1 Ѱало́мъ дв҃дꙋ, не надпи́санъ ᲂу҆ є҆врє́й, Сꙋди́ ми, бж҃е, и҆ разсꙋдѝ прю̀ мою̀: ѿ ꙗ҆зы́ка не преподо́бна, ѿ человѣ́ка непра́ведна и҆ льсти́ва и҆зба́ви мѧ̀. 2 Занѐ ты̀ є҆сѝ, бж҃е, крѣ́пость моѧ̀, вскꙋ́ю ѿри́нꙋлъ мѧ̀ є҆сѝ; и҆ вскꙋ́ю сѣ́тꙋѧ хождꙋ̀, внегда̀ ѡ҆скорблѧ́етъ вра́гъ; 3 Послѝ свѣ́тъ тво́й и҆ и҆́стинꙋ твою̀: та̑ мѧ̀ наста́виста, и҆ введо́ста мѧ̀ въ го́рꙋ ст҃ꙋ́ю твою̀ и҆ въ селє́нїѧ твоѧ̑. 4 И҆ вни́дꙋ къ же́ртвенникꙋ бж҃їю, къ бг҃ꙋ веселѧ́щемꙋ ю҆́ность мою̀: и҆сповѣ́мсѧ тебѣ̀ въ гꙋ́слехъ, бж҃е, бж҃е мо́й. 5 Вскꙋ́ю приско́рбна є҆сѝ, дꙋшѐ моѧ̀; и҆ вскꙋ́ю смꙋща́еши мѧ̀; ᲂу҆пова́й на бг҃а, ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆сповѣ́мсѧ є҆мꙋ̀, сп҃се́нїе лица̀ моегѡ̀ и҆ бг҃ъ мо́й.
Psalms · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Psalm 42 (43) Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 43 · 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).
Cross references (5)
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 35:1; Psalm 26:1; Psalm 7:8; 1 Samuel 24:15; Psalm 35:24
- 2 Psalm 42:9; Psalm 28:7; Ephesians 6:10; Psalm 94:14; Isaiah 40:31
- 3 Psalm 36:9; Proverbs 3:5–6; John 1:4; Psalm 97:11; Psalm 143:10
- 4 Isaiah 61:10; Habakkuk 3:17–18; Psalm 66:13–15; Psalm 57:8; Psalm 71:22–23
- 5 Psalm 42:5; Psalm 42:11
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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: 43.
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).
We have undertaken the exposition of a Psalm corresponding to your own "longings," on which we propose to speak to you. For the Psalm itself begins with a certain pious "longing;" and he who sings so, says, "Like as the hart desireth the water-brooks, so longeth my soul after Thee, O God" (ver. 1).
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
What is this "Judge me, O God," but just what he adds, "and discern my cause against an unholy nation"? Because then it was said, "Judge me, O God, and discern [the true merits of] my cause against an unholy nation;" similarly now said the Lord Christ, "I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth." …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
… those who believe and make confession from the proud, who think they see, and are therefore the more grievously blinded: just as the sinner, making confession, and seeking the physician, said to Him, "Judge me, O God, and discern my cause against the unholy nation," --namely, those who say, "We see," and their sin remaineth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
… already, in former lessons, as far as I could, put you in mind, beloved, that there is a judgment spoken of, not of condemnation, but of discrimination; as it is written, "Judge me, O God, and plead [discern, discriminate] my cause against an unholy nation." And many are the judgments of God; as it is said in the psalm, "Thy …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)