Psalm 31 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] A prayer of a just man under affliction.
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ ἐκστάσεως
LA In finem. Psalmus David, pro extasi.
EN Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy.
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GR ἐπὶ σοί κύριε ἤλπισα μὴ καταισχυνθείην εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ῥῦσαί με καὶ ἐξελοῦ με
LA In te, Domine, speravi; non confundar in æternum: in justitia tua libera me.
EN In you, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in your justice.
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GR κλῖνον πρός με τὸ οὖς σου τάχυνον τοῦ ἐξελέσθαι με γενοῦ μοι εἰς θεὸν ὑπερασπιστὴν καὶ εἰς οἶκον καταφυγῆς τοῦ σῶσαί με
LA Inclina ad me aurem tuam; accelera ut eruas me. Esto mihi in Deum protectorem, et in domum refugii, ut salvum me facias:
EN Bow down your ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.
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GR ὅτι κραταίωμά μου καὶ καταφυγή μου εἶ σὺ καὶ ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου ὁδηγήσεις με καὶ διαθρέψεις με
LA quoniam fortitudo mea et refugium meum es tu; et propter nomen tuum deduces me et enutries me.
EN For you are my strength and my refuge; and for your name’s sake you will lead me, and nourish me.
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GR ἐξάξεις με ἐκ παγίδος ταύτης ἧς ἔκρυψάν μοι ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ ὑπερασπιστής μου
LA Educes me de laqueo hoc quem absconderunt mihi, quoniam tu es protector meus.
EN You will bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for you are my protector.
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GR εἰς χεῖράς σου παραθήσομαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐλυτρώσω με κύριε ὁ θεὸς τῆς ἀληθείας
LA In manus tuas commendo spiritum meum; redemisti me, Domine Deus veritatis.
EN Into your hands I commend my spirit: you have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
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GR ἐμίσησας τοὺς διαφυλάσσοντας ματαιότητας διὰ κενῆς ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ κυρίῳ ἤλπισα
LA Odisti observantes vanitates supervacue; ego autem in Domino speravi.
EN You have hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord:
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GR ἀγαλλιάσομαι καὶ εὐφρανθήσομαι ἐπὶ τῷ ἐλέει σου ὅτι ἐπεῖδες τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου ἔσωσας ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν τὴν ψυχήν μου
LA Exsultabo, et lætabor in misericordia tua, quoniam respexisti humilitatem meam; salvasti de necessitatibus animam meam.
EN I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy. For you have regarded my humility, you have saved my soul out of distresses.
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GR καὶ οὐ συνέκλεισάς με εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθροῦ ἔστησας ἐν εὐρυχώρῳ τοὺς πόδας μου
LA Nec conclusisti me in manibus inimici: statuisti in loco spatioso pedes meos.
EN And you have not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: you have set my feet in a spacious place.
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GR ἐλέησόν με κύριε ὅτι θλίβομαι ἐταράχθη ἐν θυμῷ ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ ἡ γαστήρ μου
LA Miserere mei, Domine, quoniam tribulor; conturbatus est in ira oculus meus, anima mea, et venter meus.
EN Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:
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GR ὅτι ἐξέλιπεν ἐν ὀδύνῃ ἡ ζωή μου καὶ τὰ ἔτη μου ἐν στεναγμοῖς ἠσθένησεν ἐν πτωχείᾳ ἡ ἰσχύς μου καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ μου ἐταράχθησαν
LA Quoniam defecit in dolore vita mea, et anni mei in gemitibus. Infirmata est in paupertate virtus mea, et ossa mea conturbata sunt.
EN For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed.
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GR παρὰ πάντας τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἐγενήθην ὄνειδος καὶ τοῖς γείτοσίν μου σφόδρα καὶ φόβος τοῖς γνωστοῖς μου οἱ θεωροῦντές με ἔξω ἔφυγον ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ
LA Super omnes inimicos meos factus sum opprobrium, et vicinis meis valde, et timor notis meis; qui videbant me foras fugerunt a me.
EN I have become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without fled from me.
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GR ἐπελήσθην ὡσεὶ νεκρὸς ἀπὸ καρδίας ἐγενήθην ὡσεὶ σκεῦος ἀπολωλός
LA Oblivioni datus sum, tamquam mortuus a corde; factus sum tamquam vas perditum:
EN I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I have become as a vessel that is destroyed.
