Psalms 73
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.
1Συνέσεως τῷ Ἀσάφ. ΙΝΑΤΙ ἀπώσω, ὁ Θεός, εἰς τέλος; ὠργίσθη ὁ θυμός σου ἐπὶ πρόβατα νομῆς σου;
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
2μνήσθητι τῆς συναγωγῆς σου, ἧς ἐκτήσω ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς· ἐλυτρώσω ράβδον κληρονομίας σου, ὄρος Σιὼν τοῦτο, ὃ κατεσκήνωσας ἐν αὐτῷ.
3For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
3ἔπαρον τὰς χεῖράς σου ἐπὶ τὰς ὑπερηφανίας αὐτῶν εἰς τέλος, ὅσα ἐπονηρεύσατο ὁ ἐχθρὸς ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις σου.
4For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.
4καὶ ἐνεκαυχήσαντο οἱ μισοῦντές σε ἐν μέσῳ τῆς ἑορτῆς σου, ἔθεντο τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν σημεῖα καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν.
5In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.
5ὡς εἰς τὴν ἔξοδον ὑπεράνω,
6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
6ὡς ἐν δρυμῷ ξύλων ἀξίναις ἐξέκοψαν τὰς θύρας αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐν πελέκει καὶ λαξευτηρίῳ κατέρραξαν αὐτήν.
7Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.
7ἐνεπύρισαν ἐν πυρὶ τὸ ἁγιαστήριόν σου, εἰς τὴν γῆν ἐβεβήλωσαν τὸ σκήνωμα τοῦ ὀνόματός σου.
8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.
8εἶπαν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν αἱ συγγένειαι αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό· δεῦτε καὶ καταπαύσωμεν πάσας τὰς ἑορτὰς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.
9They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
9τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν οὐκ εἴδομεν, οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι προφήτης, καὶ ἡμᾶς οὐ γνώσεται ἔτι.
10Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.
10ἕως πότε, ὁ Θεός, ὀνειδιεῖ ὁ ἐχθρός, παροξυνεῖ ὁ ὑπεναντίος τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τέλος;
11And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
11ἱνατί ἀποστρέφεις τὴν χεῖρά σου καὶ τὴν δεξιάν σου ἐκ μέσου τοῦ κόλπου σου εἰς τέλος;
12Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.
12ὁ δὲ Θεὸς βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν πρὸ αἰώνων, εἰργάσατο σωτηρίαν ἐν μέσῳ τῆς γῆς.
13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
13σὺ ἐκραταίωσας ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου τὴν θάλασσαν, σὺ συνέτριψας τὰς κεφαλὰς τῶν δρακόντων ἐπὶ τοῦ ὕδατος.
14For all the day have I been plagued, and my chastisement came every morning.
14σὺ συνέθλασας τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ δράκοντος, ἔδωκας αὐτὸν βρῶμα λαοῖς τοῖς Αἰθίοψι.
15If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.
15σὺ διέρρηξας πηγὰς καὶ χειμάρρους, σὺ ἐξήρανας ποταμοὺς Ἠθάμ.
16And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;
16σή ἐστιν ἡ ἡμέρα, καὶ σή ἐστιν ἡ νύξ, σὺ κατηρτίσω φαῦσιν καὶ ἥλιον.
17Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.
17σὺ ἐποίησας πάντα τὰ ὡραῖα τῆς γῆς· θέρος καὶ ἔαρ, σὺ ἔπλασας αὐτά.
18Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
18μνήσθητι ταύτης· ἐχθρὸς ὠνείδισε τὸν Κύριον, καὶ λαὸς ἄφρων παρώξυνε τὸ ὄνομά σου.
19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.
19μὴ παραδῷς τοῖς θηρίοις ψυχὴν ἐξομολογουμένην σοι, τῶν ψυχῶν τῶν πενήτων σου μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ εἰς τέλος.
20As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.
20ἐπίβλεψον εἰς τὴν διαθήκην σου, ὅτι ἐπληρώθησαν οἱ ἐσκοτισμένοι τῆς γῆς οἴκων ἀνομιῶν.
21For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.
21μὴ ἀποστραφήτω τεταπεινωμένος καὶ κατῃσχυμένος· πτωχὸς καὶ πένης αἰνέσουσι τὸ ὄνομά σου.
22But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
22ἀνάστα, ὁ Θεός, δίκασον τὴν δίκην σου· μνήσθητι τοῦ ὀνειδισμοῦ σου τοῦ ὑπὸ ἄφρονος ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν.
23Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.
23μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ τῆς φωνῆς τῶν ἱκετῶν σου· ἡ ὑπερηφανία τῶν μισούντων σε ἀνέβη διὰ παντός.
24Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.
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25Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.
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26My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
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27For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.
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28But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.
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