Psalms · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Psalm 102 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 «Προσευχή του τεθλιμμένου, όταν αδημονή, και εκχέη το παράπονον αυτού ενώπιον του Κυρίου.» Κύριε, εισάκουσον της προσευχής μου, και η κραυγή μου ας έλθη προς σε.
1 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh. Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.
2 Μη κρύψης το πρόσωπόν σου απ' εμού· καθ' ην ημέραν θλίβομαι, κλίνον προς εμέ το ωτίον σου· καθ' ην ημέραν σε επικαλούμαι, ταχέως επάκουέ μου.
2 Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
3 Διότι εξέλιπον ως καπνός αι ημέραι μου, και τα οστά μου ως φρύγανον κατεξηράνθησαν.
3 For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.
4 Επληγώθη η καρδία μου και εξηράνθη ως χόρτος, ώστε ελησμόνησα να τρώγω τον άρτον μου.
4 My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
5 Από φωνής του στεναγμού μου εκολλήθησαν τα οστά μου εις το δέρμα μου.
5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.
6 Κατεστάθην όμοιος του ερημικού πελεκάνος· έγεινα ως νυκτοκόραξ εν ταις ερήμοις.
6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
7 Αγρυπνώ και είμαι ως στρουθίον μονάζον επί δώματος.
7 I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
8 Όλην την ημέραν με ονειδίζουσιν οι εχθροί μου· οι μαινόμενοι ομνύουσι κατ' εμού.
8 My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
9 Διότι έφαγον στάκτην ως άρτον και συνεκέρασα με δάκρυα το ποτόν μου,
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
10 Εξ αιτίας της οργής σου και της αγανακτήσεώς σου· διότι σηκώσας με έρριψας κάτω.
10 because of your indignation and your wrath; for you have taken me up and thrown me away.
11 Αι ημέραι μου παρέρχονται ως σκιά, και εγώ εξηράνθην ως χόρτος.
11 My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.
12 Συ δε, Κύριε, εις τον αιώνα διαμένεις, και το μνημόσυνον σου εις γενεάν και γενεάν.
12 But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.
13 Συ θέλεις σηκωθή, θέλεις σπλαγχνισθή την Σιών· διότι είναι καιρός να ελεήσης αυτήν, διότι ο διωρισμένος καιρός έφθασεν.
13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion, for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
14 Επειδή οι δούλοι σου αρέσκονται εις τους λίθους αυτής και σπλαγχνίζονται το χώμα αυτής.
14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.
15 Τότε τα έθνη θέλουσι φοβηθή το όνομα του Κυρίου, και πάντες οι βασιλείς της γης την δόξαν σου.
15 So the nations will fear Yahweh’s name, all the kings of the earth your glory.
16 Όταν ο Κύριος οικοδομήση την Σιών θέλει φανή εν τη δόξα αυτού.
16 For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
17 Θέλει επιβλέψει επί την προσευχήν των εγκαταλελειμμένων και δεν θέλει καταφρονήσει την δέησιν αυτών.
17 He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
18 Τούτο θέλει γραφθή διά την γενεάν την επερχομένην· και ο λαός, όστις θέλει δημιουργηθή, θέλει αινεί τον Κύριον.
18 This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah,
19 Διότι έκυψεν εκ του ύψους του αγιαστηρίου αυτού, εξ ουρανού επέβλεψεν ο Κύριος επί την γην,
19 for he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth,
20 διά να ακούση τον στεναγμόν των δεσμίων, διά να λύση τους καταδεδικασμένους εις θάνατον·
20 to hear the groans of the prisoner, to free those who are condemned to death,
21 διά να κηρύττωσιν εν Σιών το όνομα του Κυρίου και την αίνεσιν αυτού εν Ιερουσαλήμ,
21 that men may declare Yahweh’s name in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,
22 όταν συναχθώσιν ομού οι λαοί και αι βασιλείαι, διά να δουλεύσωσι τον Κύριον.
22 when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
23 Ηδυνάτισεν εν τη οδώ την ισχύν μου· συνέτεμε τας ημέρας μου.
23 He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.
24 Εγώ είπα, μη με αρπάσης, Θεέ μου, εν τω ημίσει των ημερών μου· τα έτη σου είναι εις γενεάς γενεών.
24 I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.
25 Κατ' αρχάς συ, Κύριε, την γην εθεμελίωσας, και έργα των χειρών σου είναι οι ουρανοί.
25 Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
26 Αυτοί θέλουσιν απολεσθή, συ δε διαμένεις· και πάντες ως ιμάτιον θέλουσι παλαιωθή· ως περιένδυμα θέλεις τυλίξει αυτούς, και θέλουσιν αλλαχθή·
26 They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
27 συ όμως είσαι ο αυτός, και τα έτη σου δεν θέλουσιν εκλείψει.
