1 «Εις τον πρώτον μουσικόν. Ψαλμός του Δαβίδ.» Άκουσον, Θεέ, της φωνής μου εν τη δεήσει μου· από του φόβου του εχθρού φύλαξον την ζωήν μου. 2 Σκέπασόν με από συμβουλίου πονηρών, από φρυάγματος εργαζομένων ανομίαν· 3 οίτινες ακονώσιν ως ρομφαίαν την γλώσσαν αυτών· ετοιμάζουσιν ως βέλη λόγους πικρούς, 4 διά να τοξεύωσι κρυφίως τον άμεμπτον· εξαίφνης τοξεύουσιν αυτόν και δεν φοβούνται. 5 Στερεούνται επί πονηρού πράγματος· μελετώσι να κρύπτωσι παγίδας, λέγοντες, Τις θέλει ιδεί αυτούς; 6 Ανιχνεύουσιν ανομίας· απέκαμον ανιχνεύοντες επιμελώς· εκάστου δε τα εντός και η καρδία είναι βυθός. 7 Αλλ' ο Θεός θέλει τοξεύσει αυτούς· από αιφνιδίου βέλους θέλουσιν είσθαι αι πληγαί αυτών. 8 Και οι λόγοι της γλώσσης αυτών θέλουσι πέσει επ' αυτού· θέλουσι φεύγει πάντες οι βλέποντες αυτούς. 9 Και θέλει φοβηθή πας άνθρωπος, και θέλουσι διηγηθή το έργον του Θεού και εννοήσει τας εργασίας αυτού. 10 Ο δίκαιος θέλει ευφρανθή εις τον Κύριον και θέλει ελπίζει επ' αυτόν· και θέλουσι καυχάσθαι πάντες οι ευθείς την καρδίαν.
Psalms · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Psalm 64 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 (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 34:4; Psalm 143:1–3; Psalm 130:1–2; Psalm 141:1; Lamentations 3:55–56
- 2 Psalm 109:2–3; Psalm 143:9; Psalm 59:2; Psalm 31:20; Psalm 27:5
- 3 Jeremiah 9:3; Psalm 57:4; Psalm 58:7; James 3:6–8; Psalm 11:2
- 4 1 Peter 2:22–23; Psalm 55:19; Psalm 10:8–9; Psalm 11:2; John 19:6
- 5 Psalm 140:5; Psalm 10:11; Job 22:13; Ezekiel 8:12; Psalm 94:7
- 6 Matthew 26:59; Jeremiah 17:9–10; Psalm 5:9; Isaiah 29:15; Daniel 6:4–5
- 7 Proverbs 6:15; Psalm 7:12–13; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3; Psalm 18:14; Job 6:4
- 8 Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 12:13; Psalm 140:9; Psalm 31:11; Nahum 3:7
- 9 Jeremiah 51:10; Hosea 14:9; Psalm 40:3; Psalm 107:42–43; Isaiah 5:12
- 10 Psalms 32:11–33:1; Psalm 40:3; 1 Corinthians 1:30–31; Psalm 25:20; Psalm 112:2
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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 hath the title, "For David himself, when he was in the desert of Idumæa." By the name of Idumæa is understood this world. For Idumæa was a certain nation of men going astray, where idols were worshipped. In no good sense is put this Idumæa.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For these meaner things have their delights, but not like unto my God, who hath created all things; for in Him doth the righteous delight, and He is the sweetness of the upright in heart.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)