Psalms 101

The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord.

Oratio pauperis, cum anxius fuerit, et in conspectu Domini effuderit precem suam.

προσευχὴ τῷ πτωχῷ ὅταν ἀκηδιάσῃ καὶ ἐναντίον κυρίου ἐκχέῃ τὴν δέησιν αὐτοῦ

Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.

Domine, exaudi orationem meam, et clamor meus ad te veniat.

εἰσάκουσον κύριε τῆς προσευχῆς μου καὶ ἡ κραυγή μου πρὸς σὲ ἐλθάτω

Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.

Non avertas faciem tuam a me : in quacumque die tribulor, inclina ad me aurem tuam; in quacumque die invocavero te, velociter exaudi me.

μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ θλίβωμαι κλῖνον τὸ οὖς σου πρός με ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπικαλέσωμαί σε ταχὺ εἰσάκουσόν μου

For my days are vanished like smoke, and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.

Quia defecerunt sicut fumus dies mei, et ossa mea sicut cremium aruerunt.

ὅτι ἐξέλιπον ὡσεὶ καπνὸς αἱ ἡμέραι μου καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ μου ὡσεὶ φρύγιον συνεφρύγησαν

I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.

Percussus sum ut fœnum, et aruit cor meum, quia oblitus sum comedere panem meum.

ἐπλήγη ὡσεὶ χόρτος καὶ ἐξηράνθη ἡ καρδία μου ὅτι ἐπελαθόμην τοῦ φαγεῖν τὸν ἄρτον μου

Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.

A voce gemitus mei adhæsit os meum carni meæ.

ἀπὸ φωνῆς τοῦ στεναγμοῦ μου ἐκολλήθη τὸ ὀστοῦν μου τῇ σαρκί μου

I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.

Similis factus sum pellicano solitudinis; factus sum sicut nycticorax in domicilio.

ὡμοιώθην πελεκᾶνι ἐρημικῷ ἐγενήθην ὡσεὶ νυκτικόραξ ἐν οἰκοπέδῳ

I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.

Vigilavi, et factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto.

ἠγρύπνησα καὶ ἐγενήθην ὡσεὶ στρουθίον μονάζον ἐπὶ δώματι

All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.

Tota die exprobrabant mihi inimici mei, et qui laudabant me adversum me jurabant:

ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ὠνείδιζόν με οἱ ἐχθροί μου καὶ οἱ ἐπαινοῦντές με κατ' ἐμοῦ ὤμνυον

For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.

quia cinerem tamquam panem manducabam, et potum meum cum fletu miscebam,

ὅτι σποδὸν ὡσεὶ ἄρτον ἔφαγον καὶ τὸ πόμα μου μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ ἐκίρνων

Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.

a facie iræ et indignationis tuæ : quia elevans allisisti me.

ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς ὀργῆς σου καὶ τοῦ θυμοῦ σου ὅτι ἐπάρας κατέρραξάς με

My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

Dies mei sicut umbra declinaverunt, et ego sicut fœnum arui.

αἱ ἡμέραι μου ὡσεὶ σκιὰ ἐκλίθησαν καὶ ἐγὼ ὡσεὶ χόρτος ἐξηράνθην

But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.

Tu autem, Domine, in æternum permanes, et memoriale tuum in generationem et generationem.

σὺ δέ κύριε εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μένεις καὶ τὸ μνημόσυνόν σου εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν

Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.

Tu exsurgens misereberis Sion, quia tempus miserendi ejus, quia venit tempus:

σὺ ἀναστὰς οἰκτιρήσεις τὴν Σιων ὅτι καιρὸς τοῦ οἰκτιρῆσαι αὐτήν ὅτι ἥκει καιρός

For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.

quoniam placuerunt servis tuis lapides ejus, et terræ ejus miserebuntur.

ὅτι εὐδόκησαν οἱ δοῦλοί σου τοὺς λίθους αὐτῆς καὶ τὸν χοῦν αὐτῆς οἰκτιρήσουσιν

All the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

Et timebunt gentes nomen tuum, Domine, et omnes reges terræ gloriam tuam:

καὶ φοβηθήσονται τὰ ἔθνη τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου καὶ πάντες οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς τὴν δόξαν σου

For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.

quia ædificavit Dominus Sion, et videbitur in gloria sua.

ὅτι οἰκοδομήσει κύριος τὴν Σιων καὶ ὀφθήσεται ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ

He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.

Respexit in orationem humilium et non sprevit precem eorum.

ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν προσευχὴν τῶν ταπεινῶν καὶ οὐκ ἐξουδένωσεν τὴν δέησιν αὐτῶν

Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:

Scribantur hæc in generatione altera, et populus qui creabitur laudabit Dominum.

γραφήτω αὕτη εἰς γενεὰν ἑτέραν καὶ λαὸς ὁ κτιζόμενος αἰνέσει τὸν κύριον

Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.

Quia prospexit de excelso sancto suo; Dominus de cælo in terram aspexit:

ὅτι ἐξέκυψεν ἐξ ὕψους ἁγίου αὐτοῦ κύριος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐπέβλεψεν

That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:

ut audiret gemitus compeditorum; ut solveret filios interemptorum:

τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι τὸν στεναγμὸν τῶν πεπεδημένων τοῦ λῦσαι τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν τεθανατωμένων

That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;

ut annuntient in Sion nomen Domini, et laudem ejus in Jerusalem:

τοῦ ἀναγγεῖλαι ἐν Σιων τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου καὶ τὴν αἴνεσιν αὐτοῦ ἐν Ιερουσαλημ

When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.

in conveniendo populos in unum, et reges, ut serviant Domino.

ἐν τῷ συναχθῆναι λαοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ βασιλείας τοῦ δουλεύειν τῷ κυρίῳ

He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.

Respondit ei in via virtutis suæ : Paucitatem dierum meorum nuntia mihi:

ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ἐν ὁδῷ ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ τὴν ὀλιγότητα τῶν ἡμερῶν μου ἀνάγγειλόν μοι

Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.

ne revoces me in dimidio dierum meorum, in generationem et generationem anni tui.

μὴ ἀναγάγῃς με ἐν ἡμίσει ἡμερῶν μου ἐν γενεᾷ γενεῶν τὰ ἔτη σου

In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

Initio tu, Domine, terram fundasti, et opera manuum tuarum sunt cæli.

κατ' ἀρχὰς σύ κύριε τὴν γῆν ἐθεμελίωσας καὶ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σού εἰσιν οἱ οὐρανοί

They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed.

Ipsi peribunt, tu autem permanes; et omnes sicut vestimentum veterascent. Et sicut opertorium mutabis eos, et mutabuntur;

αὐτοὶ ἀπολοῦνται σὺ δὲ διαμενεῖς καὶ πάντες ὡς ἱμάτιον παλαιωθήσονται καὶ ὡσεὶ περιβόλαιον ἀλλάξεις αὐτούς καὶ ἀλλαγήσονται

But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.

tu autem idem ipse es, et anni tui non deficient.

σὺ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς εἶ καὶ τὰ ἔτη σου οὐκ ἐκλείψουσιν

The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall be directed for ever.

Filii servorum tuorum habitabunt, et semen eorum in sæculum dirigetur.

οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν δούλων σου κατασκηνώσουσιν καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατευθυνθήσεται