν παρεζήλωσαν αὐτόν
LA In iram concitaverunt eum in collibus suis, et in sculptilibus suis ad æmulationem eum provocaverunt.
EN They provoked him to anger on their hills: and moved him to jealousy with their graven things.
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GR ἤκουσεν ὁ θεὸς καὶ ὑπερεῖδεν καὶ ἐξουδένωσεν σφόδρα τὸν Ισραηλ
LA Audivit Deus, et sprevit, et ad nihilum redegit valde Israël.
EN God heard, and despised them, and he reduced Israel exceedingly as it were to nothing.
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GR καὶ ἀπώσατο τὴν σκηνὴν Σηλωμ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ οὗ κατεσκήνωσεν ἐν ἀνθρώποις
LA Et repulit tabernaculum Silo, tabernaculum suum, ubi habitavit in hominibus.
EN And he put away the tabernacle of Silo, his tabernacle where he dwelt among men.
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GR καὶ παρέδωκεν εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν καλλονὴν αὐτῶν εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθροῦ
LA Et tradidit in captivitatem virtutem eorum, et pulchritudinem eorum in manus inimici.
EN And he delivered their strength into captivity: and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.
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GR καὶ συνέκλεισεν εἰς ῥομφαίαν τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ ὑπερεῖδεν
LA Et conclusit in gladio populum suum, et hæreditatem suam sprevit.
EN And he shut up his people under the sword: and he despised his inheritance.
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GR τοὺς νεανίσκους αὐτῶν κατέφαγεν πῦρ καὶ αἱ παρθένοι αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐπενθήθησαν
LA Juvenes eorum comedit ignis, et virgines eorum non sunt lamentatæ.
EN Fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not lamented.
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GR οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτῶν ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ ἔπεσαν καὶ αἱ χῆραι αὐτῶν οὐ κλαυσθήσονται
LA Sacerdotes eorum in gladio ceciderunt, et viduæ eorum non plorabantur.
EN Their priests fell by the sword: and their widows did not mourn.
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GR καὶ ἐξηγέρθη ὡς ὁ ὑπνῶν κύριος ὡς δυνατὸς κεκραιπαληκὼς ἐξ οἴνου
LA Et excitatus est tamquam dormiens Dominus, tamquam potens crapulatus a vino.
EN And the Lord was awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that has been surfeited with wine.
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GR καὶ ἐπάταξεν τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω ὄνειδος αἰώνιον ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς
LA Et percussit inimicos suos in posteriora; opprobrium sempiternum dedit illis.
EN And he smote his enemies on the hinder parts: he put them to an everlasting reproach.
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GR καὶ ἀπώσατο τὸ σκήνωμα Ιωσηφ καὶ τὴν φυλὴν Εφραιμ οὐκ ἐξελέξατο
LA Et repulit tabernaculum Joseph, et tribum Ephraim non elegit:
EN And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph: and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
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GR καὶ ἐξελέξατο τὴν φυλὴν Ιουδα τὸ ὄρος τὸ Σιων ὃ ἠγάπησεν
LA sed elegit tribum Juda, montem Sion, quem dilexit.
EN But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved.
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GR καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ὡς μονοκερώτων τὸ ἁγίασμα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ γῇ ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτὴν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
LA Et ædificavit sicut unicornium sanctificium suum, in terra quam fundavit in sæcula.
EN And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns, in the land which he founded for ever.
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[!note]- As of unicorns…
That is, firm and strong like the horn of the unicorn. This is one of the chiefest of the propositions of this psalm, foreshowing the firm establishment of the one, true, and everlasting sanctuary of God, in his church. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR καὶ ἐξελέξατο Δαυιδ τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνέλαβεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν ποιμνίων τῶν προβάτων
LA Et elegit David, servum suum, et sustulit eum de gregibus ovium; de post fœtantes accepit eum:
EN And he chose his servant David, and took him from the flocks of sheep: he brought him from following the ewes great with young,
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GR ἐξόπισθεν τῶν λοχευομένων ἔλαβεν αὐτὸν ποιμαίνειν Ιακωβ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ Ισραηλ τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ
LA pascere Jacob servum suum, et Israël hæreditatem suam.
EN to feed Jacob his servant and Israel his inheritance.
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GR καὶ ἐποίμανεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἀκακίᾳ τῆς καρδίας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν ταῖς συνέσεσι τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ ὡδήγησεν αὐτούς
LA Et pavit eos in innocentia cordis sui, et in intellectibus manuum suarum deduxit eos.
EN And he fed them in the innocence of his heart: and conducted them by the skilfulness of his hands.
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