Psalm 101 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] The prophet exhorts all by his example, to follow mercy and justice.
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GR τῷ Δαυιδ ψαλμός ἔλεος καὶ κρίσιν ᾄσομαί σοι κύριε
LA Misericordiam et judicium cantabo tibi, Domine; psallam,
EN Mercy and judgment I will sing to you, O Lord: I will sing,
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GR ψαλῶ καὶ συνήσω ἐν ὁδῷ ἀμώμῳ πότε ἥξεις πρός με διεπορευόμην ἐν ἀκακίᾳ καρδίας μου ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ οἴκου μου
LA et intelligam in via immaculata: quando venies ad me? Perambulabam in innocentia cordis mei, in medio domus meæ.
EN and I will understand in the unspotted way, when you shall come to me. I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.
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GR οὐ προεθέμην πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου πρᾶγμα παράνομον ποιοῦντας παραβάσεις ἐμίσησα
LA Non proponebam ante oculos meos rem injustam; facientes prævaricationes odivi; non adhæsit mihi
EN I will not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.
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[!note]- I will understand, etc…
That is, I will apply my mind, I will do my endeavour, to know and to follow the perfect way of thy commandments: not trusting to my own strength, but relying on thy coming to me by thy grace. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR οὐκ ἐκολλήθη μοι καρδία σκαμβή ἐκκλίνοντος ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ τοῦ πονηροῦ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον
LA cor pravum; declinantem a me malignum non cognoscebam.
EN The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.
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GR τὸν καταλαλοῦντα λάθρᾳ τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ τοῦτον ἐξεδίωκον ὑπερηφάνῳ ὀφθαλμῷ καὶ ἀπλήστῳ καρδίᾳ τούτῳ οὐ συνήσθιον
LA Detrahentem secreto proximo suo, hunc persequebar: superbo oculo, et insatiabili corde, cum hoc non edebam.
EN The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.
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GR οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἐπὶ τοὺς πιστοὺς τῆς γῆς τοῦ συγκαθῆσθαι αὐτοὺς μετ’ ἐμοῦ πορευόμενος ἐν ὁδῷ ἀμώμῳ οὗτός μοι ἐλειτούργει
LA Oculi mei ad fideles terræ, ut sedeant mecum; ambulans in via immaculata, hic mihi ministrabat.
EN My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me.
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GR οὐ κατῴκει ἐν μέσῳ τῆς οἰκίας μου ποιῶν ὑπερηφανίαν λαλῶν ἄδικα οὐ κατεύθυνεν ἐναντίον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου
LA Non habitabit in medio domus meæ qui facit superbiam; qui loquitur iniqua non direxit in conspectu oculorum meorum.
EN He that works pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaks unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.
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GR εἰς τὰς πρωίας ἀπέκτεννον πάντας τοὺς ἁμαρτωλοὺς τῆς γῆς τοῦ ἐξολεθρεῦσαι ἐκ πόλεως κυρίου πάντας τοὺς ἐργαζομένους τὴν ἀνομίαν
LA In matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores terræ, ut disperderem de civitate Domini omnes operantes iniquitatem.
EN In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.
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