Psalms · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Psalm 44 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 «Εις τον πρώτον μουσικόν, διά τους υιούς Κορέ· Μασχίλ.» Θεέ, με τα ώτα ημών ηκούσαμεν, οι πατέρες ημών διηγήθησαν προς ημάς το έργον, το οποίον έπραξας εν ταις ημέραις αυτών, εν ημέραις αρχαίαις.
1 For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
2 Συ διά της χειρός σου εξεδίωξας έθνη και εφύτευσας αυτούς· κατέθλιψας λαούς και απεδίωξας αυτούς.
2 You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
3 Διότι δεν εκληρονόμησαν την γην διά της ρομφαίας αυτών, και ο βραχίων αυτών δεν έσωσεν αυτούς· αλλ' η δεξιά σου και ο βραχίων σου και το φως του προσώπου σου· διότι ευηρεστήθης εις αυτούς.
3 For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
4 Συ είσαι ο βασιλεύς μου, Θεέ, ο διορίζων τας σωτηρίας του Ιακώβ.
4 God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob!
5 Διά σου θέλομεν καταβάλει τους εχθρούς ημών· διά του ονόματός σου θέλομεν καταπατήσει τους επανισταμένους εφ' ημάς·
5 Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
6 Διότι δεν θέλω ελπίσει επί το τόξον ουδέ η ρομφαία μου θέλει με σώσει.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
7 Διότι συ έσωσας ημάς εκ των εχθρών ημών και κατήσχυνας τους μισούντας ημάς·
7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
8 εις τον Θεόν θέλομεν καυχάσθαι όλην την ημέραν, και το όνομά σου εις τον αιώνα θέλομεν υμνεί. Διάψαλμα.
8 In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
9 Όμως απέβαλες και κατήσχυνας ημάς, και δεν εξέρχεσαι πλέον μετά των στρατευμάτων ημών.
9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.
10 Έκαμες ημάς να στρέψωμεν εις τα οπίσω έμπροσθεν του εχθρού· και οι μισούντες ημάς διαρπάζουσι τα ημέτερα εις εαυτούς.
10 You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
11 Παρέδωκας ημάς ως πρόβατα εις βρώσιν και εις τα έθνη διεσκόρπισας ημάς.
11 You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
12 Επώλησας τον λαόν σου άνευ τιμής, και δεν ηύξησας τον πλούτόν σου εκ της πωλήσεως αυτών.
12 You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
13 Κατέστησας ημάς όνειδος εις τους γείτονας ημών, κατάγελων και χλευασμόν εις τους πέριξ ημών.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
14 Κατέστησας ημάς παροιμίαν μεταξύ των εθνών, κίνησιν κεφαλής μεταξύ των λαών.
14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 Όλην την ημέραν η εντροπή μου είναι ενώπιόν μου, και η αισχύνη του προσώπου μου με εκάλυψε·
15 All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
16 διά την φωνήν του ονειδίζοντος και υβρίζοντος· διά τον εχθρόν και εκδικητήν.
16 at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 Πάντα ταύτα ήλθον εφ' ημάς, όμως δεν σε ελησμονήσαμεν και δεν ηθετήσαμεν την διαθήκην σου·
17 All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
18 Ουδέ εστράφη εις τα οπίσω η καρδία ημών, ουδέ εξέκλιναν τα βήματα ημών από της οδού σου.
18 Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
19 Αν και συνέτριψας ημάς εν τω τόπω των δρακόντων και περιεκάλυψας ημάς διά της σκιάς του θανάτου.
19 though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 Εάν ελησμονούμεν το όνομα του Θεού ημών και εξετείνομεν τας χείρας ημών εις Θεόν αλλότριον,
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,
21 ο Θεός δεν ήθελεν εξετάσει τούτο; διότι αυτός εξεύρει τα κρύφια της καρδίας.
21 won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Ότι ένεκα σου θανατούμεθα όλην την ημέραν· ελογίσθημεν ως πρόβατα σφαγής.
22 Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Εξεγέρθητι, διά τι καθεύδεις, Κύριε; εξεγέρθητι, μη αποβάλης ημάς διαπαντός.
