Psalms 54

Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.

In finem, in carminibus. Intellectus David.

εἰς τὸ τέλος ἐν ὕμνοις συνέσεως τῷ Δαυιδ

Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:

Exaudi, Deus, orationem meam, et ne despexeris deprecationem meam:

ἐνώτισαι ὁ θεός τὴν προσευχὴν μου καὶ μὴ ὑπερίδῃς τὴν δέησίν μου

Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,

intende mihi, et exaudi me. Contristatus sum in exercitatione mea, et conturbatus sum

πρόσχες μοι καὶ εἰσάκουσόν μου ἐλυπήθην ἐν τῇ ἀδολεσχίᾳ μου καὶ ἐταράχθην

At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.

a voce inimici, et a tribulatione peccatoris. Quoniam declinaverunt in me iniquitates, et in ira molesti erant mihi.

ἀπὸ φωνῆς ἐχθροῦ καὶ ἀπὸ θλίψεως ἁμαρτωλοῦ ὅτι ἐξέκλιναν ἐπ' ἐμὲ ἀνομίαν καὶ ἐν ὀργῇ ἐνεκότουν μοι

My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.

Cor meum conturbatum est in me, et formido mortis cecidit super me.

ἡ καρδία μου ἐταράχθη ἐν ἐμοί καὶ δειλία θανάτου ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ' ἐμέ

Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.

Timor et tremor venerunt super me, et contexerunt me tenebræ.

φόβος καὶ τρόμος ἦλθεν ἐπ' ἐμέ καὶ ἐκάλυψέν με σκότος

And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?

Et dixi : Quis dabit mihi pennas sicut columbæ, et volabo, et requiescam?

καὶ εἶπα τίς δώσει μοι πτέρυγας ὡσεὶ περιστερᾶς καὶ πετασθήσομαι καὶ καταπαύσω

Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.

Ecce elongavi fugiens, et mansi in solitudine.

ἰδοὺ ἐμάκρυνα φυγαδεύων καὶ ηὐλίσθην ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ διάψαλμα

I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.

Exspectabam eum qui salvum me fecit a pusillanimitate spiritus, et tempestate.

προσεδεχόμην τὸν σῴζοντά με ἀπὸ ὀλιγοψυχίας καὶ καταιγίδος

Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

Præcipita, Domine; divide linguas eorum : quoniam vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem in civitate.

καταπόντισον κύριε καὶ καταδίελε τὰς γλώσσας αὐτῶν ὅτι εἶδον ἀνομίαν καὶ ἀντιλογίαν ἐν τῇ πόλει

Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,

Die ac nocte circumdabit eam super muros ejus iniquitas; et labor in medio ejus,

ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς κυκλώσει αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὰ τείχη αὐτῆς ἀνομία καὶ κόπος ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς καὶ ἀδικία

And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.

et injustitia : et non defecit de plateis ejus usura et dolus.

καὶ οὐκ ἐξέλιπεν ἐκ τῶν πλατειῶν αὐτῆς τόκος καὶ δόλος

For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden my self from him.

Quoniam si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi, sustinuissem utique. Et si is qui oderat me super me magna locutus fuisset, abscondissem me forsitan ab eo.

ὅτι εἰ ἐχθρὸς ὠνείδισέν με ὑπήνεγκα ἄν καὶ εἰ ὁ μισῶν με ἐπ' ἐμὲ ἐμεγαλορρημόνησεν ἐκρύβην ἂν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ

But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,

Tu vero homo unanimis, dux meus, et notus meus:

σὺ δέ ἄνθρωπε ἰσόψυχε ἡγεμών μου καὶ γνωστέ μου

Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.

qui simul mecum dulces capiebas cibos; in domo Dei ambulavimus cum consensu.

ὃς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό μοι ἐγλύκανας ἐδέσματα ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπορεύθημεν ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ

Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them.

Veniat mors super illos, et descendant in infernum viventes : quoniam nequitiæ in habitaculis eorum, in medio eorum.

ἐλθέτω θάνατος ἐπ' αὐτούς καὶ καταβήτωσαν εἰς ᾅδου ζῶντες ὅτι πονηρίαι ἐν ταῖς παροικίαις αὐτῶν ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν

But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.

Ego autem ad Deum clamavi, et Dominus salvabit me.

ἐγὼ δὲ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἐκέκραξα καὶ ὁ κύριος εἰσήκουσέν μου

Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.

Vespere, et mane, et meridie, narrabo, et annuntiabo; et exaudiet vocem meam.

ἑσπέρας καὶ πρωὶ καὶ μεσημβρίας διηγήσομαι ἀπαγγελῶ καὶ εἰσακούσεται τῆς φωνῆς μου

He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.

Redimet in pace animam meam ab his qui appropinquant mihi : quoniam inter multos erant mecum.

λυτρώσεται ἐν εἰρήνῃ τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ τῶν ἐγγιζόντων μοι ὅτι ἐν πολλοῖς ἦσαν σὺν ἐμοί

God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:

Exaudiet Deus, et humiliabit illos, qui est ante sæcula. Non enim est illis commutatio, et non timuerunt Deum.

εἰσακούσεται ὁ θεὸς καὶ ταπεινώσει αὐτούς ὁ ὑπάρχων πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων διάψαλμα οὐ γάρ ἐστιν αὐτοῖς ἀντάλλαγμα καὶ οὐκ ἐφοβήθησαν τὸν θεόν

He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,

Extendit manum suam in retribuendo; contaminaverunt testamentum ejus:

ἐξέτεινεν τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ἀποδιδόναι ἐβεβήλωσαν τὴν διαθήκην αὐτοῦ

They are divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts.

divisi sunt ab ira vultus ejus, et appropinquavit cor illius. Molliti sunt sermones ejus super oleum; et ipsi sunt jacula.

διεμερίσθησαν ἀπὸ ὀργῆς τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤγγισεν ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ ἡπαλύνθησαν οἱ λόγοι αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ ἔλαιον καὶ αὐτοί εἰσιν βολίδες

Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.

Jacta super Dominum curam tuam, et ipse te enutriet; non dabit in æternum fluctuationem justo.

ἐπίρριψον ἐπὶ κύριον τὴν μέριμνάν σου καὶ αὐτός σε διαθρέψει οὐ δώσει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα σάλον τῷ δικαίῳ

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord.

Tu vero, Deus, deduces eos in puteum interitus. Viri sanguinum et dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos; ego autem sperabo in te, Domine.

σὺ δέ ὁ θεός κατάξεις αὐτοὺς εἰς φρέαρ διαφθορᾶς ἄνδρες αἱμάτων καὶ δολιότητος οὐ μὴ ἡμισεύσωσιν τὰς ἡμέρας αὐτῶν ἐγὼ δὲ ἐλπιῶ ἐπὶ σέ κύριε