Psalm 18 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] David’s thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies.
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος τῷ παιδὶ κυρίου τῷ Δαυιδ ἃ ἐλάλησεν τῷ κυρίῳ τοὺς λόγους τῆς ᾠδῆς ταύτης ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ ἐρρύσατο αὐτὸν κύριος ἐκ χειρὸς πάντων τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς Σαουλ
LA In finem. Puero Domini David, qui locutus est Domino verba cantici hujus, in die qua eripuit eum Dominus de manu omnium inimicorum ejus, et de manu Saul, et dixit:
EN Unto the end, for David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said:
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GR καὶ εἶπεν ἀγαπήσω σε κύριε ἡ ἰσχύς μου
LA Diligam te, Domine, fortitudo mea.
EN I will love you, O Lord, my strength:
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GR κύριος στερέωμά μου καὶ καταφυγή μου καὶ ῥύστης μου ὁ θεός μου βοηθός μου καὶ ἐλπιῶ ἐπ’ αὐτόν ὑπερασπιστής μου καὶ κέρας σωτηρίας μου ἀντιλήμπτωρ μου
LA Dominus firmamentum meum, et refugium meum, et liberator meus. Deus meus adjutor meus, et sperabo in eum; protector meus, et cornu salutis meæ, et susceptor meus.
EN The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
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GR αἰνῶν ἐπικαλέσομαι κύριον καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου σωθήσομαι
LA Laudans invocabo Dominum, et ab inimicis meis salvus ero.
EN Praising, I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
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GR περιέσχον με ὠδῖνες θανάτου καὶ χείμαρροι ἀνομίας ἐξετάραξάν με
LA Circumdederunt me dolores mortis, et torrentes iniquitatis conturbaverunt me.
EN The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
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GR ὠδῖνες ᾅδου περιεκύκλωσάν με προέφθασάν με παγίδες θανάτου
LA Dolores inferni circumdederunt me; præoccupaverunt me laquei mortis.
EN The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.
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GR καὶ ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαί με ἐπεκαλεσάμην τὸν κύριον καὶ πρὸς τὸν θεόν μου ἐκέκραξα ἤκουσεν ἐκ ναοῦ ἁγίου αὐτοῦ φωνῆς μου καὶ ἡ κραυγή μου ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὰ ὦτα αὐτοῦ
LA In tribulatione mea invocavi Dominum, et ad Deum meum clamavi: et exaudivit de templo sancto suo vocem meam; et clamor meus in conspectu ejus introivit in aures ejus.
EN In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.
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GR καὶ ἐσαλεύθη καὶ ἔντρομος ἐγενήθη ἡ γῆ καὶ τὰ θεμέλια τῶν ὀρέων ἐταράχθησαν καὶ ἐσαλεύθησαν ὅτι ὠργίσθη αὐτοῖς ὁ θεός
LA Commota est, et contremuit terra; fundamenta montium conturbata sunt, et commota sunt: quoniam iratus est eis.
EN The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
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GR ἀνέβη καπνὸς ἐν ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ καὶ πῦρ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ κατεφλόγισεν ἄνθρακες ἀνήφθησαν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ
LA Ascendit fumus in ira ejus, et ignis a facie ejus exarsit; carbones succensi sunt ab eo.
EN There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.
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GR καὶ ἔκλινεν οὐρανὸν καὶ κατέβη καὶ γνόφος ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ
LA Inclinavit cælos, et descendit, et caligo sub pedibus ejus.
EN He bowed the heavens, and came down, and darkness was under his feet.
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GR καὶ ἐπέβη ἐπὶ χερουβιν καὶ ἐπετάσθη ἐπετάσθη ἐπὶ πτερύγων ἀνέμων
LA Et ascendit super cherubim, et volavit; volavit super pennas ventorum.
EN And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
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GR καὶ ἔθετο σκότος ἀποκρυφὴν αὐτοῦ κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ σκοτεινὸν ὕδωρ ἐν νεφέλαις ἀέρων
LA Et posuit tenebras latibulum suum; in circuitu ejus tabernaculum ejus, tenebrosa aqua in nubibus aëris.
