Psalm 109 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] David in the person of Christ, prays against his persecutors; more especially the traitor Judas: foretelling and approving his just punishment for his obstinacy in sin and final impenitence.
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος τῷ Δαυιδ ψαλμός ὁ θεός τὴν αἴνεσίν μου μὴ παρασιωπήσῃς
LA In finem. Psalmus David.
EN Unto the end, a psalm for David.
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GR ὅτι στόμα ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ στόμα δολίου ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἠνοίχθη ἐλάλησαν κατ’ ἐμοῦ γλώσσῃ δολίᾳ
LA Deus, laudem meam ne tacueris, quia os peccatoris et os dolosi super me apertum est.
EN O God, be not silent in my praise: for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me.
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GR καὶ λόγοις μίσους ἐκύκλωσάν με καὶ ἐπολέμησάν με δωρεάν
LA Locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa, et sermonibus odii circumdederunt me: et expugnaverunt me gratis.
EN They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues; and they have compassed me about with words of hatred; and have fought against me without cause.
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GR ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀγαπᾶν με ἐνδιέβαλλόν με ἐγὼ δὲ προσευχόμην
LA Pro eo ut me diligerent, detrahebant mihi; ego autem orabam.
EN Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer.
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GR καὶ ἔθεντο κατ’ ἐμοῦ κακὰ ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν καὶ μῖσος ἀντὶ τῆς ἀγαπήσεώς μου
LA Et posuerunt adversum me mala pro bonis, et odium pro dilectione mea.
EN And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love.
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GR κατάστησον ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἁμαρτωλόν καὶ διάβολος στήτω ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ
LA Constitue super eum peccatorem, et diabolus stet a dextris ejus.
EN Set the sinner over him: and may the devil stand at his right hand.
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GR ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαι αὐτὸν ἐξέλθοι καταδεδικασμένος καὶ ἡ προσευχὴ αὐτοῦ γενέσθω εἰς ἁμαρτίαν
LA Cum judicatur, exeat condemnatus; et oratio ejus fiat in peccatum.
EN When he is judged, may he go out condemned; and may his prayer be turned to sin.
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GR γενηθήτωσαν αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ ὀλίγαι καὶ τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ λάβοι ἕτερος
LA Fiant dies ejus pauci, et episcopatum ejus accipiat alter.
EN May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take.
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GR γενηθήτωσαν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ὀρφανοὶ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ χήρα
LA Fiant filii ejus orphani, et uxor ejus vidua.
EN May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
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GR σαλευόμενοι μεταναστήτωσαν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπαιτησάτωσαν ἐκβληθήτωσαν ἐκ τῶν οἰκοπέδων αὐτῶν
LA Nutantes transferantur filii ejus et mendicent, et ejiciantur de habitationibus suis.
EN Let his children be carried about vagabonds, and beg; and let them be cast out of their dwellings.
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GR ἐξερευνησάτω δανειστὴς πάντα ὅσα ὑπάρχει αὐτῷ διαρπασάτωσαν ἀλλότριοι τοὺς πόνους αὐτοῦ
LA Scrutetur fœnerator omnem substantiam ejus, et diripiant alieni labores ejus.
EN May the usurer search all his substance: and let strangers plunder his labours.
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GR μὴ ὑπαρξάτω αὐτῷ ἀντιλήμπτωρ μηδὲ γενηθήτω οἰκτίρμων τοῖς ὀρφανοῖς αὐτοῦ
LA Non sit illi adjutor, nec sit qui misereatur pupillis ejus.
EN May there be none to help him: nor none to pity his fatherless offspring.
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GR γενηθήτω τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ εἰς ἐξολέθρευσιν ἐν γενεᾷ μιᾷ ἐξαλειφθήτω τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ
LA Fiant nati ejus in interitum; in generatione una deleatur nomen ejus.
EN May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be blotted out.
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GR ἀναμνησθείη ἡ ἀνομία τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἔναντι κυρίου καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ μὴ ἐξαλειφθείη
LA In memoriam redeat iniquitas patrum ejus in conspectu Domini, et peccatum matris ejus non deleatur.
EN May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered in the sight of the Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
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GR γενηθήτωσαν ἔναντι κυρίου διὰ παντός καὶ ἐξολεθρευθείη ἐκ γῆς τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν
LA Fiant contra Dominum semper, et dispereat de terra memoria eorum:
EN May they be before the Lord continually, and let the memory of them perish from the earth:
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GR ἀνθ’ ὧν οὐκ ἐμνήσθη τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἔλεος καὶ κατεδίωξεν ἄνθρωπον πένητα καὶ πτωχὸν καὶ κατανενυγμένον τῇ καρδίᾳ τοῦ θανατῶσαι
LA pro eo quod non est recordatus facere misericordiam,
EN Because he remembered not to show mercy,
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GR καὶ ἠγάπησεν κατάραν καὶ ἥξει αὐτῷ καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν εὐλογίαν καὶ μακρυνθήσεται ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ
LA et persecutus est hominem inopem et mendicum, et compunctum corde, mortificare.
EN but persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.
