Psalm 52 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] David condemns the wickedness of Doeg, and foretells his destruction.
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος συνέσεως τῷ Δαυιδ
LA In finem. Intellectus David,
EN Unto the end, understanding for David,
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GR ἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν Δωηκ τὸν Ιδουμαῖον καὶ ἀναγγεῖλαι τῷ Σαουλ καὶ εἰπεῖν αὐτῷ ἦλθεν Δαυιδ εἰς τὸν οἶκον Αβιμελεχ
LA cum venit Doëg Idumæus, et nuntiavit Sauli: Venit David in domum Achimelech.
EN when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul: David went to the house of Achimelech.
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GR τί ἐγκαυχᾷ ἐν κακίᾳ ὁ δυνατός ἀνομίαν ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν
LA Quid gloriaris in malitia, qui potens es in iniquitate?
EN Why do you glory in malice, you that are mighty in iniquity?
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GR ἀδικίαν ἐλογίσατο ἡ γλῶσσά σου ὡσεὶ ξυρὸν ἠκονημένον ἐποίησας δόλον
LA Tota die injustitiam cogitavit lingua tua; sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum.
EN All the day long your tongue has devised injustice: as a sharp razor, you have wrought deceit.
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GR ἠγάπησας κακίαν ὑπὲρ ἀγαθωσύνην ἀδικίαν ὑπὲρ τὸ λαλῆσαι δικαιοσύνην διάψαλμα
LA Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem; iniquitatem magis quam loqui æquitatem.
EN You have loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.
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GR ἠγάπησας πάντα τὰ ῥήματα καταποντισμοῦ γλῶσσαν δολίαν
LA Dilexisti omnia verba præcipitationis; lingua dolosa.
EN You have loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.
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GR διὰ τοῦτο ὁ θεὸς καθελεῖ σε εἰς τέλος ἐκτίλαι σε καὶ μεταναστεύσαι σε ἀπὸ σκηνώματος καὶ τὸ ῥίζωμά σου ἐκ γῆς ζώντων διάψαλμα
LA Propterea Deus destruet te in finem; evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo, et radicem tuam de terra viventium.
EN Therefore will God destroy you for ever: he will pluck you out, and remove you from your dwelling place: and your root out of the land of the living.
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GR καὶ ὄψονται δίκαιοι καὶ φοβηθήσονται καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν γελάσονται καὶ ἐροῦσιν
LA Videbunt justi, et timebunt; et super eum ridebunt, et dicent:
EN The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:
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GR ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος ὃς οὐκ ἔθετο τὸν θεὸν βοηθὸν αὐτοῦ ἀλλ’ ἐπήλπισεν ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ πλούτου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐδυναμώθη ἐπὶ τῇ ματαιότητι αὐτοῦ
LA Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum; sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum, et prævaluit in vanitate sua.
EN Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.
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GR ἐγὼ δὲ ὡσεὶ ἐλαία κατάκαρπος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ θεοῦ ἤλπισα ἐπὶ τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος
LA Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei; speravi in misericordia Dei, in æternum et in sæculum sæculi.
EN But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.
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GR ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ὅτι ἐποίησας καὶ ὑπομενῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου ὅτι χρηστὸν ἐναντίον τῶν ὁσίων σου
LA Confitebor tibi in sæculum, quia fecisti; et exspectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.
EN I will praise you for ever, because you have done it: and I will wait on your name, for it is good in the sight of your saints.
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