EN And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
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GR ἀπὸ τῆς τηλαυγήσεως ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ αἱ νεφέλαι διῆλθον χάλαζα καὶ ἄνθρακες πυρός
LA Præ fulgore in conspectu ejus nubes transierunt; grando et carbones ignis.
EN At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
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GR καὶ ἐβρόντησεν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ κύριος καὶ ὁ ὕψιστος ἔδωκεν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ
LA Et intonuit de cælo Dominus, et Altissimus dedit vocem suam: grando et carbones ignis.
EN And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
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GR καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν βέλη καὶ ἐσκόρπισεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀστραπὰς ἐπλήθυνεν καὶ συνετάραξεν αὐτούς
LA Et misit sagittas suas, et dissipavit eos; fulgura multiplicavit, et conturbavit eos.
EN And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
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GR καὶ ὤφθησαν αἱ πηγαὶ τῶν ὑδάτων καὶ ἀνεκαλύφθη τὰ θεμέλια τῆς οἰκουμένης ἀπὸ ἐπιτιμήσεώς σου κύριε ἀπὸ ἐμπνεύσεως πνεύματος ὀργῆς σου
LA Et apparuerunt fontes aquarum, et revelata sunt fundamenta orbis terrarum, ab increpatione tua, Domine, ab inspiratione spiritus iræ tuæ.
EN Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of your wrath.
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GR ἐξαπέστειλεν ἐξ ὕψους καὶ ἔλαβέν με προσελάβετό με ἐξ ὑδάτων πολλῶν
LA Misit de summo, et accepit me; et assumpsit me de aquis multis.
EN He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
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GR ῥύσεταί με ἐξ ἐχθρῶν μου δυνατῶν καὶ ἐκ τῶν μισούντων με ὅτι ἐστερεώθησαν ὑπὲρ ἐμέ
LA Eripuit me de inimicis meis fortissimis, et ab his qui oderunt me. Quoniam confortati sunt super me;
EN He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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GR προέφθασάν με ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακώσεώς μου καὶ ἐγένετο κύριος ἀντιστήριγμά μου
LA prævenerunt me in die afflictionis meæ: et factus est Dominus protector meus.
EN They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
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GR καὶ ἐξήγαγέν με εἰς πλατυσμόν ῥύσεταί με ὅτι ἠθέλησέν με ῥύσεταί με ἐξ ἐχθρῶν μου δυνατῶν καὶ ἐκ τῶν μισούντων με
LA Et eduxit me in latitudinem; salvum me fecit, quoniam voluit me,
EN And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
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GR καὶ ἀνταποδώσει μοι κύριος κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην μου καὶ κατὰ τὴν καθαριότητα τῶν χειρῶν μου ἀνταποδώσει μοι
LA et retribuet mihi Dominus secundum justitiam meam, et secundum puritatem manuum mearum retribuet mihi:
EN And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
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GR ὅτι ἐφύλαξα τὰς ὁδοὺς κυρίου καὶ οὐκ ἠσέβησα ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ μου
LA quia custodivi vias Domini, nec impie gessi a Deo meo;
EN Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
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GR ὅτι πάντα τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιόν μου καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀπέστησα ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ
LA quoniam omnia judicia ejus in conspectu meo, et justitias ejus non repuli a me.
EN For all his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
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GR καὶ ἔσομαι ἄμωμος μετ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ φυλάξομαι ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας μου
LA Et ero immaculatus cum eo; et observabo me ab iniquitate mea.
EN And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
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GR καὶ ἀνταποδώσει μοι κύριος κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην μου καὶ κατὰ τὴν καθαριότητα τῶν χειρῶν μου ἐνώπιον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ
LA Et retribuet mihi Dominus secundum justitiam meam, et secundum puritatem manuum mearum in conspectu oculorum ejus.