23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
24 Διά τι κρύπτεις το πρόσωπόν σου; λησμονείς την ταλαιπωρίαν ημών και την καταδυνάστευσιν ημών;
24 Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 Διότι εταπεινώθη έως χώματος η ψυχή ημών· εκολλήθη εις την γην η κοιλία ημών.
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
26 Ανάστηθι εις βοήθειαν ημών και λύτρωσον ημάς ένεκεν του ελέους σου.
26 Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 78:3–6; Exodus 13:14–15; Deuteronomy 6:20; Judges 6:13; Joel 1:3
- 2 Exodus 15:17; Psalm 78:55; Joshua 11:23; 2 Samuel 7:10; Psalm 135:10–12
- 3 Deuteronomy 7:7–8; Deuteronomy 8:17–18; Joshua 24:12; Zechariah 4:6; 2 Corinthians 4:7
- 4 Psalm 74:12; Psalm 42:8; Psalm 149:2; Psalm 89:18; Mark 9:25
- 5 Psalm 108:13; Psalm 60:12; Psalm 118:10–13; Philippians 4:13; Deuteronomy 33:17
- 6 Hosea 1:7; Psalm 20:7; 1 Samuel 17:47; Psalm 33:16–17
- 7 Psalm 136:24; Psalm 140:7; Joshua 1:5; Psalm 132:18; Joshua 23:9–10
- 8 Psalm 34:2; Jeremiah 9:24; 1 Corinthians 1:29–31; Romans 2:17; Psalm 30:12
- 9 Psalm 74:1; Psalm 60:10; Psalm 108:11; Psalm 60:1; Psalm 43:2
- 10 Joshua 7:8; Leviticus 26:17; Joshua 7:12; Psalm 89:41; Deuteronomy 28:25
- 11 Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64; Ezekiel 34:12; Romans 8:36; Isaiah 11:11–12
- 12 Jeremiah 15:13; Deuteronomy 32:30; Isaiah 52:3–4; Judges 2:14; Isaiah 50:1
- 13 Psalm 79:4; Psalm 80:6; Jeremiah 24:9; Deuteronomy 28:37; Jeremiah 48:27
- 14 Jeremiah 24:9; Job 16:4; Job 17:6; Deuteronomy 28:37; 2 Kings 19:21
- 15 Psalm 69:7; Jeremiah 51:51; 2 Chronicles 32:21; Psalm 71:13; Joshua 7:7–9
- 16 Psalm 8:2; Psalm 74:22–23; Psalm 74:18; Psalm 74:10; Isaiah 37:17
- 17 Daniel 9:13; Deuteronomy 6:12; Deuteronomy 8:14; Ezekiel 16:59; Psalm 78:57
- 18 Psalm 119:51; Psalm 119:157; Psalm 78:57; Zephaniah 1:6; Job 23:11–12
- 19 Psalm 23:4; Job 3:5; Psalm 51:8; Jeremiah 14:17; Job 30:29
- 20 Psalm 81:9; Job 11:13; Deuteronomy 6:14; Psalm 7:3–5; Psalm 68:31
- 21 Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 23:24; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Job 34:21–22; Job 31:4
- 22 Romans 8:36; Isaiah 53:7; Psalm 44:11; John 16:2–3; 1 Corinthians 4:9
- 23 Psalm 7:6; Psalm 78:65; Psalm 77:7; Psalm 88:14; Psalm 35:23
- 24 Job 13:24; Deuteronomy 32:20; Psalm 42:9; Psalm 13:1; Psalm 74:23
- 25 Psalm 119:25; Lamentations 4:5; Psalm 66:11–12; Isaiah 51:23
- 26 Psalm 130:7–8; Psalm 25:22; Psalm 26:11; Psalm 35:2
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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).
This Psalm is a short one; it satisfies the mental cravings of the hearers, without imposing too severe a trial on the hunger of those fasting.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… of with; as for instance, "I will go into thy house in burnt offerings," instead of with burnt offerings and "he brought them forth also by silver and gold," that is to say with silver and gold and "thou goest not forth in our armies" instead of with our armies, and innumerable similar passages.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)