Psalm 11 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] The just man’s confidence in God in the midst of persecutions.
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ
LA In finem. Psalmus David.
EN Unto the end. A psalm to David.
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GR ἐπὶ τῷ κυρίῳ πέποιθα πᾶς ἐρεῖτε τῇ ψυχῇ μου μεταναστεύου ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη ὡς στρουθίον
LA In Domino confido; quomodo dicitis animæ meæ: Transmigra in montem sicut passer?
EN In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get you away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow.
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GR ὅτι ἰδοὺ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἐνέτειναν τόξον ἡτοίμασαν βέλη εἰς φαρέτραν τοῦ κατατοξεῦσαι ἐν σκοτομήνῃ τοὺς εὐθεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳ
LA Quoniam ecce peccatores intenderunt arcum; paraverunt sagittas suas in pharetra, ut sagittent in obscuro rectos corde:
EN For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow: they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.
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GR ὅτι ἃ κατηρτίσω καθεῖλον ὁ δὲ δίκαιος τί ἐποίησεν
LA quoniam quæ perfecisti destruxerunt; justus autem, quid fecit?
EN For they have destroyed the things which you have made: but what has the just man done?
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GR κύριος ἐν ναῷ ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ κύριος ἐν οὐρανῷ ὁ θρόνος αὐτοῦ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν πένητα ἀποβλέπουσιν τὰ βλέφαρα αὐτοῦ ἐξετάζει τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων
LA Dominus in templo sancto suo; Dominus in cælo sedes ejus. Oculi ejus in pauperem respiciunt; palpebræ ejus interrogant filios hominum.
EN The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men.
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GR κύριος ἐξετάζει τὸν δίκαιον καὶ τὸν ἀσεβῆ ὁ δὲ ἀγαπῶν ἀδικίαν μισεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν
LA Dominus interrogat justum et impium; qui autem diligit iniquitatem, odit animam suam.
EN The Lord tries the just and the wicked: but he that loves iniquity, hates his own soul.
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GR ἐπιβρέξει ἐπὶ ἁμαρτωλοὺς παγίδας πῦρ καὶ θεῖον καὶ πνεῦμα καταιγίδος ἡ μερὶς τοῦ ποτηρίου αὐτῶν
LA Pluet super peccatores laqueos; ignis et sulphur, et spiritus procellarum, pars calicis eorum.
EN He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone, and storms of winds, shall be the portion of their cup.
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GR ὅτι δίκαιος κύριος καὶ δικαιοσύνας ἠγάπησεν εὐθύτητα εἶδεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ
LA Quoniam justus Dominus, et justitias dilexit: æquitatem vidit vultus ejus.
EN For the Lord is just, and has loved justice: his countenance has beheld righteousness.
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