Psalms · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Psalm 10 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 Διά τι, Κύριε, ίστασαι μακρόθεν; κρύπτεσαι εν καιρώ θλίψεως;
1 Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
2 Εν τη υπερηφανία του ασεβούς κατακαίεται ο πτωχός· ας πιασθώσιν εν ταις πανουργίαις, τας οποίας διαλογίζονται.
2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
3 Διότι ο ασεβής καυχάται εις τας επιθυμίας της ψυχής αυτού, και ο πλεονέκτης μακαρίζει εαυτόν· καταφρονεί τον Κύριον.
3 For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh.
4 Ο ασεβής διά την αλαζονείαν του προσώπου αυτού δεν θέλει εκζητήσει τον Κύριον· πάντες οι διαλογισμοί αυτού είναι ότι δεν υπάρχει Θεός.
4 The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
5 Αι οδοί αυτού μολύνονται εν παντί καιρώ· αι κρίσεις σου είναι πολύ υψηλά από προσώπου αυτού· φυσά εναντίον πάντων των εχθρών αυτού.
5 His ways are prosperous at all times. He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
6 Είπεν εν τη καρδία αυτού, δεν θέλω σαλευθή από γενεάς εις γενεάν· διότι δεν θέλω πέσει εις δυστυχίαν.
6 He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”
7 Το στόμα αυτού γέμει κατάρας και απάτης και δόλου· υπό την γλώσσαν αυτού είναι κακία και ανομία.
7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
8 Κάθηται εν ενέδρα των προαυλίων, εν αποκρύφοις, διά να φονεύση τον αθώον· οι οφθαλμοί αυτού παραμονεύουσι τον πένητα.
8 He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
9 Ενεδρεύει εν αποκρύφω, ως λέων εν τω σπηλαίω αυτού· ενεδρεύει διά να αρπάση τον πτωχόν· αρπάζει τον πτωχόν, όταν σύρη αυτόν εν τη παγίδι αυτού.
9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
10 Κύπτει, χαμηλόνει, διά να πέσωσιν οι πτωχοί εις τους όνυχας αυτού.
10 The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
11 Είπεν εν τη καρδία αυτού, ελησμόνησεν ο Θεός· έκρυψε το πρόσωπόν αυτού· δεν θέλει ιδεί ποτέ.
11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
12 Ανάστηθι, Κύριε· Θεέ, ύψωσον την χείρα σου· μη λησμονήσης τους τεθλιμμένους.
12 Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.
13 Διά τι παρώξυνεν ο ασεβής τον Θεόν; είπεν εν τη καρδία αυτού, Δεν θέλεις εξετάσει.
13 Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account”?
14 Είδες· διότι συ παρατηρείς την αδικίαν και την ύβριν, διά να ανταποδώσης με την χείρα σου· εις σε αφιερόνεται ο πτωχός· εις τον ορφανόν συ είσαι ο βοηθός.
14 But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
15 Σύντριψον τον βραχίονα του ασεβούς και πονηρού· εξερεύνησον την ασέβειαν αυτού, εωσού μη εύρης αυτήν πλέον.
15 Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
16 Ο Κύριος είναι βασιλεύς εις τον αιώνα του αιώνος· τα έθνη θέλουσιν εξαλειφθή εκ της γης αυτού.
16 Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
17 Κύριε, εισήκουσας την επιθυμίαν των πενήτων· θέλεις στηρίξει την καρδίαν αυτών, θέλεις κάμει προσεκτικόν το ωτίον σου·
17 Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
18 διά να κρίνης τον ορφανόν και τον τεταπεινωμένον, ώστε ο άνθρωπος ο γήϊνος να μη καταδυναστεύη πλέον.
18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 22:1; Psalm 27:9; Psalm 13:1–3; Jeremiah 14:8; Psalm 44:24
- 2 Psalm 59:12; Psalm 36:11; Psalm 7:16; Proverbs 5:22; Psalm 31:18
- 3 Psalm 94:4; Luke 12:19; Zechariah 11:5–8; Micah 6:10–12; Job 31:24
- 4 Psalm 14:1–2; Romans 1:28; Acts 8:22; Genesis 6:5; Deuteronomy 8:14
- 5 Isaiah 26:11; Psalm 12:5; Hosea 14:9; Psalm 92:5–6; 1 Kings 20:10–11
- 6 Ecclesiastes 8:11; Matthew 24:48; Isaiah 56:12; Revelation 18:7; Psalm 11:1
- 7 Psalm 7:14; Psalm 140:9; Psalm 140:3; Psalm 59:12; Psalm 64:3
- 8 Habakkuk 3:14; Jeremiah 22:17; 1 Samuel 22:18; 1 Samuel 23:23; Psalm 17:11
- 9 Psalm 17:12; Psalm 59:3; Micah 7:2; Psalm 35:10; Amos 2:6–7
- 10 1 Samuel 18:21–26; 1 Samuel 23:21–22; 2 Samuel 15:5; 1 Samuel 2:36
- 11 Ezekiel 8:12; Psalm 94:7; Psalm 73:11; Psalm 10:6; Ezekiel 9:9
- 12 Micah 5:9; Psalm 94:2; Psalm 9:12; Psalm 17:7; Isaiah 33:10
- 13 Luke 10:16; Numbers 11:20; Psalm 74:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:8; 2 Chronicles 24:22
- 14 Psalm 68:5; Psalm 55:22; Psalm 146:9; Deuteronomy 10:18; 1 Peter 4:19
- 15 Psalm 37:17; Job 38:15; Zephaniah 1:12; Psalm 7:9; Ezekiel 30:21–22
- 16 Jeremiah 10:10; Psalm 29:10; 1 Timothy 1:17; Psalm 145:13; Deuteronomy 8:20
- 17 Psalm 145:19; 2 Chronicles 34:27; Psalm 34:15; 1 Peter 3:12; Isaiah 65:24
- 18 Psalm 9:9; Psalm 82:3; Isaiah 11:4; 1 Corinthians 15:47–48; Psalm 17:14
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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).
The inscription of this Psalm is, "To the end for the hidden things of the Son, a Psalm of David himself." As to the hidden things of the Son there may be a question: but since he has not added whose, the very only-begotten Son of God should be understood.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For, as our Scriptures say, "the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth." Away, then, with these deceitful masks, these deluding whitewashes, that things may be truthfully seen and scrutinized.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For, saith Scripture, "Through the multitude of his anger he will not seek" (after God). (Ps.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)