Psalms 87

A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite.

Canticum Psalmi, filiis Core, in finem, pro Maheleth ad respondendum. Intellectus Eman Ezrahitæ.

ᾠδὴ ψαλμοῦ τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορε εἰς τὸ τέλος ὑπὲρ μαελεθ τοῦ ἀποκριθῆναι συνέσεως Αιμαν τῷ Ισραηλίτῃ

O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee.

Domine, Deus salutis meæ, in die clamavi et nocte coram te.

κύριε ὁ θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου ἡμέρας ἐκέκραξα καὶ ἐν νυκτὶ ἐναντίον σου

Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition.

Intret in conspectu tuo oratio mea, inclina aurem tuam ad precem meam.

εἰσελθάτω ἐνώπιόν σου ἡ προσευχή μου κλῖνον τὸ οὖς σου εἰς τὴν δέησίν μου κύριε

For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.

Quia repleta est malis anima mea, et vita mea inferno appropinquavit.

ὅτι ἐπλήσθη κακῶν ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ ἡ ζωή μου τῷ ᾅδῃ ἤγγισεν

I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help,

Æstimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum, factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio,

προσελογίσθην μετὰ τῶν καταβαινόντων εἰς λάκκον ἐγενήθην ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἀβοήθητος ἐν νεκροῖς ἐλεύθερος

Free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

inter mortuos liber; sicut vulnerati dormientes in sepulchris, quorum non es memor amplius, et ipsi de manu tua repulsi sunt.

ὡσεὶ τραυματίαι ἐρριμμένοι καθεύδοντες ἐν τάφῳ ὧν οὐκ ἐμνήσθης ἔτι καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐκ τῆς χειρός σου ἀπώσθησαν

They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.

Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori, in tenebrosis, et in umbra mortis.

ἔθεντό με ἐν λάκκῳ κατωτάτῳ ἐν σκοτεινοῖς καὶ ἐν σκιᾷ θανάτου

Thy wrath is strong over me: and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me.

Super me confirmatus est furor tuus, et omnes fluctus tuos induxisti super me.

ἐπ' ἐμὲ ἐπεστηρίχθη ὁ θυμός σου καὶ πάντας τοὺς μετεωρισμούς σου ἐπ' ἐμὲ ἐπήγαγες διάψαλμα

Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth:

Longe fecisti notos meos a me; posuerunt me abominationem sibi. Traditus sum, et non egrediebar;

ἐμάκρυνας τοὺς γνωστούς μου ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ἔθεντό με βδέλυγμα ἑαυτοῖς παρεδόθην καὶ οὐκ ἐξεπορευόμην

My eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee.

oculi mei languerunt præ inopia. Clamavi ad te, Domine, tota die; expandi ad te manus meas.

οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἠσθένησαν ἀπὸ πτωχείας ἐκέκραξα πρὸς σέ κύριε ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν διεπέτασα πρὸς σὲ τὰς χεῖράς μου

Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?

Numquid mortuis facies mirabilia? aut medici suscitabunt, et confitebuntur tibi?

μὴ τοῖς νεκροῖς ποιήσεις θαυμάσια ἢ ἰατροὶ ἀναστήσουσιν καὶ ἐξομολογήσονταί σοι

Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: and thy truth in destruction?

Numquid narrabit aliquis in sepulchro misericordiam tuam, et veritatem tuam in perditione?

μὴ διηγήσεταί τις ἐν τάφῳ τὸ ἔλεός σου καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου ἐν τῇ ἀπωλείᾳ

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?

Numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua? et justitia tua in terra oblivionis?

μὴ γνωσθήσεται ἐν τῷ σκότει τὰ θαυμάσιά σου καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου ἐν γῇ ἐπιλελησμένῃ

But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.

Et ego ad te, Domine, clamavi, et mane oratio mea præveniet te.

κἀγὼ πρὸς σέ κύριε ἐκέκραξα καὶ τὸ πρωὶ ἡ προσευχή μου προφθάσει σε

Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?

Ut quid, Domine, repellis orationem meam; avertis faciem tuam a me?

ἵνα τί κύριε ἀπωθεῖς τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀποστρέφεις τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπ' ἐμοῦ

I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.

Pauper sum ego, et in laboribus a juventute mea; exaltatus autem, humiliatus sum et conturbatus.

πτωχός εἰμι ἐγὼ καὶ ἐν κόποις ἐκ νεότητός μου ὑψωθεὶς δὲ ἐταπεινώθην καὶ ἐξηπορήθην

Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me.

In me transierunt iræ tuæ, et terrores tui conturbaverunt me:

ἐπ' ἐμὲ διῆλθον αἱ ὀργαί σου καὶ οἱ φοβερισμοί σου ἐξετάραξάν με

They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together.

circumdederunt me sicut aqua tota die; circumdederunt me simul.

ἐκύκλωσάν με ὡς ὕδωρ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν περιέσχον με ἅμα

Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery.

Elongasti a me amicum et proximum, et notos meos a miseria.

ἐμάκρυνας ἀπ' ἐμοῦ φίλον καὶ πλησίον καὶ τοὺς γνωστούς μου ἀπὸ ταλαιπωρίας