EN And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
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GR μετὰ ὁσίου ὁσιωθήσῃ καὶ μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἀθῴου ἀθῷος ἔσῃ
LA Cum sancto sanctus eris, et cum viro innocente innocens eris,
EN With the holy you will be holy; and with the innocent man you will be innocent:
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GR καὶ μετὰ ἐκλεκτοῦ ἐκλεκτὸς ἔσῃ καὶ μετὰ στρεβλοῦ διαστρέψεις
LA et cum electo electus eris, et cum perverso perverteris.
EN And with the elect you will be elect: and with the perverse you will be perverted.
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GR ὅτι σὺ λαὸν ταπεινὸν σώσεις καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑπερηφάνων ταπεινώσεις
LA Quoniam tu populum humilem salvum facies, et oculos superborum humiliabis.
EN For you will save the humble people; but will bring down the eyes of the proud.
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GR ὅτι σὺ φωτιεῖς λύχνον μου κύριε ὁ θεός μου φωτιεῖς τὸ σκότος μου
LA Quoniam tu illuminas lucernam meam, Domine; Deus meus, illumina tenebras meas.
EN For you light my lamp, O Lord: O my God, enlighten my darkness.
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GR ὅτι ἐν σοὶ ῥυσθήσομαι ἀπὸ πειρατηρίου καὶ ἐν τῷ θεῷ μου ὑπερβήσομαι τεῖχος
LA Quoniam in te eripiar a tentatione; et in Deo meo transgrediar murum.
EN For by you I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall.
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GR ὁ θεός μου ἄμωμος ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ τὰ λόγια κυρίου πεπυρωμένα ὑπερασπιστής ἐστιν πάντων τῶν ἐλπιζόντων ἐπ’ αὐτόν
LA Deus meus, impolluta via ejus; eloquia Domini igne examinata: protector est omnium sperantium in se.
EN As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire-tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.
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GR ὅτι τίς θεὸς πλὴν τοῦ κυρίου καὶ τίς θεὸς πλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν
LA Quoniam quis deus præter Dominum? aut quis deus præter Deum nostrum?
EN For who is God but the Lord? Or who is God but our God?
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GR ὁ θεὸς ὁ περιζωννύων με δύναμιν καὶ ἔθετο ἄμωμον τὴν ὁδόν μου
LA Deus qui præcinxit me virtute, et posuit immaculatam viam meam;
EN God, who has girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
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GR ὁ καταρτιζόμενος τοὺς πόδας μου ὡς ἐλάφου καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ἱστῶν με
LA qui perfecit pedes meos tamquam cervorum, et super excelsa statuens me;
EN Who has made my feet like the feet of harts: and who sets me upon high places.
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GR διδάσκων χεῖράς μου εἰς πόλεμον καὶ ἔθου τόξον χαλκοῦν τοὺς βραχίονάς μου
LA qui docet manus meas ad prælium. Et posuisti, ut arcum æreum, brachia mea,
EN Who teaches my hands to war: and you have made my arms like a brazen bow.
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GR καὶ ἔδωκάς μοι ὑπερασπισμὸν σωτηρίας μου καὶ ἡ δεξιά σου ἀντελάβετό μου καὶ ἡ παιδεία σου ἀνώρθωσέν με εἰς τέλος καὶ ἡ παιδεία σου αὐτή με διδάξει
LA et dedisti mihi protectionem salutis tuæ: et dextera tua suscepit me, et disciplina tua correxit me in finem, et disciplina tua ipsa me docebit.
EN And you have given me the protection of your salvation: and your right hand has held me up: And your discipline has corrected me unto the end: and your discipline, the same shall teach me.
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GR ἐπλάτυνας τὰ διαβήματά μου ὑποκάτω μου καὶ οὐκ ἠσθένησαν τὰ ἴχνη μου
LA Dilatasti gressus meos subtus me, et non sunt infirmata vestigia mea.
EN You have enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.
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GR καταδιώξω τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου καὶ καταλήμψομαι αὐτοὺς καὶ οὐκ ἀποστραφήσομαι ἕως ἂν ἐκλίπωσιν
LA Persequar inimicos meos, et comprehendam illos; et non convertar donec deficiant.
