Psalm 84 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] The soul aspires after heaven; rejoicing in the mean time, in being in the communion of God’s Church upon earth.
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος ὑπὲρ τῶν ληνῶν τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορε ψαλμός
LA In finem, pro torcularibus filiis Core. Psalmus.
EN Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core.
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GR ὡς ἀγαπητὰ τὰ σκηνώματά σου κύριε τῶν δυνάμεων
LA Quam dilecta tabernacula tua, Domine virtutum!
EN How lovely are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
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GR ἐπιποθεῖ καὶ ἐκλείπει ἡ ψυχή μου εἰς τὰς αὐλὰς τοῦ κυρίου ἡ καρδία μου καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου ἠγαλλιάσαντο ἐπὶ θεὸν ζῶντα
LA Concupiscit, et deficit anima mea in atria Domini; cor meum et caro mea exsultaverunt in Deum vivum.
EN My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.
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GR καὶ γὰρ στρουθίον εὗρεν ἑαυτῷ οἰκίαν καὶ τρυγὼν νοσσιὰν ἑαυτῇ οὗ θήσει τὰ νοσσία αὐτῆς τὰ θυσιαστήριά σου κύριε τῶν δυνάμεων ὁ βασιλεύς μου καὶ ὁ θεός μου
LA Etenim passer invenit sibi domum, et turtur nidum sibi, ubi ponat pullos suos: altaria tua, Domine virtutum, rex meus, et Deus meus.
EN For the sparrow has found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Your altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.
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GR μακάριοι οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων αἰνέσουσίν σε διάψαλμα
LA Beati qui habitant in domo tua, Domine; in sæcula sæculorum laudabunt te.
EN Blessed are they that dwell in your house, O Lord: they shall praise you for ever and ever.
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GR μακάριος ἀνήρ οὗ ἐστιν ἡ ἀντίλημψις αὐτοῦ παρὰ σοῦ κύριε ἀναβάσεις ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ διέθετο
LA Beatus vir cujus est auxilium abs te: ascensiones in corde suo disposuit,
EN Blessed is the man whose help is from you: in his heart he has disposed to ascend by steps,
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[!note]- In his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps, etc…
Ascensiones in corde suo disposuit. As by steps men ascended to the temple of God situated on a hill; so the good Christian ascends towards the eternal temple by certain steps of virtue disposed or ordered within the heart: and this whilst he lives as yet in the body, in this vale of tears, the place which man hath set: that is, which he hath brought himself to: being cast out of paradise for his sin. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι τοῦ κλαυθμῶνος εἰς τόπον ὃν ἔθετο καὶ γὰρ εὐλογίας δώσει ὁ νομοθετῶν
LA in valle lacrimarum, in loco quem posuit.
EN in the vale of tears, in the place which he has set.
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GR πορεύσονται ἐκ δυνάμεως εἰς δύναμιν ὀφθήσεται ὁ θεὸς τῶν θεῶν ἐν Σιων
LA Etenim benedictionem dabit legislator; ibunt de virtute in virtutem: videbitur Deus deorum in Sion.
EN For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.
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GR κύριε ὁ θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου ἐνώτισαι ὁ θεὸς Ιακωβ διάψαλμα
LA Domine Deus virtutum, exaudi orationem meam; auribus percipe, Deus Jacob.
EN O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.
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GR ὑπερασπιστὰ ἡμῶν ἰδέ ὁ θεός καὶ ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ χριστοῦ σου
LA Protector noster, aspice, Deus, et respice in faciem christi tui.
EN Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of your Christ.
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GR ὅτι κρείσσων ἡμέρα μία ἐν ταῖς αὐλαῖς σου ὑπὲρ χιλιάδας ἐξελεξάμην παραρριπτεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ θεοῦ μᾶλλον ἢ οἰκεῖν ἐν σκηνώμασιν ἁμαρτωλῶν
LA Quia melior est dies una in atriis tuis super millia; elegi abjectus esse in domo Dei mei magis quam habitare in tabernaculis peccatorum.
EN For better is one day in your courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.
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GR ὅτι ἔλεον καὶ ἀλήθειαν ἀγαπᾷ κύριος ὁ θεός χάριν καὶ δόξαν δώσει κύριος οὐ στερήσει τὰ ἀγαθὰ τοὺς πορευομένους ἐν ἀκακίᾳ
LA Quia misericordiam et veritatem diligit Deus: gratiam et gloriam dabit Dominus.
EN For God loves mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.
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GR κύριε τῶν δυνάμεων μακάριος ἄνθρωπος ὁ ἐλπίζων ἐπὶ σέ
LA Non privabit bonis eos qui ambulant in innocentia: Domine virtutum, beatus homo qui sperat in te.
EN He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you.
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