Psalm 37 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the wicked; and to trust in Providence.
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GR τοῦ Δαυιδ μὴ παραζήλου ἐν πονηρευομένοις μηδὲ ζήλου τοὺς ποιοῦντας τὴν ἀνομίαν
LA Noli æmulari in malignantibus, neque zelaveris facientes iniquitatem:
EN Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.
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GR ὅτι ὡσεὶ χόρτος ταχὺ ἀποξηρανθήσονται καὶ ὡσεὶ λάχανα χλόης ταχὺ ἀποπεσοῦνται
LA quoniam tamquam fœnum velociter arescent, et quemadmodum olera herbarum cito decident.
EN For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.
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GR ἔλπισον ἐπὶ κύριον καὶ ποίει χρηστότητα καὶ κατασκήνου τὴν γῆν καὶ ποιμανθήσῃ ἐπὶ τῷ πλούτῳ αὐτῆς
LA Spera in Domino, et fac bonitatem; et inhabita terram, et pasceris in divitiis ejus.
EN Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and you shall be fed with its riches.
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GR κατατρύφησον τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δώσει σοι τὰ αἰτήματα τῆς καρδίας σου
LA Delectare in Domino, et dabit tibi petitiones cordis tui.
EN Delight in the Lord, and he will give you the requests of your heart.
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GR ἀποκάλυψον πρὸς κύριον τὴν ὁδόν σου καὶ ἔλπισον ἐπ’ αὐτόν καὶ αὐτὸς ποιήσει
LA Revela Domino viam tuam, et spera in eo, et ipse faciet.
EN Commit your way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.
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GR καὶ ἐξοίσει ὡς φῶς τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου καὶ τὸ κρίμα σου ὡς μεσημβρίαν
LA Et educet quasi lumen justitiam tuam, et judicium tuum tamquam meridiem.
EN And he will bring forth your justice as the light, and your judgment as the noonday.
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GR ὑποτάγηθι τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἱκέτευσον αὐτόν μὴ παραζήλου ἐν τῷ κατευοδουμένῳ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ ποιοῦντι παρανομίας
LA Subditus esto Domino, et ora eum. Noli æmulari in eo qui prosperatur in via sua; in homine faciente injustitias.
EN Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Envy not the man who prospers in his way; the man who does unjust things.
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GR παῦσαι ἀπὸ ὀργῆς καὶ ἐγκατάλιπε θυμόν μὴ παραζήλου ὥστε πονηρεύεσθαι
LA Desine ab ira, et derelinque furorem; noli æmulari ut maligneris.
EN Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.
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GR ὅτι οἱ πονηρευόμενοι ἐξολεθρευθήσονται οἱ δὲ ὑπομένοντες τὸν κύριον αὐτοὶ κληρονομήσουσιν γῆν
LA Quoniam qui malignantur exterminabuntur; sustinentes autem Dominum, ipsi hæreditabunt terram.
EN For evildoers shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the land.
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GR καὶ ἔτι ὀλίγον καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑπάρξῃ ὁ ἁμαρτωλός καὶ ζητήσεις τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ μὴ εὕρῃς
LA Et adhuc pusillum, et non erit peccator; et quæres locum ejus, et non invenies.
EN For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: and you shall seek his place, and shall not find it.
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GR οἱ δὲ πραεῖς κληρονομήσουσιν γῆν καὶ κατατρυφήσουσιν ἐπὶ πλήθει εἰρήνης
LA Mansueti autem hæreditabunt terram, et delectabuntur in multitudine pacis.
EN But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in abundance of peace.
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GR παρατηρήσεται ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς τὸν δίκαιον καὶ βρύξει ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτοῦ
LA Observabit peccator justum, et stridebit super eum dentibus suis.
EN The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth.
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GR ὁ δὲ κύριος ἐκγελάσεται αὐτόν ὅτι προβλέπει ὅτι ἥξει ἡ ἡμέρα αὐτοῦ
LA Dominus autem irridebit eum, quoniam prospicit quod veniet dies ejus.
EN But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day shall come.
