Psalm 35 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] David, in the person of Christ, prays against his persecutors: prophetically foreshowing the punishments that shall fall upon them.
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GR τῷ Δαυιδ δίκασον κύριε τοὺς ἀδικοῦντάς με πολέμησον τοὺς πολεμοῦντάς με
LA Judica, Domine, nocentes me; expugna impugnantes me.
EN Judge, O Lord, them that wrong me: overthrow them that fight against me.
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GR ἐπιλαβοῦ ὅπλου καὶ θυρεοῦ καὶ ἀνάστηθι εἰς βοήθειάν μου
LA Apprehende arma et scutum, et exsurge in adjutorium mihi.
EN Take hold of arms and shield: and rise up to help me.
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GR ἔκχεον ῥομφαίαν καὶ σύγκλεισον ἐξ ἐναντίας τῶν καταδιωκόντων με εἰπὸν τῇ ψυχῇ μου σωτηρία σου ἐγώ εἰμι
LA Effunde frameam, et conclude adversus eos qui persequuntur me; dic animæ meæ: Salus tua ego sum.
EN Bring out the sword, and shut up the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul: I am your salvation.
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GR αἰσχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἐντραπήτωσαν οἱ ζητοῦντες τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀποστραφήτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω καὶ καταισχυνθήτωσαν οἱ λογιζόμενοί μοι κακά
LA Confundantur et revereantur quærentes animam meam; avertantur retrorsum et confundantur cogitantes mihi mala.
EN Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded that devise evil against me.
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GR γενηθήτωσαν ὡσεὶ χνοῦς κατὰ πρόσωπον ἀνέμου καὶ ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐκθλίβων αὐτούς
LA Fiant tamquam pulvis ante faciem venti, et angelus Domini coarctans eos.
EN Let them become as dust before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord straiten them.
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GR γενηθήτω ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτῶν σκότος καὶ ὀλίσθημα καὶ ἄγγελος κυρίου καταδιώκων αὐτούς
LA Fiat via illorum tenebræ et lubricum, et angelus Domini persequens eos.
EN Let their way become dark and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord pursue them.
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GR ὅτι δωρεὰν ἔκρυψάν μοι διαφθορὰν παγίδος αὐτῶν μάτην ὠνείδισαν τὴν ψυχήν μου
LA Quoniam gratis absconderunt mihi interitum laquei sui; supervacue exprobraverunt animam meam.
EN For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction: without cause they have upbraided my soul.
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GR ἐλθέτω αὐτοῖς παγίς ἣν οὐ γινώσκουσιν καὶ ἡ θήρα ἣν ἔκρυψαν συλλαβέτω αὐτούς καὶ ἐν τῇ παγίδι πεσοῦνται ἐν αὐτῇ
LA Veniat illi laqueus quem ignorat, et captio quam abscondit apprehendat eum, et in laqueum cadat in ipsum.
EN Let the snare which he knows not come upon him: and let the net which he has hidden catch him: and into that very snare let them fall.
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GR ἡ δὲ ψυχή μου ἀγαλλιάσεται ἐπὶ τῷ κυρίῳ τερφθήσεται ἐπὶ τῷ σωτηρίῳ αὐτοῦ
LA Anima autem mea exsultabit in Domino, et delectabitur super salutari suo.
EN But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; and shall be delighted in his salvation.
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GR πάντα τὰ ὀστᾶ μου ἐροῦσιν κύριε τίς ὅμοιός σοι ῥυόμενος πτωχὸν ἐκ χειρὸς στερεωτέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ πτωχὸν καὶ πένητα ἀπὸ τῶν διαρπαζόντων αὐτόν
LA Omnia ossa mea dicent: Domine, quis similis tibi? eripiens inopem de manu fortiorum ejus; egenum et pauperem a diripientibus eum.
EN All my bones shall say: Lord, who is like to you? Who delivers the poor from the hand of them that are stronger than he; the needy and the poor from them that strip him.
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GR ἀναστάντες μάρτυρες ἄδικοι ἃ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον ἠρώτων με
LA Surgentes testes iniqui, quæ ignorabam interrogabant me.
EN Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me things I knew not.
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GR ἀνταπεδίδοσάν μοι πονηρὰ ἀντὶ καλῶν καὶ ἀτεκνίαν τῇ ψυχῇ μου
LA Retribuebant mihi mala pro bonis, sterilitatem animæ meæ.
EN They repaid me evil for good: to the depriving me of my soul.
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GR ἐγὼ δὲ ἐν τῷ αὐτοὺς παρενοχλεῖν μοι ἐνεδυόμην σάκκον καὶ ἐταπείνουν ἐν νηστείᾳ τὴν ψυχήν μου καὶ ἡ προσευχή μου εἰς κόλπον μου ἀποστραφήσεται
LA Ego autem, cum mihi molesti essent, induebar cilicio; humiliabam in jejunio animam meam, et oratio mea in sinu meo convertetur.
EN But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.
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GR ὡς πλησίον ὡς ἀδελφὸν ἡμέτερον οὕτως εὐηρέστουν ὡς πενθῶν καὶ σκυθρωπάζων οὕτως ἐταπεινούμην
LA Quasi proximum et quasi fratrem nostrum sic complacebam; quasi lugens et contristatus sic humiliabar.
EN As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please: as one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled.