27 But you are the same. Your years will have no end.
28 Οι υιοί των δούλων σου θέλουσι κατοικεί, και το σπέρμα αυτών θέλει διαμένει ενώπιόν σου.
28 The children of your servants will continue. Their offspring will be established before you.”
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 18:6; Psalm 130:1–2; Exodus 2:23; Psalm 61:2; Psalm 142:2–3
- 2 Psalm 69:17; Psalm 27:9; Isaiah 8:17; Psalm 70:1; Psalm 88:2–18
- 3 James 4:14; Psalm 31:10; Lamentations 1:13; Job 30:30; Psalm 37:20
- 4 Isaiah 40:7; Psalm 37:2; Ezra 10:6; Acts 9:9; Matthew 26:37–38
- 5 Job 19:20; Proverbs 17:22; Lamentations 4:8; Psalm 32:3–4; Psalm 38:8–10
- 6 Zephaniah 2:14; Isaiah 38:14; Revelation 18:2; Isaiah 34:11–15; Job 30:29–30
- 7 Psalm 77:4; Lamentations 3:28–30; Mark 14:33–37; Psalm 130:6; Job 7:13–16
- 8 Acts 26:11; Romans 15:3; Psalm 69:9–10; Acts 23:12–35; Isaiah 65:15
- 9 Psalm 42:3; Job 3:24; Isaiah 44:20; Psalm 80:5; Lamentations 3:48–49
- 10 Psalm 38:3; 2 Corinthians 4:9; Lamentations 1:18; Psalm 90:7–9; Romans 3:19
- 11 Job 14:2; Psalm 109:23; Psalm 144:4; 1 Peter 1:24; James 4:14
- 12 Psalm 135:13; Lamentations 5:19; Exodus 3:15; Hebrews 13:8; Psalm 9:7
- 13 Galatians 4:4; Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 60:1; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 69:35–36
- 14 Nehemiah 4:2; Ezra 1:5; Nehemiah 2:17; Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 4:10
- 15 1 Kings 8:43; Psalm 138:4; Isaiah 60:3–22; Zechariah 8:20–23; Revelation 11:15
- 16 Isaiah 60:1–2; Jeremiah 33:7; Psalm 147:2; Isaiah 2:2–3; Jeremiah 31:4
- 17 Nehemiah 1:6; Psalm 22:24; Psalm 72:12; Psalm 9:18; Jeremiah 29:11–14
- 18 Romans 15:4; Psalm 22:30–31; Isaiah 43:21; Psalm 78:4–6; 1 Peter 2:9–10
- 19 Deuteronomy 26:15; Psalm 14:2; Hebrews 9:23–24; 1 Kings 8:43; 2 Chronicles 16:9
- 20 Psalm 79:11; Psalm 146:7; Isaiah 61:1–3; Exodus 3:7; Zechariah 9:9–12
- 21 Psalm 22:22; Isaiah 51:11; 1 Peter 2:9; Ephesians 3:21; Psalm 79:13
- 22 Zechariah 8:20–23; Matthew 24:14; Isaiah 49:22–23; Isaiah 60:3–22; Psalm 22:27
- 23 Revelation 11:2–19; Psalm 89:38–47; 2 Thessalonians 2:3–12; Job 21:21; 2 Timothy 3:1–17
- 24 Habakkuk 1:12; Psalm 39:13; Isaiah 38:10–22; Psalm 102:12; Revelation 1:8
- 25 Genesis 1:1; Exodus 20:11; Jeremiah 32:17; Hebrews 1:10–12; Hebrews 3:3–4
- 26 Isaiah 51:6; Matthew 24:35; Luke 21:33; Isaiah 34:4; Revelation 20:11
- 27 Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17; Malachi 3:6; Revelation 1:8; Psalm 90:4
- 28 Psalm 69:35–36; Psalm 45:16–17; Isaiah 66:22; Psalm 89:4; Psalm 90:16–17
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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).
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).
In this Psalm, we ought to seek in the whole body of it what we find in the first verse: "Mercy and judgment will I sing unto Thee, O Lord" (ver. 1).
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
The children of Thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established for ever;" pointing out plainly what things they are that pass away, and who it is that doth endure for ever--God, together with His servants.
So, then, by a humble piety we return to Thee; and thou purgest us from our evil customs, and art merciful unto the sins of those who confess unto Thee, and dost "hear the groaning of the prisoner," and dost loosen us from those fetters which we have forged for ourselves, if we lift not up against Thee the horns …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
On this account also one hath said, "My days have failed like smoke." He indeed was referring to their shortness of duration, and to their unsubstantial nature, but I would say that we should take what is said, not in this sense alone, but also as to their turbid character.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Hear David the Prophet saying, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Thy hands; they shall perish, but Thou remainest.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)