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GR καὶ ἐνεδύσατο κατάραν ὡς ἱμάτιον καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ὡς ὕδωρ εἰς τὰ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ καὶ ὡσεὶ ἔλαιον ἐν τοῖς ὀστέοις αὐτοῦ
LA Et dilexit maledictionem, et veniet ei; et noluit benedictionem, et elongabitur ab eo. Et induit maledictionem sicut vestimentum; et intravit sicut aqua in interiora ejus, et sicut oleum in ossibus ejus.
EN And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and he would not have blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing, like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails, and like oil in his bones.
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GR γενηθήτω αὐτῷ ὡς ἱμάτιον ὃ περιβάλλεται καὶ ὡσεὶ ζώνη ἣν διὰ παντὸς περιζώννυται
LA Fiat ei sicut vestimentum quo operitur, et sicut zona qua semper præcingitur.
EN May it be unto him like a garment which covers him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.
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GR τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον τῶν ἐνδιαβαλλόντων με παρὰ κυρίου καὶ τῶν λαλούντων πονηρὰ κατὰ τῆς ψυχῆς μου
LA Hoc opus eorum qui detrahunt mihi apud Dominum, et qui loquuntur mala adversus animam meam.
EN This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord; and who speak evils against my soul.
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GR καὶ σύ κύριε κύριε ποίησον μετ’ ἐμοῦ ἔλεος ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου ὅτι χρηστὸν τὸ ἔλεός σου
LA Et tu, Domine, Domine, fac mecum propter nomen tuum, quia suavis est misericordia tua.
EN But you, O Lord, do with me for your name’s sake: because your mercy is sweet. Deliver me,
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GR ῥῦσαί με ὅτι πτωχὸς καὶ πένης ἐγώ εἰμι καὶ ἡ καρδία μου τετάρακται ἐντός μου
LA Libera me, quia egenus et pauper ego sum, et cor meum conturbatum est intra me.
EN for I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.
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GR ὡσεὶ σκιὰ ἐν τῷ ἐκκλῖναι αὐτὴν ἀντανῃρέθην ἐξετινάχθην ὡσεὶ ἀκρίδες
LA Sicut umbra cum declinat ablatus sum, et excussus sum sicut locustæ.
EN I am taken away like the shadow when it declines: and I am shaken off as locusts.
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GR τὰ γόνατά μου ἠσθένησαν ἀπὸ νηστείας καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου ἠλλοιώθη δι’ ἔλαιον
LA Genua mea infirmata sunt a jejunio, et caro mea immutata est propter oleum.
EN My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed for oil.
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[!note]- For oil…
Propter oleum. The meaning is, my flesh is changed, being perfectly emaciated and dried up, as having lost all its oil or fatness. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR καὶ ἐγὼ ἐγενήθην ὄνειδος αὐτοῖς εἴδοσάν με ἐσάλευσαν κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν
LA Et ego factus sum opprobrium illis; viderunt me, et moverunt capita sua.
EN And I have become a reproach to them: they saw me and they shaked their heads.
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GR βοήθησόν μοι κύριε ὁ θεός μου σῶσόν με κατὰ τὸ ἔλεός σου
LA Adjuva me, Domine Deus meus; salvum me fac secundum misericordiam tuam.
EN Help me, O Lord my God; save me; according to your mercy.
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GR καὶ γνώτωσαν ὅτι ἡ χείρ σου αὕτη καὶ σύ κύριε ἐποίησας αὐτήν
LA Et sciant quia manus tua hæc, et tu, Domine, fecisti eam.
EN And let them know that this is your hand: and that you, O Lord, have done it.
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GR καταράσονται αὐτοί καὶ σὺ εὐλογήσεις οἱ ἐπανιστανόμενοί μοι αἰσχυνθήτωσαν ὁ δὲ δοῦλός σου εὐφρανθήσεται
LA Maledicent illi, et tu benedices: qui insurgunt in me confundantur; servus autem tuus lætabitur.
EN They will curse and you will bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but your servant shall rejoice.
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GR ἐνδυσάσθωσαν οἱ ἐνδιαβάλλοντές με ἐντροπὴν καὶ περιβαλέσθωσαν ὡσεὶ διπλοΐδα αἰσχύνην αὐτῶν
LA Induantur qui detrahunt mihi pudore, et operiantur sicut diploide confusione sua.
EN Let them that detract me be clothed with shame: and let them be covered with their confusion as with a double cloak.
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GR ἐξομολογήσομαι τῷ κυρίῳ σφόδρα ἐν τῷ στόματί μου καὶ ἐν μέσῳ πολλῶν αἰνέσω αὐτόν
LA Confitebor Domino nimis in ore meo, et in medio multorum laudabo eum:
EN I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him.
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GR ὅτι παρέστη ἐκ δεξιῶν πένητος τοῦ σῶσαι ἐκ τῶν καταδιωκόντων τὴν ψυχήν μου
LA quia astitit a dextris pauperis, ut salvam faceret a persequentibus animam meam.
EN Because he has stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors.
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[!note]- Set thou the sinner over him, etc…
Give to the devil, that arch-sinner, power over him: let him enter into him, and possess him. The imprecations, contained in the thirty verses of this psalm, are opposed to the thirty pieces of silver for which Judas betrayed our Lord; and are to be taken as prophetic denunciations of the evils that should befall the traitor and his accomplices the Jews; and not properly as curses. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
