Psalm 94 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] God shall judge and punish the oppressors of his people.
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GR ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ τετράδι σαββάτων ὁ θεὸς ἐκδικήσεων κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἐκδικήσεων ἐπαρρησιάσατο
LA Deus ultionum Dominus; Deus ultionum libere egit.
EN The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongs: the God of revenge has acted freely.
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GR ὑψώθητι ὁ κρίνων τὴν γῆν ἀπόδος ἀνταπόδοσιν τοῖς ὑπερηφάνοις
LA Exaltare, qui judicas terram; redde retributionem superbis.
EN Lift up yourself, you that judge the earth: render a reward to the proud.
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GR ἕως πότε ἁμαρτωλοί κύριε ἕως πότε ἁμαρτωλοὶ καυχήσονται
LA Usquequo peccatores, Domine, usquequo peccatores gloriabuntur;
EN How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
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GR φθέγξονται καὶ λαλήσουσιν ἀδικίαν λαλήσουσιν πάντες οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν
LA effabuntur et loquentur iniquitatem; loquentur omnes qui operantur injustitiam?
EN Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?
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GR τὸν λαόν σου κύριε ἐταπείνωσαν καὶ τὴν κληρονομίαν σου ἐκάκωσαν
LA Populum tuum, Domine, humiliaverunt, et hæreditatem tuam vexaverunt.
EN Your people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted your inheritance.
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GR χήραν καὶ προσήλυτον ἀπέκτειναν καὶ ὀρφανοὺς ἐφόνευσαν
LA Viduam et advenam interfecerunt, et pupillos occiderunt.
EN They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
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GR καὶ εἶπαν οὐκ ὄψεται κύριος οὐδὲ συνήσει ὁ θεὸς τοῦ Ιακωβ
LA Et dixerunt: Non videbit Dominus, nec intelliget Deus Jacob.
EN And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
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GR σύνετε δή ἄφρονες ἐν τῷ λαῷ καί μωροί ποτὲ φρονήσατε
LA Intelligite, insipientes in populo; et stulti, aliquando sapite.
EN Understand, you senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
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GR ὁ φυτεύσας τὸ οὖς οὐχὶ ἀκούει ἢ ὁ πλάσας τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν οὐ κατανοεῖ
LA Qui plantavit aurem non audiet? aut qui finxit oculum non considerat?
EN He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? Or he that formed the eye, does he not consider?
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GR ὁ παιδεύων ἔθνη οὐχὶ ἐλέγξει ὁ διδάσκων ἄνθρωπον γνῶσιν
LA Qui corripit gentes non arguet, qui docet hominem scientiam?
EN He that chastises nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teaches man knowledge?
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GR κύριος γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι
LA Dominus scit cogitationes hominum, quoniam vanæ sunt.
EN The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
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GR μακάριος ἄνθρωπος ὃν ἂν σὺ παιδεύσῃς κύριε καὶ ἐκ τοῦ νόμου σου διδάξῃς αὐτὸν
LA Beatus homo quem tu erudieris, Domine, et de lege tua docueris eum:
EN Blessed is the man whom you shall instruct, O Lord: and shall teach him out of your law.
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GR τοῦ πραῦναι αὐτῷ ἀφ’ ἡμερῶν πονηρῶν ἕως οὗ ὀρυγῇ τῷ ἁμαρτωλῷ βόθρος
LA ut mitiges ei a diebus malis, donec fodiatur peccatori fovea.
EN That you may give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.
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GR ὅτι οὐκ ἀπώσεται κύριος τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει
LA Quia non repellet Dominus plebem suam, et hæreditatem suam non derelinquet,
EN For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.
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GR ἕως οὗ δικαιοσύνη ἐπιστρέψῃ εἰς κρίσιν καὶ ἐχόμενοι αὐτῆς πάντες οἱ εὐθεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳ διάψαλμα
LA quoadusque justitia convertatur in judicium: et qui juxta illam, omnes qui recto sunt corde.
EN Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
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GR τίς ἀναστήσεταί μοι ἐπὶ πονηρευομένους ἢ τίς συμπαραστήσεταί μοι ἐπὶ ἐργαζομένους τὴν ἀνομίαν
LA Quis consurget mihi adversus malignantes? aut quis stabit mecum adversus operantes iniquitatem?
EN Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? Or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
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GR εἰ μὴ ὅτι κύριος ἐβοήθησέν μοι παρὰ βραχὺ παρῴκησεν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἡ ψυχή μου
LA Nisi quia Dominus adjuvit me, paulominus habitasset in inferno anima mea.
EN Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell.
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GR εἰ ἔλεγον σεσάλευται ὁ πούς μου τὸ ἔλεός σου κύριε βοηθεῖ μοι
LA Si dicebam: Motus est pes meus: misericordia tua, Domine, adjuvabat me.
EN If I said: My foot is moved: your mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
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GR κύριε κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ὀδυνῶν μου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ μου αἱ παρακλήσεις σου ἠγάπησαν τὴν ψυχήν μου
LA Secundum multitudinem dolorum meorum in corde meo, consolationes tuæ lætificaverunt animam meam.
EN According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your comforts have given joy to my soul.
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GR μὴ συμπροσέσται σοι θρόνος ἀνομίας ὁ πλάσσων κόπον ἐπὶ προστάγματι
LA Numquid adhæret tibi sedes iniquitatis, qui fingis laborem in præcepto?
EN Does the seat of iniquity stick to you, who frames labour in commandment?
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GR θηρεύσουσιν ἐπὶ ψυχὴν δικαίου καὶ αἷμα ἀθῷον καταδικάσονται
LA Captabunt in animam justi, et sanguinem innocentem condemnabunt.
EN They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
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GR καὶ ἐγένετό μοι κύριος εἰς καταφυγὴν καὶ ὁ θεός μου εἰς βοηθὸν ἐλπίδος μου
LA Et factus est mihi Dominus in refugium, et Deus meus in adjutorium spei meæ.
EN But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
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GR καὶ ἀποδώσει αὐτοῖς τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν καὶ κατὰ τὴν πονηρίαν αὐτῶν ἀφανιεῖ αὐτοὺς κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν
LA Et reddet illis iniquitatem ipsorum, et in malitia eorum disperdet eos: disperdet illos Dominus Deus noster.
EN And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.
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[!note]- Rest from the evil days…
That thou may mitigate the sorrows, to which he is exposed, during the short and evil days of his mortality. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Until justice be turned into judgment, etc…
By being put in execution; which will be agreeable to all the upright in heart. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, etc…
That is, will thou, O God, who art always just, admit of the seat of iniquity: that is, of injustice, or unjust judges, to have any partnership with thee? You who frame, or make, labour in commandment, that is, thou who obligest us to labour with all diligence to keep thy commandments. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
