| 1 [Of David] Do not get heated about the wicked or envy those who do wrong. | 1 ψαλμος τω δαυιδ εις αναμνησιν περι σαββατου |
| 2 Quick as the grass they wither, fading like the green of the fields. | 2 κυριε μη τω θυμω σου ελεγξης με μηδε τη οργη σου παιδευσης με |
| 3 Put your trust in Yahweh and do right, make your home in the land and live secure. | 3 οτι τα βελη σου ενεπαγησαν μοι και επεστηρισας επ' εμε την χειρα σου |
| 4 Make Yahweh your joy and he will give you your heart's desires. | 4 ουκ εστιν ιασις εν τη σαρκι μου απο προσωπου της οργης σου ουκ εστιν ειρηνη τοις οστεοις μου απο προσωπου των αμαρτιων μου |
| 5 Commit your destiny to Yahweh, be confident in him, and he wil act, | 5 οτι αι ανομιαι μου υπερηραν την κεφαλην μου ωσει φορτιον βαρυ εβαρυνθησαν επ' εμε |
| 6 making your uprightness clear as daylight, and the justice of your cause as the noon. | 6 προσωζεσαν και εσαπησαν οι μωλωπες μου απο προσωπου της αφροσυνης μου |
| 7 Stay quiet before Yahweh, wait longingly for him, do not get heated over someone who is making afortune, succeeding by devious means. | 7 εταλαιπωρησα και κατεκαμφθην εως τελους ολην την ημεραν σκυθρωπαζων επορευομην |
| 8 Refrain from anger, leave rage aside, do not get heated -- it can do no good; | 8 οτι αι ψυαι μου επλησθησαν εμπαιγμων και ουκ εστιν ιασις εν τη σαρκι μου |
| 9 for evil-doers will be annihilated, while those who hope in Yahweh shal have the land for their own. | 9 εκακωθην και εταπεινωθην εως σφοδρα ωρυομην απο στεναγμου της καρδιας μου |
| 10 A little while and the wicked wil be no more, however wel you search for the place, the wicked wilnot be there; | 10 κυριε εναντιον σου πασα η επιθυμια μου και ο στεναγμος μου απο σου ουκ εκρυβη |
| 11 but the poor wil have the land for their own, to enjoy untroubled peace. | 11 η καρδια μου εταραχθη εγκατελιπεν με η ισχυς μου και το φως των οφθαλμων μου και αυτο ουκ εστιν μετ' εμου |
| 12 The wicked plots against the upright and gnashes his teeth at him, | 12 οι φιλοι μου και οι πλησιον μου εξ εναντιας μου ηγγισαν και εστησαν και οι εγγιστα μου απο μακροθεν εστησαν |
| 13 but Yahweh only laughs at his efforts, knowing that his end is in sight. | 13 και εξεβιασαντο οι ζητουντες την ψυχην μου και οι ζητουντες τα κακα μοι ελαλησαν ματαιοτητας και δολιοτητας ολην την ημεραν εμελετησαν |
| 14 Though the wicked draw his sword and bend his bow to slaughter the honest and bring down thepoor and the needy, | 14 εγω δε ωσει κωφος ουκ ηκουον και ωσει αλαλος ουκ ανοιγων το στομα αυτου |
| 15 his sword will pierce his own heart, and his bow wil be shattered. | 15 και εγενομην ωσει ανθρωπος ουκ ακουων και ουκ εχων εν τω στοματι αυτου ελεγμους |
| 16 What little the upright possesses outweighs al the wealth of the wicked; | 16 οτι επι σοι κυριε ηλπισα συ εισακουση κυριε ο θεος μου |
| 17 for the weapons of the wicked shal be shattered, while Yahweh supports the upright. | 17 οτι ειπα μηποτε επιχαρωσιν μοι οι εχθροι μου και εν τω σαλευθηναι ποδας μου επ' εμε εμεγαλορρημονησαν |
| 18 The lives of the just are in Yahweh's care, their birthright wil endure for ever; | 18 οτι εγω εις μαστιγας ετοιμος και η αλγηδων μου ενωπιον μου δια παντος |
| 19 they wil not be put to shame when bad times come, in time of famine they wil have plenty. | 19 οτι την ανομιαν μου εγω αναγγελω και μεριμνησω υπερ της αμαρτιας μου |
| 20 The wicked, enemies of Yahweh, wil be destroyed, they wil vanish like the green of the pasture, theywil vanish in smoke. | 20 οι δε εχθροι μου ζωσιν και κεκραταιωνται υπερ εμε και επληθυνθησαν οι μισουντες με αδικως |
| 21 The wicked borrows and wil not repay, but the upright is generous in giving; | 21 οι ανταποδιδοντες κακα αντι αγαθων ενδιεβαλλον με επει κατεδιωκον δικαιοσυνην και απερριψαν με τον αγαπητον ωσει νεκρον εβδελυγμενον |
| 22 those he blesses will have the land for their own, and those he curses be annihilated. | 22 μη εγκαταλιπης με κυριε ο θεος μου μη αποστης απ' εμου |
| 23 Yahweh guides a strong man's steps and keeps them firm; and takes pleasure in him. | 23 προσχες εις την βοηθειαν μου κυριε της σωτηριας μου |
| 24 When he trips he is not thrown sprawling, since Yahweh supports him by the hand. | |
| 25 Now I am old, but ever since my youth I never saw an upright person abandoned, or the descendantsof the upright forced to beg their bread. | |
| 26 The upright is always compassionate, always lending, so his descendants reap a blessing. | |
| 27 Turn your back on evil and do good, you wil have a home for ever, | |
| 28 for Yahweh loves justice and wil not forsake his faithful. Evil-doers wil perish eternally, thedescendants of the wicked be annihilated, | |
| 29 but the upright shal have the land for their own, there they shal live for ever. | |
| 30 Wisdom comes from the lips of the upright, and his tongue speaks what is right; | |
| 31 the law of his God is in his heart, his foot wil never slip. | |
| 32 The wicked keeps a close eye on the upright, looking out for a chance to kill him; | |
| 33 Yahweh will never abandon him to the clutches of the wicked, nor let him be condemned if he is tried. | |
| 34 Put your hope in Yahweh, keep to his path, he wil raise you up to make the land your own; you willook on while the wicked are annihilated. | |
| 35 I have seen the wicked exultant, towering like a cedar of Lebanon. | |
| 36 When next I passed he was gone, I searched for him and he was nowhere to be found. | |
| 37 Observe the innocent, consider the honest, for the lover of peace wil not lack children. | |
| 38 But the wicked wil al be destroyed together, and their children annihilated. | |
| 39 The upright have Yahweh for their Saviour, their refuge in times of trouble; | |
| 40 Yahweh helps them and rescues them, he wil rescue them from the wicked, and save them becausethey take refuge in him. | |