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GR ὅτι ἤκουσα ψόγον πολλῶν παροικούντων κυκλόθεν ἐν τῷ ἐπισυναχθῆναι αὐτοὺς ἅμα ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τοῦ λαβεῖν τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐβουλεύσαντο
LA quoniam audivi vituperationem multorum commorantium in circuitu. In eo dum convenirent simul adversum me, accipere animam meam consiliati sunt.
EN For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life.
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GR ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ σὲ ἤλπισα κύριε εἶπα σὺ εἶ ὁ θεός μου
LA Ego autem in te speravi, Domine; dixi: Deus meus es tu;
EN But I have put my trust in you, O Lord: I said: You are my God.
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GR ἐν ταῖς χερσίν σου οἱ καιροί μου ῥῦσαί με ἐκ χειρὸς ἐχθρῶν μου καὶ ἐκ τῶν καταδιωκόντων με
LA in manibus tuis sortes meæ: eripe me de manu inimicorum meorum, et a persequentibus me.
EN My lots are in your hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.
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GR ἐπίφανον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐπὶ τὸν δοῦλόν σου σῶσόν με ἐν τῷ ἐλέει σου
LA Illustra faciem tuam super servum tuum; salvum me fac in misericordia tua.
EN Make your face to shine upon your servant; save me in your mercy.
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GR κύριε μὴ καταισχυνθείην ὅτι ἐπεκαλεσάμην σε αἰσχυνθείησαν οἱ ἀσεβεῖς καὶ καταχθείησαν εἰς ᾅδου
LA Domine, non confundar, quoniam invocavi te. Erubescant impii, et deducantur in infernum;
EN Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell.
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GR ἄλαλα γενηθήτω τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια τὰ λαλοῦντα κατὰ τοῦ δικαίου ἀνομίαν ἐν ὑπερηφανίᾳ καὶ ἐξουδενώσει
LA muta fiant labia dolosa, quæ loquuntur adversus justum iniquitatem, in superbia, et in abusione.
EN Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.
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GR ὡς πολὺ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς χρηστότητός σου κύριε ἧς ἔκρυψας τοῖς φοβουμένοις σε ἐξειργάσω τοῖς ἐλπίζουσιν ἐπὶ σὲ ἐναντίον τῶν υἱῶν τῶν ἀνθρώπων
LA Quam magna multitudo dulcedinis tuæ, Domine, quam abscondisti timentibus te; perfecisti eis qui sperant in te in conspectu filiorum hominum!
EN O how great is the multitude of your sweetness, O Lord, which you have hidden for them that fear you! Which you have wrought for them that hope in you, in the sight of the sons of men.
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GR κατακρύψεις αὐτοὺς ἐν ἀποκρύφῳ τοῦ προσώπου σου ἀπὸ ταραχῆς ἀνθρώπων σκεπάσεις αὐτοὺς ἐν σκηνῇ ἀπὸ ἀντιλογίας γλωσσῶν
LA Abscondes eos in abscondito faciei tuæ a conturbatione hominum; proteges eos in tabernaculo tuo, a contradictione linguarum.
EN You shall hide them in the secret of your face, from the disturbance of men. You shall protect them in your tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.
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GR εὐλογητὸς κύριος ὅτι ἐθαυμάστωσεν τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει περιοχῆς
LA Benedictus Dominus, quoniam mirificavit misericordiam suam mihi in civitate munita.
EN Blessed be the Lord, for he has shown his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.
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GR ἐγὼ δὲ εἶπα ἐν τῇ ἐκστάσει μου ἀπέρριμμαι ἄρα ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν σου διὰ τοῦτο εἰσήκουσας τῆς φωνῆς τῆς δεήσεώς μου ἐν τῷ κεκραγέναι με πρὸς σέ
LA Ego autem dixi in excessu mentis meæ: Projectus sum a facie oculorum tuorum: ideo exaudisti vocem orationis meæ, dum clamarem ad te.
EN But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before your eyes. Therefore you have heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to you.
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GR ἀγαπήσατε τὸν κύριον πάντες οἱ ὅσιοι αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἀληθείας ἐκζητεῖ κύριος καὶ ἀνταποδίδωσιν τοῖς περισσῶς ποιοῦσιν ὑπερηφανίαν
LA Diligite Dominum, omnes sancti ejus, quoniam veritatem requiret Dominus, et retribuet abundanter facientibus superbiam.
EN O love the Lord, all you his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.
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GR ἀνδρίζεσθε καὶ κραταιούσθω ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν πάντες οἱ ἐλπίζοντες ἐπὶ κύριον
LA Viriliter agite, et confortetur cor vestrum, omnes qui speratis in Domino.
EN Do manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all you that hope in the Lord.
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