Psalm 81 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] An invitation to a solemn praising of God.
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος ὑπὲρ τῶν ληνῶν τῷ Ασαφ ψαλμός
LA In finem, pro torcularibus. Psalmus ipsi Asaph.
EN Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself.
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[!note]- For the winepresses, etc…
Torcularibus. It either signifies a musical instrument, or that this psalm was to be sung at the feast of the tabernacles after the gathering in of the vintage. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἀγαλλιᾶσθε τῷ θεῷ τῷ βοηθῷ ἡμῶν ἀλαλάξατε τῷ θεῷ Ιακωβ
LA Exsultate Deo adjutori nostro; jubilate Deo Jacob.
EN Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.
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GR λάβετε ψαλμὸν καὶ δότε τύμπανον ψαλτήριον τερπνὸν μετὰ κιθάρας
LA Sumite psalmum, et date tympanum; psalterium jucundum cum cithara.
EN Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
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GR σαλπίσατε ἐν νεομηνίᾳ σάλπιγγι ἐν εὐσήμῳ ἡμέρᾳ ἑορτῆς ἡμῶν
LA Buccinate in neomenia tuba, in insigni die solemnitatis vestræ:
EN Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity.
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GR ὅτι πρόσταγμα τῷ Ισραηλ ἐστὶν καὶ κρίμα τῷ θεῷ Ιακωβ
LA quia præceptum in Israël est, et judicium Deo Jacob.
EN For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.
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GR μαρτύριον ἐν τῷ Ιωσηφ ἔθετο αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἐξελθεῖν αὐτὸν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου γλῶσσαν ἣν οὐκ ἔγνω ἤκουσεν
LA Testimonium in Joseph posuit illud, cum exiret de terra Ægypti; linguam quam non noverat, audivit.
EN He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.
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GR ἀπέστησεν ἀπὸ ἄρσεων τὸν νῶτον αὐτοῦ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ κοφίνῳ ἐδούλευσαν
LA Divertit ab oneribus dorsum ejus; manus ejus in cophino servierunt.
EN He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.
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GR ἐν θλίψει ἐπεκαλέσω με καὶ ἐρρυσάμην σε ἐπήκουσά σου ἐν ἀποκρύφῳ καταιγίδος ἐδοκίμασά σε ἐπὶ ὕδατος ἀντιλογίας διάψαλμα
LA In tribulatione invocasti me, et liberavi te. Exaudivi te in abscondito tempestatis; probavi te apud aquam contradictionis.
EN You called upon me in affliction, and I delivered you: I heard you in the secret place of tempest: I proved you at the waters of contradiction.
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[!note]- In the secret place of tempest…
Hebrew, of thunder. When you sought to hide yourself from the tempest: or, when I came down to mount Sina, hidden from thy eyes in a storm of thunder. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἄκουσον λαός μου καὶ διαμαρτύρομαί σοι Ισραηλ ἐὰν ἀκούσῃς μου
LA Audi, populus meus, et contestabor te. Israël, si audieris me,
EN Hear, O my people, and I will testify to you: O Israel, if you will hearken to me,
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GR οὐκ ἔσται ἐν σοὶ θεὸς πρόσφατος οὐδὲ προσκυνήσεις θεῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ
LA non erit in te deus recens, neque adorabis deum alienum.
EN there shall be no new god in you: neither shall you adore a strange god.
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GR ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεός σου ὁ ἀναγαγών σε ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου πλάτυνον τὸ στόμα σου καὶ πληρώσω αὐτό
LA Ego enim sum Dominus Deus tuus, qui eduxi te de terra Ægypti. Dilata os tuum, et implebo illud.
EN For I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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GR καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσεν ὁ λαός μου τῆς φωνῆς μου καὶ Ισραηλ οὐ προσέσχεν μοι
LA Et non audivit populus meus vocem meam, et Israël non intendit mihi.
EN But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.
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GR καὶ ἐξαπέστειλα αὐτοὺς κατὰ τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα τῶν καρδιῶν αὐτῶν πορεύσονται ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν αὐτῶν
LA Et dimisi eos secundum desideria cordis eorum; ibunt in adinventionibus suis.
EN So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.
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GR εἰ ὁ λαός μου ἤκουσέν μου Ισραηλ ταῖς ὁδοῖς μου εἰ ἐπορεύθη
LA Si populus meus audisset me, Israël si in viis meis ambulasset,
EN If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways:
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GR ἐν τῷ μηδενὶ ἂν τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτῶν ἐταπείνωσα καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς θλίβοντας αὐτοὺς ἐπέβαλον τὴν χεῖρά μου
LA pro nihilo forsitan inimicos eorum humiliassem, et super tribulantes eos misissem manum meam.
EN I should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on them that troubled them.
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GR οἱ ἐχθροὶ κυρίου ἐψεύσαντο αὐτῷ καὶ ἔσται ὁ καιρὸς αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
LA Inimici Domini mentiti sunt ei, et erit tempus eorum in sæcula.
EN The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.
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[!note]- Their time shall be forever…
Impenitent sinners shall suffer for ever. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR καὶ ἐψώμισεν αὐτοὺς ἐκ στέατος πυροῦ καὶ ἐκ πέτρας μέλι ἐχόρτασεν αὐτούς
LA Et cibavit eos ex adipe frumenti, et de petra melle saturavit eos.
EN And he fed them with the fat of wheat, and filled them with honey out of the rock.
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