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GR ῥομφαίαν ἐσπάσαντο οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί ἐνέτειναν τόξον αὐτῶν τοῦ καταβαλεῖν πτωχὸν καὶ πένητα τοῦ σφάξαι τοὺς εὐθεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳ
LA Gladium evaginaverunt peccatores; intenderunt arcum suum: ut dejiciant pauperem et inopem, ut trucident rectos corde.
EN The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.
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GR ἡ ῥομφαία αὐτῶν εἰσέλθοι εἰς τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ τόξα αὐτῶν συντριβείησαν
LA Gladius eorum intret in corda ipsorum, et arcus eorum confringatur.
EN Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.
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GR κρεῖσσον ὀλίγον τῷ δικαίῳ ὑπὲρ πλοῦτον ἁμαρτωλῶν πολύν
LA Melius est modicum justo, super divitias peccatorum multas:
EN Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.
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GR ὅτι βραχίονες ἁμαρτωλῶν συντριβήσονται ὑποστηρίζει δὲ τοὺς δικαίους κύριος
LA quoniam brachia peccatorum conterentur: confirmat autem justos Dominus.
EN For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengthens the just.
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GR γινώσκει κύριος τὰς ὁδοὺς τῶν ἀμώμων καὶ ἡ κληρονομία αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔσται
LA Novit Dominus dies immaculatorum, et hæreditas eorum in æternum erit.
EN The Lord knows the days of the undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
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GR οὐ καταισχυνθήσονται ἐν καιρῷ πονηρῷ καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις λιμοῦ χορτασθήσονται
LA Non confundentur in tempore malo, et in diebus famis saturabuntur:
EN They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled:
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GR ὅτι οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀπολοῦνται οἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ κυρίου ἅμα τῷ δοξασθῆναι αὐτοὺς καὶ ὑψωθῆναι ἐκλιπόντες ὡσεὶ καπνὸς ἐξέλιπον
LA quia peccatores peribunt. Inimici vero Domini mox ut honorificati fuerint et exaltati, deficientes quemadmodum fumus deficient.
EN Because the wicked shall perish. And the enemies of the Lord, presently after they shall be honoured and exalted, shall come to nothing and vanish like smoke.
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GR δανείζεται ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς καὶ οὐκ ἀποτείσει ὁ δὲ δίκαιος οἰκτίρει καὶ διδοῖ
LA Mutuabitur peccator, et non solvet; justus autem miseretur et tribuet:
EN The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again; but the just shows mercy and shall give.
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GR ὅτι οἱ εὐλογοῦντες αὐτὸν κληρονομήσουσι γῆν οἱ δὲ καταρώμενοι αὐτὸν ἐξολεθρευθήσονται
LA quia benedicentes ei hæreditabunt terram; maledicentes autem ei disperibunt.
EN For such as bless him shall inherit the land: but such as curse him shall perish.
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GR παρὰ κυρίου τὰ διαβήματα ἀνθρώπου κατευθύνεται καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ θελήσει
LA Apud Dominum gressus hominis dirigentur, et viam ejus volet.
EN With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.
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GR ὅταν πέσῃ οὐ καταραχθήσεται ὅτι κύριος ἀντιστηρίζει χεῖρα αὐτοῦ
LA Cum ceciderit, non collidetur, quia Dominus supponit manum suam.
EN When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord puts his hand under him.
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GR νεώτερος ἐγενόμην καὶ γὰρ ἐγήρασα καὶ οὐκ εἶδον δίκαιον ἐγκαταλελειμμένον οὐδὲ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ζητοῦν ἄρτους
LA Junior fui, etenim senui; et non vidi justum derelictum, nec semen ejus quærens panem.
EN I have been young and now am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.
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GR ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐλεᾷ καὶ δανείζει καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ εἰς εὐλογίαν ἔσται
LA Tota die miseretur et commodat; et semen illius in benedictione erit.
EN He shows mercy, and lends all the day long; and his seed shall be in blessing.
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GR ἔκκλινον ἀπὸ κακοῦ καὶ ποίησον ἀγαθὸν καὶ κατασκήνου εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος
LA Declina a malo, et fac bonum, et inhabita in sæculum sæculi:
EN Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.
