Psalms · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Psalm 38 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
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 «Ψαλμός του Δαβίδ εις ανάμνησιν.» Κύριε, μη με ελέγξης εν τω θυμώ σου, μηδέ εν τη οργή σου παιδεύσης με.
1 A Psalm by David, for a memorial. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
2 Διότι τα βέλη σου ενεπήχθησαν εις εμέ και η χειρ σου καταπιέζει με.
2 For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
3 Δεν υπάρχει υγεία εν τη σαρκί μου εξ αιτίας της οργής σου. δεν είναι ειρήνη εις τα οστά μου εξ αιτίας της αμαρτίας μου.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
4 Διότι αι ανομίαι μου υπερέβησαν την κεφαλήν μου· ως φορτίον βαρύ υπερεβάρυναν επ' εμέ.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 Εβρώμησαν και εσάπησαν αι πληγαί μου εξ αιτίας της ανοησίας μου.
5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 Εταλαιπωρήθην, εκυρτώθην εις άκρον· όλην την ημέραν περιπατώ σκυθρωπός.
6 I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
7 Διότι τα εντόσθιά μου γέμουσι φλογώσεως, και δεν υπάρχει υγεία εν τη σαρκί μου.
7 For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
8 Ησθένησα και καθ' υπερβολήν κατεκόπην· βρυχώμαι από της αδημονίας της καρδίας μου.
8 I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
9 Κύριε, ενώπιόν σου είναι πάσα η επιθυμία μου, και ο στεναγμός μου δεν κρύπτεται από σου.
9 Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
10 Η καρδία μου ταράττεται, η δύναμίς μου με εγκαταλείπει· και το φως των οφθαλμών μου, και αυτό δεν είναι μετ' εμού.
10 My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
11 Οι φίλοι μου και οι πλησίον μου στέκουσιν απέναντι της πληγής μου, και οι πλησιέστεροί μου στέκουσιν από μακρόθεν.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
12 Και οι ζητούντες την ψυχήν μου στήνουσιν εις εμέ παγίδας· και οι εκζητούντες το κακόν μου λαλούσι πονηρά, και μελετώσι δόλους όλην την ημέραν.
12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
13 Αλλ' εγώ ως κωφός δεν ήκουον και ήμην ως άφωνος, μη ανοίγων το στόμα αυτού.
13 But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
14 Και ήμην ως άνθρωπος μη ακούων και μη έχων αντιλογίαν εν τω στόματι αυτού.
14 Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 Διότι επί σε, Κύριε, ήλπισα· συ θέλεις μου εισακούσει, Κύριε ο Θεός μου.
15 For I hope in you, Yahweh. You will answer, Lord my God.
16 Επειδή είπα, Ας μη χαρώσιν επ' εμέ· όταν ολισθήση ο πους μου, αυτοί μεγαλαυχούσι κατ' εμού.
16 For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
17 Διότι είμαι έτοιμος να πέσω, και ο πόνος μου είναι πάντοτε έμπροσθέν μου.
17 For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
18 Επειδή εγώ θέλω αναγγέλλει την ανομίαν μου, θέλω λυπείσθαι διά την αμαρτίαν μου.
18 For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
19 Αλλ' οι εχθροί μου ζώσιν, υπερισχύουσι· και επληθύνθησαν οι μισούντές με αδίκως.
19 But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20 Και οι ανταποδίδοντες κακόν αντί καλού είναι εναντίοι μου, επειδή κυνηγώ το καλόν.
20 They who give evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
21 Μη με εγκαταλίπης, Κύριε· Θεέ μου, μη απομακρυνθής απ' εμού.
21 Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me.
22 Τάχυνον εις βοήθειάν μου, Κύριε, η σωτηρία μου.
22 Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 54:8; Hebrews 12:5–11; Psalm 6:1; Psalm 70:1; Jeremiah 30:11
- 2 Job 6:4; Psalm 32:4; 1 Samuel 5:6; Deuteronomy 2:15; Lamentations 3:12
- 3 Psalm 6:2; Psalm 51:8; Psalm 31:9–10; Isaiah 1:5–6; Lamentations 3:40–42
- 4 Psalm 40:12; Ezra 9:6; Matthew 11:28; Lamentations 1:14; 1 Peter 2:24
- 5 Isaiah 1:5–6; Psalm 69:5; Jeremiah 8:22; Psalm 32:3; Psalm 38:7
- 6 Job 30:28; Psalm 35:14; Psalm 42:9; Psalm 31:10; Psalm 42:5
- 7 Psalm 102:3; 2 Chronicles 21:18–19; Acts 12:23; Psalm 41:8; Job 30:18
- 8 Job 3:24; Psalm 32:3; Job 30:28; Isaiah 59:11; Psalm 22:1–2
- 9 Psalm 10:17; Psalm 6:6; 2 Corinthians 5:2; Romans 8:26–27; John 1:48
- 10 Psalm 6:7; Psalm 88:9; Psalm 69:3; Psalm 119:123; Lamentations 5:16–17
- 11 Psalm 31:11; Luke 23:49; Job 19:13–17; John 16:32; Psalm 88:18
- 12 Psalm 35:20; 2 Samuel 17:1–3; Psalm 140:5; Psalm 54:3; Psalm 141:9
- 13 Isaiah 53:7; Psalm 39:9; Psalm 39:2; 1 Peter 2:23; 2 Samuel 16:10–12
- 14 Amos 5:13; John 8:6; Mark 15:3–5; Micah 7:5
- 15 Psalm 39:7; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 138:3; Psalm 123:1–3
- 16 Psalm 94:18; Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 35:24–26; Psalm 13:3–4
- 17 Psalm 35:15; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 38:6; Micah 4:6–7; Psalm 77:2–3
- 18 Psalm 32:5; Proverbs 28:13; Job 33:27; Psalm 51:3; 2 Corinthians 7:7–11
- 19 John 15:18–25; Psalm 35:19; Matthew 10:22; Psalm 69:4; Psalm 56:1–2
- 20 Psalm 35:12; Jeremiah 18:20; 1 John 3:12; John 10:32; 1 Peter 4:14–16
- 21 Psalm 22:19; Psalm 22:24; Psalm 22:11; Psalm 35:21–22; Psalm 22:1
- 22 Psalm 40:13; Psalm 27:1; Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 141:1; Psalm 71:12
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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).
With terror do they hear of the coming of the last day, who will not be secure by living well: and who fain would live ill, long.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
The Psalmist says, And I became as a man that heareth not; and in whose mouth are no reproofs; and again, But I was as a deaf man and heard not; and as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)