Psalm 64 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] A prayer in affliction, with confidence in God that he will bring to nought the machinations of persecutors.
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ
LA In finem. Psalmus David.
EN Unto the end, a psalm for David.
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GR εἰσάκουσον ὁ θεός τῆς φωνῆς μου ἐν τῷ δέεσθαί με ἀπὸ φόβου ἐχθροῦ ἐξελοῦ τὴν ψυχήν μου
LA Exaudi, Deus, orationem meam cum deprecor; a timore inimici eripe animam meam.
EN Hear O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to you: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.
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GR ἐσκέπασάς με ἀπὸ συστροφῆς πονηρευομένων ἀπὸ πλήθους ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν
LA Protexisti me a conventu malignantium, a multitudine operantium iniquitatem.
EN You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.
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GR οἵτινες ἠκόνησαν ὡς ῥομφαίαν τὰς γλώσσας αὐτῶν ἐνέτειναν τόξον αὐτῶν πρᾶγμα πικρὸν
LA Quia exacuerunt ut gladium linguas suas; intenderunt arcum rem amaram,
EN For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,
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GR τοῦ κατατοξεῦσαι ἐν ἀποκρύφοις ἄμωμον ἐξάπινα κατατοξεύσουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσονται
LA ut sagittent in occultis immaculatum.
EN to shoot in secret the undefiled.
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GR ἐκραταίωσαν ἑαυτοῖς λόγον πονηρόν διηγήσαντο τοῦ κρύψαι παγίδας εἶπαν τίς ὄψεται αὐτούς
LA Subito sagittabunt eum, et non timebunt; firmaverunt sibi sermonem nequam. Narraverunt ut absconderent laqueos; dixerunt: Quis videbit eos?
EN They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?
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GR ἐξηρεύνησαν ἀνομίας ἐξέλιπον ἐξερευνῶντες ἐξερευνήσει προσελεύσεται ἄνθρωπος καὶ καρδία βαθεῖα
LA Scrutati sunt iniquitates; defecerunt scrutantes scrutinio. Accedet homo ad cor altum,
EN They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:
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[!note]- A deep heart…
That is, crafty, subtle, deep projects and designs; which nevertheless shall not succeed; for God shall be exalted in bringing them to nought by his wisdom and power. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ὁ θεός βέλος νηπίων ἐγενήθησαν αἱ πληγαὶ αὐτῶν
LA et exaltabitur Deus. Sagittæ parvulorum factæ sunt plagæ eorum,
EN And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:
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[!note]- The arrows of children are their wounds…
That is, the wounds, stripes, or blows, they seek to inflict upon the just, are but like the weak efforts of children’s arrows, which can do no execution: and their tongues, that is, their speeches against them come to nothing. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR καὶ ἐξησθένησαν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς αἱ γλῶσσαι αὐτῶν ἐταράχθησαν πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες αὐτούς
LA et infirmatæ sunt contra eos linguæ eorum. Conturbati sunt omnes qui videbant eos,
EN And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;
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GR καὶ ἐφοβήθη πᾶς ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὰ ποιήματα αὐτοῦ συνῆκαν
LA et timuit omnis homo. Et annuntiaverunt opera Dei, et facta ejus intellexerunt.
EN and every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God, and understood his doings.
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GR εὐφρανθήσεται δίκαιος ἐπὶ τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἐλπιεῖ ἐπ’ αὐτόν καὶ ἐπαινεσθήσονται πάντες οἱ εὐθεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳ
LA Lætabitur justus in Domino, et sperabit in eo, et laudabuntur omnes recti corde.
EN The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.
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