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GR ὅτι κύριος ἀγαπᾷ κρίσιν καὶ οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει τοὺς ὁσίους αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα φυλαχθήσονται ἄνομοι δὲ ἐκδιωχθήσονται καὶ σπέρμα ἀσεβῶν ἐξολεθρευθήσεται
LA quia Dominus amat judicium, et non derelinquet sanctos suos: in æternum conservabuntur. Injusti punientur, et semen impiorum peribit.
EN For the Lord loves judgment, and will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.
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GR δίκαιοι δὲ κληρονομήσουσι γῆν καὶ κατασκηνώσουσιν εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος ἐπ’ αὐτῆς
LA Justi autem hæreditabunt terram, et inhabitabunt in sæculum sæculi super eam.
EN But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for evermore.
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GR στόμα δικαίου μελετήσει σοφίαν καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτοῦ λαλήσει κρίσιν
LA Os justi meditabitur sapientiam, et lingua ejus loquetur judicium.
EN The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment.
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GR ὁ νόμος τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὑποσκελισθήσεται τὰ διαβήματα αὐτοῦ
LA Lex Dei ejus in corde ipsius, et non supplantabuntur gressus ejus.
EN The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.
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GR κατανοεῖ ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς τὸν δίκαιον καὶ ζητεῖ τοῦ θανατῶσαι αὐτόν
LA Considerat peccator justum, et quærit mortificare eum.
EN The wicked watches the just man, and seeks to put him to death,
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GR ὁ δὲ κύριος οὐ μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃ αὐτὸν εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ μὴ καταδικάσηται αὐτόν ὅταν κρίνηται αὐτῷ
LA Dominus autem non derelinquet eum in manibus ejus, nec damnabit eum cum judicabitur illi.
EN but the Lord will not leave him in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be judged.
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GR ὑπόμεινον τὸν κύριον καὶ φύλαξον τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑψώσει σε τοῦ κατακληρονομῆσαι γῆν ἐν τῷ ἐξολεθρεύεσθαι ἁμαρτωλοὺς ὄψῃ
LA Exspecta Dominum, et custodi viam ejus, et exaltabit te ut hæreditate capias terram: cum perierint peccatores, videbis.
EN Expect the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt you to inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish you shall see.
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GR εἶδον ἀσεβῆ ὑπερυψούμενον καὶ ἐπαιρόμενον ὡς τὰς κέδρους τοῦ Λιβάνου
LA Vidi impium superexaltatum, et elevatum sicut cedros Libani:
EN I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.
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GR καὶ παρῆλθον καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν καὶ ἐζήτησα αὐτόν καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθη ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ
LA et transivi, et ecce non erat; et quæsivi eum, et non est inventus locus ejus.
EN And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his place was not found.
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GR φύλασσε ἀκακίαν καὶ ἰδὲ εὐθύτητα ὅτι ἔστιν ἐγκατάλειμμα ἀνθρώπῳ εἰρηνικῷ
LA Custodi innocentiam, et vide æquitatem, quoniam sunt reliquiæ homini pacifico.
EN Keep innocence, and behold justice: for there are remnants for the peaceable man.
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GR οἱ δὲ παράνομοι ἐξολεθρευθήσονται ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό τὰ ἐγκαταλείμματα τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἐξολεθρευθήσονται
LA Injusti autem disperibunt simul; reliquiæ impiorum interibunt.
EN But the unjust shall be destroyed together: the remnants of the wicked shall perish.
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GR σωτηρία δὲ τῶν δικαίων παρὰ κυρίου καὶ ὑπερασπιστὴς αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως
LA Salus autem justorum a Domino; et protector eorum in tempore tribulationis.
EN But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in the time of trouble.
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GR καὶ βοηθήσει αὐτοῖς κύριος καὶ ῥύσεται αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐξελεῖται αὐτοὺς ἐξ ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ σώσει αὐτούς ὅτι ἤλπισαν ἐπ’ αὐτόν
LA Et adjuvabit eos Dominus, et liberabit eos; et eruet eos a peccatoribus, et salvabit eos, quia speraverunt in eo.
EN And the Lord will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them because they have hoped in him.
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