Psalms · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Psalm 39 (40) Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 40 · About the recordings
Notes on this text (4)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms are numbered as in the Septuagint (Psalm 50 = Psalm 51 in English Bibles); verse numbers follow the Russian Synodal Bible, where a psalm's title is verse 1 (or 1–2).
- Psalms 13, 71, 92, 127 and 129 divide their verses differently from the Russian Synodal Bible, so a few verse numbers there do not match it; the line "The songs of David, son of Jesse, are ended" opens Psalm 72 (with its title) instead of closing Psalm 71.
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
Psalm 39 in Slavonic = Psalm 40 in WEB.
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1 Въ коне́цъ, ѱало́мъ дв҃дꙋ,
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2 Терпѧ̀ потерпѣ́хъ гдⷭ҇а, и҆ внѧ́тъ мѝ и҆ ᲂу҆слы́ша моли́твꙋ мою̀:
40:1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.
3 и҆ возведе́ мѧ ѿ ро́ва страсте́й и҆ ѿ бре́нїѧ ти́ны, и҆ поста́ви на ка́мени но́зѣ моѝ и҆ и҆спра́ви стѡпы̀ моѧ̑:
40:2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
4 и҆ вложѝ во ᲂу҆ста̀ моѧ̑ пѣ́снь но́вꙋ, пѣ́нїе бг҃ꙋ на́шемꙋ. Оу҆́зрѧтъ мно́зи и҆ ᲂу҆боѧ́тсѧ, и҆ ᲂу҆пова́ютъ на гдⷭ҇а.
40:3 He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
5 Бл҃же́нъ мꙋ́жъ, є҆мꙋ́же є҆́сть и҆́мѧ гдⷭ҇не ᲂу҆пова́нїе є҆гѡ̀, и҆ не призрѣ̀ въ сꙋєты̀ и҆ неистовлє́нїѧ лѡ́жнаѧ.
40:4 Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.
6 Мнѡ́га сотвори́лъ є҆сѝ ты̀, гдⷭ҇и бж҃е мо́й, чꙋдеса̀ твоѧ̑, и҆ помышле́нїємъ твои̑мъ нѣ́сть кто̀ ᲂу҆подо́битсѧ тебѣ̀: возвѣсти́хъ и҆ глаго́лахъ: ᲂу҆мно́жишасѧ па́че числа̀.
40:5 Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
7◆ Же́ртвы и҆ приноше́нїѧ не восхотѣ́лъ є҆сѝ, тѣ́ло же сверши́лъ мѝ є҆сѝ: всесожже́нїй и҆ ѡ҆ грѣсѣ̀ не взыска́лъ є҆сѝ.
40:6 Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
8 Тогда̀ рѣ́хъ: сѐ, прїидꙋ̀: въ глави́знѣ кни́жнѣ пи́сано є҆́сть ѡ҆ мнѣ̀:
40:7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
9 є҆́же сотвори́ти во́лю твою̀, бж҃е мо́й, восхотѣ́хъ, и҆ зако́нъ тво́й посредѣ̀ чре́ва моегѡ̀.
40:8 I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
10 Благовѣсти́хъ пра́вдꙋ въ цр҃кви вели́цѣй, сѐ, ᲂу҆стна́мъ мои̑мъ не возбраню̀: гдⷭ҇и, ты̀ разꙋмѣ́лъ є҆сѝ.
40:9 I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
11 Пра́вдꙋ твою̀ не скры́хъ въ се́рдцы мое́мъ, и҆́стинꙋ твою̀ и҆ сп҃се́нїе твоѐ рѣ́хъ, не скры́хъ млⷭ҇ть твою̀ и҆ и҆́стинꙋ твою̀ ѿ со́нма мно́га.
40:10 I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
12 Ты́ же, гдⷭ҇и, не ᲂу҆далѝ щедро́тъ твои́хъ ѿ менє̀: млⷭ҇ть твоѧ̀ и҆ и҆́стина твоѧ̀ вы́нꙋ да застꙋ́питѣ мѧ̀.
40:11 Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
13 Ꙗ҆́кѡ ѡ҆держа́ша мѧ̀ ѕла̑ѧ, и҆̀мже нѣ́сть числа̀: постиго́ша мѧ̀ беззакѡ́нїѧ моѧ̑, и҆ не возмого́хъ зрѣ́ти: ᲂу҆мно́жишасѧ па́че вла̑съ главы̀ моеѧ̀, и҆ се́рдце моѐ ѡ҆ста́ви мѧ̀.
40:12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.
14 Бл҃говолѝ, гдⷭ҇и, и҆зба́вити мѧ̀: гдⷭ҇и, во є҆́же помощи́ ми, вонмѝ.
40:13 Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh.
15 Да постыдѧ́тсѧ и҆ посра́мѧтсѧ вкꙋ́пѣ и҆́щꙋщїи дꙋ́шꙋ мою̀, и҆з̾ѧ́ти ю҆̀: да возвратѧ́тсѧ вспѧ́ть и҆ постыдѧ́тсѧ хотѧ́щїи мѝ ѕла̑ѧ.