EN I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
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GR ἐκθλίψω αὐτούς καὶ οὐ μὴ δύνωνται στῆναι πεσοῦνται ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας μου
LA Confringam illos, nec poterunt stare; cadent subtus pedes meos.
EN I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
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GR καὶ περιέζωσάς με δύναμιν εἰς πόλεμον συνεπόδισας πάντας τοὺς ἐπανιστανομένους ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ὑποκάτω μου
LA Et præcinxisti me virtute ad bellum, et supplantasti insurgentes in me subtus me.
EN And you have girded me with strength unto battle; and have subdued under me them that rose up against me.
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GR καὶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἔδωκάς μοι νῶτον καὶ τοὺς μισοῦντάς με ἐξωλέθρευσας
LA Et inimicos meos dedisti mihi dorsum, et odientes me disperdidisti.
EN And you have made my enemies turn their back upon me, and have destroyed them that hated me.
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GR ἐκέκραξαν καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ σῴζων πρὸς κύριον καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσεν αὐτῶν
LA Clamaverunt, nec erat qui salvos faceret; ad Dominum, nec exaudivit eos.
EN They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
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GR καὶ λεπτυνῶ αὐτοὺς ὡς χοῦν κατὰ πρόσωπον ἀνέμου ὡς πηλὸν πλατειῶν λεανῶ αὐτούς
LA Et comminuam eos ut pulverem ante faciem venti; ut lutum platearum delebo eos.
EN And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.
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GR ῥύσῃ με ἐξ ἀντιλογιῶν λαοῦ καταστήσεις με εἰς κεφαλὴν ἐθνῶν λαός ὃν οὐκ ἔγνων ἐδούλευσέν μοι
LA Eripies me de contradictionibus populi; constitues me in caput gentium.
EN You will deliver me from the contradictions of the people; you will make me head of the Gentiles.
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GR εἰς ἀκοὴν ὠτίου ὑπήκουσέν μοι υἱοὶ ἀλλότριοι ἐψεύσαντό μοι
LA Populus quem non cognovi servivit mihi; in auditu auris obedivit mihi.
EN A people which I knew not, has served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
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GR υἱοὶ ἀλλότριοι ἐπαλαιώθησαν καὶ ἐχώλαναν ἀπὸ τῶν τρίβων αὐτῶν
LA Filii alieni mentiti sunt mihi, filii alieni inveterati sunt, et claudicaverunt a semitis suis.
EN The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
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GR ζῇ κύριος καὶ εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεός μου καὶ ὑψωθήτω ὁ θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου
LA Vivit Dominus, et benedictus Deus meus, et exaltetur Deus salutis meæ.
EN The Lord lives, and blessed by my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
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GR ὁ θεὸς ὁ διδοὺς ἐκδικήσεις ἐμοὶ καὶ ὑποτάξας λαοὺς ὑπ’ ἐμέ
LA Deus qui das vindictas mihi, et subdis populos sub me; liberator meus de inimicis meis iracundis.
EN O God, who avenges me, and subdues the people under me, my deliverer from my enraged enemies.
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GR ὁ ῥύστης μου ἐξ ἐχθρῶν μου ὀργίλων ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπανιστανομένων ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ὑψώσεις με ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἀδίκου ῥύσῃ με
LA Et ab insurgentibus in me exaltabis me; a viro iniquo eripies me.
EN And you will lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man you will deliver me.
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GR διὰ τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ἐν ἔθνεσιν κύριε καὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ψαλῶ
LA Propterea confitebor tibi in nationibus, Domine, et nomini tuo psalmum dicam;
EN Therefore will I give glory to you, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to your name.
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GR μεγαλύνων τὰς σωτηρίας τοῦ βασιλέως αὐτοῦ καὶ ποιῶν ἔλεος τῷ χριστῷ αὐτοῦ τῷ Δαυιδ καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ ἕως αἰῶνος
LA magnificans salutes regis ejus, et faciens misericordiam christo suo David, et semini ejus usque in sæculum.
EN Giving great deliverance to his king, and showing mercy to David, his anointed: and to his seed for ever.
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