Psalm 16 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] Christ’s future victory and triumph over the world and death.
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GR στηλογραφία τῷ Δαυιδ φύλαξόν με κύριε ὅτι ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισα
LA Conserva me, Domine, quoniam speravi in te.
EN Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in you.
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GR εἶπα τῷ κυρίῳ κύριός μου εἶ σύ ὅτι τῶν ἀγαθῶν μου οὐ χρείαν ἔχεις
LA Dixi Domino: Deus meus es tu, quoniam bonorum meorum non eges.
EN I have said to the Lord, you are my God, for you have no need of my goods.
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GR τοῖς ἁγίοις τοῖς ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ ἐθαυμάστωσεν πάντα τὰ θελήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτοῖς
LA Sanctis qui sunt in terra ejus, mirificavit omnes voluntates meas in eis.
EN To the saints, who are in his land, he has made wonderful all my desires in them.
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GR ἐπληθύνθησαν αἱ ἀσθένειαι αὐτῶν μετὰ ταῦτα ἐτάχυναν οὐ μὴ συναγάγω τὰς συναγωγὰς αὐτῶν ἐξ αἱμάτων οὐδὲ μὴ μνησθῶ τῶν ὀνομάτων αὐτῶν διὰ χειλέων μου
LA Multiplicatæ sunt infirmitates eorum: postea acceleraverunt. Non congregabo conventicula eorum de sanguinibus, nec memor ero nominum eorum per labia mea.
EN Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I will not gather together their meetings for blood offerings: nor will I be mindful of their names by my lips.
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GR κύριος ἡ μερὶς τῆς κληρονομίας μου καὶ τοῦ ποτηρίου μου σὺ εἶ ὁ ἀποκαθιστῶν τὴν κληρονομίαν μου ἐμοί
LA Dominus pars hæreditatis meæ, et calicis mei: tu es qui restitues hæreditatem meam mihi.
EN The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is you that will restore my inheritance to me.
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GR σχοινία ἐπέπεσάν μοι ἐν τοῖς κρατίστοις καὶ γὰρ ἡ κληρονομία μου κρατίστη μοί ἐστιν
LA Funes ceciderunt mihi in præclaris; etenim hæreditas mea præclara est mihi.
EN The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me.
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GR εὐλογήσω τὸν κύριον τὸν συνετίσαντά με ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἕως νυκτὸς ἐπαίδευσάν με οἱ νεφροί μου
LA Benedicam Dominum qui tribuit mihi intellectum; insuper et usque ad noctem increpuerunt me renes mei.
EN I will bless the Lord, who has given me understanding: moreover, my reins also have corrected me even till night.
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GR προωρώμην τὸν κύριον ἐνώπιόν μου διὰ παντός ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν μού ἐστιν ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ
LA Providebam Dominum in conspectu meo semper: quoniam a dextris est mihi, ne commovear.
EN I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
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GR διὰ τοῦτο ηὐφράνθη ἡ καρδία μου καὶ ἠγαλλιάσατο ἡ γλῶσσά μου ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου κατασκηνώσει ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι
LA Propter hoc lætatum est cor meum, et exsultavit lingua mea; insuper et caro mea requiescet in spe.
EN Therefore my heart has been glad, and my tongue has rejoiced: moreover, my flesh also shall rest in hope.
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GR ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς ᾅδην οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν
LA Quoniam non derelinques animam meam in inferno, nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem.
EN Because you will not leave my soul in hell; nor will you give your holy one to see corruption.
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GR ἐγνώρισάς μοι ὁδοὺς ζωῆς πληρώσεις με εὐφροσύνης μετὰ τοῦ προσώπου σου τερπνότητες ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ σου εἰς τέλος
LA Notas mihi fecisti vias vitæ; adimplebis me lætitia cum vultu tuo: delectationes in dextera tua usque in finem.
EN You have made known to me the ways of life, you shall fill me with joy with your countenance: at your right hand are delights even to the end.
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[!note]- The inscription of a title…
That is, of a pillar or monument, steylographia: which is as much as to say, that this psalm is most worthy to be engraved on an everlasting monument. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