40:14 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.
16 Да прїи́мꙋтъ а҆́бїе стꙋ́дъ сво́й глаго́лющїи мѝ: бла́гоже, бла́гоже.
40:15 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, “Aha! Aha!”
17 Да возра́дꙋютсѧ и҆ возвеселѧ́тсѧ ѡ҆ тебѣ̀ всѝ и҆́щꙋщїи тебѐ, гдⷭ҇и, и҆ да рекꙋ́тъ вы́нꙋ, да возвели́читсѧ гдⷭ҇ь, лю́бѧщїи сп҃се́нїе твоѐ.
40:16 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!”
18 А҆́зъ же ни́щь є҆́смь и҆ ᲂу҆бо́гъ, гдⷭ҇ь попече́тсѧ ѡ҆ мнѣ̀: помо́щникъ мо́й и҆ защи́титель мо́й є҆сѝ ты̀, бж҃е мо́й, не закоснѝ.
40:17 But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Slavonic.
- 1 Psalm 27:13–14; Psalm 37:7; James 5:7–11; Psalm 34:15; Psalm 116:2
- 2 Psalm 27:13–14; Psalm 37:7; James 5:7–11; Psalm 34:15; Psalm 116:2
- 3 Psalm 37:23; Psalm 119:133; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 61:2; Matthew 7:24–25
- 4 Psalm 33:3; Psalm 103:1–5; Psalm 34:1–6; Psalm 52:6; Psalm 144:9
- 5 Jeremiah 17:7–8; Psalm 84:11–12; Psalm 34:8; Psalm 125:5; Psalm 118:8–9
- 6 Jeremiah 29:11; Exodus 15:11; Psalm 139:17–18; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 92:5
- 7 Hebrews 10:5–12; Isaiah 1:11; 1 Samuel 15:22; Psalm 51:16; Hosea 6:6
- 8 Hebrews 10:7–9; Luke 24:44; John 5:39; Luke 24:27; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
- 9 Romans 7:22; John 4:34; Jeremiah 15:16; Psalm 119:16; Psalm 119:24
- 10 Psalm 22:25; Mark 16:15–16; Psalm 71:15–18; Psalm 22:22; Hebrews 2:12
- 11 Romans 1:16–17; Acts 20:20–21; 1 Timothy 1:15; Romans 10:9–10; Luke 2:30–32
- 12 Psalm 23:6; Psalm 43:3; Psalm 57:3; Proverbs 20:28; Psalm 69:16
- 13 Psalm 38:4; Psalm 73:26; Psalm 69:4; Isaiah 53:6; Psalm 116:3
- 14 Psalm 38:22; Psalm 25:17–18; Psalm 70:1–5; Psalm 22:19; Psalm 71:12
- 15 Psalm 35:4; Psalm 35:26; John 18:6; Isaiah 45:24; Psalm 9:3
- 16 Psalm 35:25; Psalm 35:21; Psalm 69:24–25; Luke 19:43–44; Psalm 70:3–4
- 17 Psalm 35:27; Psalm 68:3; Psalm 119:123; Acts 19:17; Isaiah 65:13–14
- 18 Psalm 70:5; Hebrews 13:6; Isaiah 41:17; Psalm 34:6; 1 Peter 5:7
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
Why does my Bible say something different?
- Psalm 40:6 and Hebrews 10:5: “ears” or “a body”?
In the Hebrew text of Psalm 40 God has “dug” or “opened” the psalmist’s ears. In the Greek Septuagint (Psalm 39:7) God has “prepared a body” for him, and the Epistle to the Hebrews quotes that Greek wording of Christ coming into the world. The Orthodox Church reads the Greek. Scholars still debate how the Greek reading arose.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 40.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Behold, a ready obedience is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." David also says: "Sacrifice and oblation Thou didst not desire, but mine ears hast Thou perfected; burnt-offerings also for sin Thou hast not required." He thus teaches them that God desires obedience, which renders them secure, rather than sacrifices and holocausts, which avail them …
… but on account of that which is to be after death, I shall do well to commence my disputation with the truthful oracle of the holy psalm, "Blessed is the man whose hope is the Lord God, and who respecteth not vanities and lying follies." Nevertheless, in all vanities and lying follies the philosophers are to be listened to with …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God." But let him not seek the empty honors of a famous name upon earth, for "Blessed is the man that maketh the name of the Lord his trust, and respecteth not vanities nor lying follies." After having presented the two cities, the one founded in the material good of this …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… were slain as a shadow of that which was to come; wherefore also we recognize the voice in the 40th Psalm as that of the same Mediator speaking through prophesy, "Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not desire; but a body hast Thou perfected for me." Because, instead of all these sacrifices and oblations, His body is offered, and is served …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)