Psalm 139 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] God’s special providence over his servants.
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ κύριε ἐδοκίμασάς με καὶ ἔγνως με
LA Domine, probasti me, et cognovisti me;
EN Lord, you have proved me, and known me:
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GR σὺ ἔγνως τὴν καθέδραν μου καὶ τὴν ἔγερσίν μου σὺ συνῆκας τοὺς διαλογισμούς μου ἀπὸ μακρόθεν
LA tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam.
EN You have known my sitting down, and my rising up.
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GR τὴν τρίβον μου καὶ τὴν σχοῖνόν μου σὺ ἐξιχνίασας καὶ πάσας τὰς ὁδούς μου προεῖδες
LA Intellexisti cogitationes meas de longe; semitam meam et funiculum meum investigasti:
EN You have understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line you have searched out.
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GR ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν λόγος ἐν γλώσσῃ μου
LA et omnes vias meas prævidisti, quia non est sermo in lingua mea.
EN And you have foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
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GR ἰδού κύριε σὺ ἔγνως πάντα τὰ ἔσχατα καὶ τὰ ἀρχαῖα σὺ ἔπλασάς με καὶ ἔθηκας ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τὴν χεῖρά σου
LA Ecce, Domine, tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua. Tu formasti me, et posuisti super me manum tuam.
EN Behold, O Lord, you have known all things, the last and those of old: you have formed me, and have laid your hand upon me.
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GR ἐθαυμαστώθη ἡ γνῶσίς σου ἐξ ἐμοῦ ἐκραταιώθη οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι πρὸς αὐτήν
LA Mirabilis facta est scientia tua ex me; confortata est, et non potero ad eam.
EN Your knowledge has become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
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GR ποῦ πορευθῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός σου καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου ποῦ φύγω
LA Quo ibo a spiritu tuo? et quo a facie tua fugiam?
EN Whither shall I go from your spirit? Or whither shall I flee from your face?
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GR ἐὰν ἀναβῶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν σὺ εἶ ἐκεῖ ἐὰν καταβῶ εἰς τὸν ᾅδην πάρει
LA Si ascendero in cælum, tu illic es; si descendero in infernum, ades.
EN If I ascend into heaven, you are there: if I descend into hell, you are present.
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GR ἐὰν ἀναλάβοιμι τὰς πτέρυγάς μου κατ’ ὄρθρον καὶ κατασκηνώσω εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα τῆς θαλάσσης
LA Si sumpsero pennas meas diluculo, et habitavero in extremis maris,
EN If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
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GR καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖ ἡ χείρ σου ὁδηγήσει με καὶ καθέξει με ἡ δεξιά σου
LA etenim illuc manus tua deducet me, et tenebit me dextera tua.
EN Even there also shall your hand lead me: and your right hand shall hold me.
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GR καὶ εἶπα ἄρα σκότος καταπατήσει με καὶ νὺξ φωτισμὸς ἐν τῇ τρυφῇ μου
LA Et dixi: Forsitan tenebræ conculcabunt me; et nox illuminatio mea in deliciis meis.
EN And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
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GR ὅτι σκότος οὐ σκοτισθήσεται ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ νὺξ ὡς ἡμέρα φωτισθήσεται ὡς τὸ σκότος αὐτῆς οὕτως καὶ τὸ φῶς αὐτῆς
LA Quia tenebræ non obscurabuntur a te, et nox sicut dies illuminabitur: sicut tenebræ ejus, ita et lumen ejus.
EN But darkness shall not be dark to you, and night shall be light all the day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to you.
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GR ὅτι σὺ ἐκτήσω τοὺς νεφρούς μου κύριε ἀντελάβου μου ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου
LA Quia tu possedisti renes meos; suscepisti me de utero matris meæ.
EN For you have possessed my reins: you have protected me from my mother’s womb.