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GR καὶ κατ’ ἐμοῦ ηὐφράνθησαν καὶ συνήχθησαν συνήχθησαν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ μάστιγες καὶ οὐκ ἔγνων διεσχίσθησαν καὶ οὐ κατενύγησαν
LA Et adversum me lætati sunt, et convenerunt; congregata sunt super me flagella, et ignoravi.
EN But they rejoiced against me, and came together: scourges were gathered together upon me, and I knew not.
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GR ἐπείρασάν με ἐξεμυκτήρισάν με μυκτηρισμόν ἔβρυξαν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτῶν
LA Dissipati sunt, nec compuncti; tentaverunt me, subsannaverunt me subsannatione; frenduerunt super me dentibus suis.
EN They were separated, and repented not: they tempted me, they scoffed at me with scorn: they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
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GR κύριε πότε ἐπόψῃ ἀποκατάστησον τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ τῆς κακουργίας αὐτῶν ἀπὸ λεόντων τὴν μονογενῆ μου
LA Domine, quando respicies? Restitue animam meam a malignitate eorum; a leonibus unicam meam.
EN Lord, when will you look upon me? Rescue my soul from their malice: my only one from the lions.
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GR ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι κύριε ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ πολλῇ ἐν λαῷ βαρεῖ αἰνέσω σε
LA Confitebor tibi in ecclesia magna; in populo gravi laudabo te.
EN I will give thanks to you in a great church; I will praise you in a strong people.
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GR μὴ ἐπιχαρείησάν μοι οἱ ἐχθραίνοντές μοι ἀδίκως οἱ μισοῦντές με δωρεὰν καὶ διανεύοντες ὀφθαλμοῖς
LA Non supergaudeant mihi qui adversantur mihi inique, qui oderunt me gratis, et annuunt oculis.
EN Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: who have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes.
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GR ὅτι ἐμοὶ μὲν εἰρηνικὰ ἐλάλουν καὶ ἐπ’ ὀργὴν δόλους διελογίζοντο
LA Quoniam mihi quidem pacifice loquebantur; et in iracundia terræ loquentes, dolos cogitabant.
EN For they spoke indeed peaceably to me; and speaking in the anger of the earth they devised guile.
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GR καὶ ἐπλάτυναν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν εἶπαν εὖγε εὖγε εἶδαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν
LA Et dilataverunt super me os suum; dixerunt: Euge, euge! viderunt oculi nostri.
EN And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said: Well done, well done, our eyes have seen it.
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GR εἶδες κύριε μὴ παρασιωπήσῃς κύριε μὴ ἀποστῇς ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ
LA Vidisti, Domine: ne sileas; Domine, ne discedas a me.
EN You have seen, O Lord, be not silent: O Lord, depart not from me.
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GR ἐξεγέρθητι κύριε καὶ πρόσχες τῇ κρίσει μου ὁ θεός μου καὶ ὁ κύριός μου εἰς τὴν δίκην μου
LA Exsurge et intende judicio meo, Deus meus; et Dominus meus, in causam meam.
EN Arise, and be attentive to my judgment: to my cause, my God, and my Lord.
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GR κρῖνόν με κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου κύριε ὁ θεός μου καὶ μὴ ἐπιχαρείησάν μοι
LA Judica me secundum justitiam tuam, Domine Deus meus, et non supergaudeant mihi.
EN Judge me, O Lord my God according to your justice, and let them not rejoice over me.
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GR μὴ εἴπαισαν ἐν καρδίαις αὐτῶν εὖγε εὖγε τῇ ψυχῇ ἡμῶν μηδὲ εἴπαισαν κατεπίομεν αὐτόν
LA Non dicant in cordibus suis: Euge, euge, animæ nostræ; nec dicant: Devoravimus eum.
EN Let them not say in their hearts: It is well, it is well, to our mind: neither let them say: We have swallowed him up.
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GR αἰσχυνθείησαν καὶ ἐντραπείησαν ἅμα οἱ ἐπιχαίροντες τοῖς κακοῖς μου ἐνδυσάσθωσαν αἰσχύνην καὶ ἐντροπὴν οἱ μεγαλορρημονοῦντες ἐπ’ ἐμέ
LA Erubescant et revereantur simul qui gratulantur malis meis; induantur confusione et reverentia qui magna loquuntur super me.
EN Let them blush: and be ashamed together, who rejoice at my evils. Let them be clothed with confusion and shame, who speak great things against me.
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GR ἀγαλλιάσαιντο καὶ εὐφρανθείησαν οἱ θέλοντες τὴν δικαιοσύνην μου καὶ εἰπάτωσαν διὰ παντός μεγαλυνθήτω ὁ κύριος οἱ θέλοντες τὴν εἰρήνην τοῦ δούλου αὐτοῦ
LA Exsultent et lætentur qui volunt justitiam meam; et dicant semper: Magnificetur Dominus, qui volunt pacem servi ejus.
EN Let them rejoice and be glad, who are well pleased with my justice, and let them say always: The Lord be magnified, who delights in the peace of his servant.
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GR καὶ ἡ γλῶσσά μου μελετήσει τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν τὸν ἔπαινόν σου
LA Et lingua mea meditabitur justitiam tuam; tota die laudem tuam.
EN And my tongue shall meditate your justice, your praise all the day long.
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