1 «Εις τον πρώτον μουσικόν, επί Νεγινώθ. Ψαλμός του Δαβίδ.» Εισάκουσον, Θεέ, της κραυγής μου· πρόσεξον εις την προσευχήν μου. 2 Από των περάτων της γης προς σε θέλω κράζει, όταν λιποθυμή η καρδία μου. Οδήγησόν με εις την πέτραν, ήτις είναι παραπολύ υψηλή δι' εμέ. 3 Διότι συ έγεινες καταφυγή μου, πύργος ισχυρός έμπροσθεν του εχθρού. 4 Εν τη σκηνή σου θέλω παροικεί διαπαντός· θέλω καταφύγει υπό την σκέπην των πτερύγων σου. Διάψαλμα. 5 Διότι συ, Θεέ, εισήκουσας των ευχών μου· έδωκάς μοι την κληρονομίαν των φοβουμένων το όνομά σου. 6 Θέλεις προσθέσει ημέρας εις τας ημέρας του βασιλέως· τα έτη αυτού ας ήναι εις γενεάν και γενεάν. 7 Θέλει διαμένει εις τον αιώνα ενώπιον του Θεού· κάμε να διαφυλάττωσιν αυτόν το έλεος και η αλήθεια. 8 Ούτω θέλω ψαλμωδεί διαπαντός το όνομά σου, διά να εκπληρώ τας ευχάς μου καθ' ημέραν.
Psalms · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Psalm 61 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).
Cross references (8)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Philippians 4:6; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 86:6; Psalm 130:2; Psalm 55:1–2
- 2 Psalm 18:2; Psalm 139:9–10; Isaiah 32:2; Psalm 62:6; Deuteronomy 4:29
- 3 Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 62:7; Psalm 116:2; Psalm 140:7; Psalm 18:2
- 4 Psalm 23:6; Psalm 17:8; Psalm 27:4; Psalm 91:4; Psalm 57:1
- 5 Malachi 3:16–18; Psalm 56:12; Psalm 115:13; Psalm 86:11; Acts 10:35
- 6 Psalm 21:4; Psalm 89:36–37; Psalm 21:6; Psalm 72:15–17; Isaiah 53:10
- 7 Psalm 40:11; Genesis 24:27; Psalm 41:12; Psalm 57:3; Isaiah 9:6–7
- 8 Psalm 65:1; Psalm 145:1–2; Psalm 79:13; Psalm 66:13–16; Psalm 71:22
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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).
David the king was one man, but not one man he figured; sometimes to wit he figured the Church of many men consisting, extended even unto the ends of the earth: but sometimes One Man he figured, Him he figured that is Mediator of God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)