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GR ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ὅτι φοβερῶς ἐθαυμαστώθην θαυμάσια τὰ ἔργα σου καὶ ἡ ψυχή μου γινώσκει σφόδρα
LA Confitebor tibi, quia terribiliter magnificatus es; mirabilia opera tua, et anima mea cognoscit nimis.
EN I will praise you, for you are fearfully magnified: wonderful are your works, and my soul knows right well.
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GR οὐκ ἐκρύβη τὸ ὀστοῦν μου ἀπὸ σοῦ ὃ ἐποίησας ἐν κρυφῇ καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτοις τῆς γῆς
LA Non est occultatum os meum a te, quod fecisti in occulto; et substantia mea in inferioribus terræ.
EN My bone is not hidden from you, which you have made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
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GR τὸ ἀκατέργαστόν μου εἴδοσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ βιβλίον σου πάντες γραφήσονται ἡμέρας πλασθήσονται καὶ οὐθεὶς ἐν αὐτοῖς
LA Imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libro tuo omnes scribentur. Dies formabuntur, et nemo in eis.
EN Your eyes did see my imperfect being, and in your book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
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GR ἐμοὶ δὲ λίαν ἐτιμήθησαν οἱ φίλοι σου ὁ θεός λίαν ἐκραταιώθησαν αἱ ἀρχαὶ αὐτῶν
LA Mihi autem nimis honorificati sunt amici tui, Deus; nimis confortatus est principatus eorum.
EN But to me your friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
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GR ἐξαριθμήσομαι αὐτούς καὶ ὑπὲρ ἄμμον πληθυνθήσονται ἐξηγέρθην καὶ ἔτι εἰμὶ μετὰ σοῦ
LA Dinumerabo eos, et super arenam multiplicabuntur. Exsurrexi, et adhuc sum tecum.
EN I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand, I rose up and am still with you.
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GR ἐὰν ἀποκτείνῃς ἁμαρτωλούς ὁ θεός ἄνδρες αἱμάτων ἐκκλίνατε ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ
LA Si occideris, Deus, peccatores, viri sanguinum, declinate a me:
EN If you will kill the wicked, O God: you men of blood, depart from me:
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GR ὅτι ἐρεῖς εἰς διαλογισμόν λήμψονται εἰς ματαιότητα τὰς πόλεις σου
LA quia dicitis in cogitatione: Accipient in vanitate civitates tuas.
EN Because you say in thought: They shall receive your cities in vain.
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[!note]- Because you say in thought, etc…
Depart from me, you wicked, who plot against the servants of God, and think to cast them out of the cities of their habitation; as if they have received them in vain, and to no purpose. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR οὐχὶ τοὺς μισοῦντάς σε κύριε ἐμίσησα καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς σου ἐξετηκόμην
LA Nonne qui oderunt te, Domine, oderam, et super inimicos tuos tabescebam?
EN Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated you: and pined away because of your enemies?
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GR τέλειον μῖσος ἐμίσουν αὐτούς εἰς ἐχθροὺς ἐγένοντό μοι
LA Perfecto odio oderam illos, et inimici facti sunt mihi.
EN I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they have become enemies to me.
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GR δοκίμασόν με ὁ θεός καὶ γνῶθι τὴν καρδίαν μου ἔτασόν με καὶ γνῶθι τὰς τρίβους μου
LA Proba me, Deus, et scito cor meum; interroga me, et cognosce semitas meas.
EN Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
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GR καὶ ἰδὲ εἰ ὁδὸς ἀνομίας ἐν ἐμοί καὶ ὁδήγησόν με ἐν ὁδῷ αἰωνίᾳ
LA Et vide si via iniquitatis in me est, et deduc me in via æterna.
EN And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.
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[!note]- There is no speech, etc…
Viz., unknown to thee: or when there is no speech in my tongue; yet my whole interior and my most secret thoughts are known to thee. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- I have hated them…
Not with an hatred of malice, but a zeal for the observance of God’s commandments; which he saw were despised by the wicked, who are to be considered enemies to God. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
