Psalms 139

Unto the end, a psalm of David.

In finem. Psalmus David.

εἰς τὸ τέλος ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ

Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man.

Eripe me, Domine, ab homine malo; a viro iniquo eripe me.

ἐξελοῦ με κύριε ἐξ ἀνθρώπου πονηροῦ ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἀδίκου ῥῦσαί με

Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles.

Qui cogitaverunt iniquitates in corde, tota die constituebant prælia.

οἵτινες ἐλογίσαντο ἀδικίας ἐν καρδίᾳ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν παρετάσσοντο πολέμους

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of asps is under their lips.

Acuerunt linguas suas sicut serpentis; venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum.

ἠκόνησαν γλῶσσαν αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ ὄφεως ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν διάψαλμα

Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps:

Custodi me, Domine, de manu peccatoris, et ab hominibus iniquis eripe me. Qui cogitaverunt supplantare gressus meos:

φύλαξόν με κύριε ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων ἀδίκων ἐξελοῦ με οἵτινες ἐλογίσαντο ὑποσκελίσαι τὰ διαβήματά μου

The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumbling block by the wayside.

absconderunt superbi laqueum mihi. Et funes extenderunt in laqueum; juxta iter, scandalum posuerunt mihi.

ἔκρυψαν ὑπερήφανοι παγίδα μοι καὶ σχοινία διέτειναν παγίδας τοῖς ποσίν μου ἐχόμενα τρίβου σκάνδαλον ἔθεντό μοι διάψαλμα

I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.

Dixi Domino : Deus meus es tu; exaudi, Domine, vocem deprecationis meæ.

εἶπα τῷ κυρίῳ θεός μου εἶ σύ ἐνώτισαι κύριε τὴν φωνὴν τῆς δεήσεώς μου

O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.

Domine, Domine, virtus salutis meæ, obumbrasti super caput meum in die belli.

κύριε κύριε δύναμις τῆς σωτηρίας μου ἐπεσκίασας ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν μου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου

Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.

Ne tradas me, Domine, a desiderio meo peccatori : cogitaverunt contra me; ne derelinquas me, ne forte exaltentur.

μὴ παραδῷς με κύριε ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας μου ἁμαρτωλῷ διελογίσαντο κατ' ἐμοῦ μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς με μήποτε ὑψωθῶσιν διάψαλμα

The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.

Caput circuitus eorum : labor labiorum ipsorum operiet eos.

ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ κυκλώματος αὐτῶν κόπος τῶν χειλέων αὐτῶν καλύψει αὐτούς

Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.

Cadent super eos carbones; in ignem dejicies eos : in miseriis non subsistent.

πεσοῦνται ἐπ' αὐτοὺς ἄνθρακες ἐν πυρὶ καταβαλεῖς αὐτούς ἐν ταλαιπωρίαις οὐ μὴ ὑποστῶσιν

A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.

Vir linguosus non dirigetur in terra; virum injustum mala capient in interitu.

ἀνὴρ γλωσσώδης οὐ κατευθυνθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἄνδρα ἄδικον κακὰ θηρεύσει εἰς διαφθοράν

I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.

Cognovi quia faciet Dominus judicium inopis, et vindictam pauperum.

ἔγνων ὅτι ποιήσει κύριος τὴν κρίσιν τοῦ πτωχοῦ καὶ τὴν δίκην τῶν πενήτων

But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: and the upright shall dwell with thy countenance.

Verumtamen justi confitebuntur nomini tuo, et habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo.

πλὴν δίκαιοι ἐξομολογήσονται τῷ ὀνόματί σου καὶ κατοικήσουσιν εὐθεῖς σὺν τῷ προσώπῳ σου