Psalms · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Psalm 73 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 «Ψαλμός του Ασάφ.» Αγαθός τωόντι είναι ο Θεός εις τον Ισραήλ, εις τους καθαρούς την καρδίαν.
1 A Psalm by Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
2 Εμού δε, οι πόδες μου σχεδόν εκλονίσθησαν· παρ' ολίγον ωλίσθησαν τα βήματά μου.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
3 Διότι εζήλευσα τους μωρούς, βλέπων την ευτυχίαν των ασεβών.
3 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 Επειδή δεν είναι λύπαι εις τον θάνατον αυτών, αλλ' η δύναμις αυτών είναι στερεά.
4 For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
5 Δεν είναι εν κόποις, ως οι άλλοι άνθρωποι· ουδέ μαστιγόνονται μετά των λοιπών ανθρώπων.
5 They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
6 διά τούτο περικυκλόνει αυτούς η υπερηφανία ως περιδέραιον· η αδικία σκεπάζει αυτούς ως ιμάτιον.
6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
7 Οι οφθαλμοί αυτών εξέχουσιν εκ του πάχους· εξεπέρασαν τας επιθυμίας της καρδίας αυτών.
7 Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
8 Εμπαίζουσι και λαλούσιν εν πονηρία καταδυναστείαν· λαλούσιν υπερηφάνως.
8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
9 Θέτουσιν εις τον ουρανόν το στόμα αυτών, και η γλώσσα αυτών διατρέχει την γην.
9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
10 Διά τούτο θέλει στραφή ενταύθα ο λαός αυτού· και ύδατα ποτηρίου πλήρους εκθλίβονται δι' αυτούς.
10 Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
11 Και λέγουσι, Πως γνωρίζει ταύτα ο Θεός; και υπάρχει γνώσις εν τω Υψίστω;
11 They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Ιδού, ούτοι είναι ασεβείς και ευτυχούσι διαπαντός· αυξάνουσι τα πλούτη αυτών.
12 Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
13 Άρα, ματαίως εκαθάρισα την καρδίαν μου και ένιψα εν αθωότητι τας χείρας μου.
13 Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
14 Διότι εμαστιγώθην όλην την ημέραν και ετιμωρήθην πάσαν αυγήν.
14 For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning.
15 Αν είπω, Θέλω ομιλεί ούτως· ιδού, εξυβρίζω εις την γενεάν των υιών σου.
15 If I had said, “I will speak thus”, behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
16 Και εστοχάσθην να εννοήσω τούτο, πλην μ' εφάνη δύσκολον·
16 When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me—
17 εωσού εισελθών εις το αγιαστήριον του Θεού, ενόησα τα τέλη αυτών.
17 until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
18 Συ βεβαίως έθεσας αυτούς εις τόπους ολισθηρούς· έρριψας αυτούς εις κρημνόν.
18 Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
19 Πως διά μιας κατήντησαν εις ερήμωσιν Ηφανίσθησαν, απωλέσθησαν υπό αιφνιδίου ολέθρου.
19 How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
20 Ως όνειρον εξεγειρομένου Κύριε, όταν εγερθής, θέλεις αφανίσει την εικόνα αυτών.
20 As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
21 Ούτως εκαίετο η καρδία μου, και τα νεφρά μου εβασανίζοντο·
21 For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
22 και εγώ ήμην ανόητος και δεν εγνώριζον· κτήνος ήμην ενώπιόν σου.
22 I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
23 Εγώ όμως είμαι πάντοτε μετά σού· συ με επίασας από της δεξιάς μου χειρός.
23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
24 Διά της συμβουλής σου θέλεις με οδηγήσει και μετά ταύτα θέλεις με προσλάβει εν δόξη.
24 You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Τίνα άλλον έχω εν τω ουρανώ; και επί της γης δεν θέλω άλλον παρά σε.
25 Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
26 Ητόνησεν η σαρξ μου και η καρδία μου· αλλ' ο Θεός είναι η δύναμις της καρδίας μου και η μερίς μου εις τον αιώνα.
26 My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27 Διότι, ιδού, όσοι απομακρύνονται από σου, θέλουσιν απολεσθή· συ εξωλόθρευσας πάντας τους εκκλίνοντας από σου.
27 For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
28 Αλλά δι' εμέ, το να προσκολλώμαι εις τον Θεόν είναι το αγαθόν μου· έθεσα την ελπίδα μου επί Κύριον τον Θεόν, διά να κηρύττω πάντα τα έργα σου.
28 But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 5:8; Psalm 51:10; Psalm 84:11; Luke 12:32; James 4:8
- 2 Psalm 94:18; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 116:8; Psalm 38:16; Psalm 17:5
- 3 Job 21:7; Jeremiah 12:1; Psalm 37:7; Proverbs 23:17; Psalm 37:1
- 4 Job 21:23–24; Ecclesiastes 2:16; Luke 16:22; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Psalm 17:14
- 5 Psalm 73:12; Job 21:9; Revelation 3:19; Jeremiah 12:1–2; Job 21:6
- 6 Psalm 109:18; 1 Peter 5:5; Daniel 4:30; Proverbs 1:9; Judges 8:26
- 7 Job 15:27; Jeremiah 5:28; Psalm 17:10; Psalm 73:12; 1 Samuel 25:36
- 8 Jude 16; Psalm 17:10; Psalm 10:2; 2 Peter 2:18; Proverbs 30:13–14
- 9 Revelation 13:6; James 3:6; Exodus 5:2; Daniel 7:25; 2 Chronicles 32:15
- 10 Psalm 75:8
- 11 Hosea 7:2; Zephaniah 1:12; Psalm 94:7; Psalm 139:1–6; Psalm 44:21
- 12 Psalm 52:7; Hosea 12:7–8; Jeremiah 5:28; James 5:1–3; Psalm 17:14
- 13 Psalm 26:6; Job 21:15; Job 34:9; James 4:8; Malachi 3:14
- 14 Hebrews 12:5; Psalm 94:12; Amos 3:2; Jeremiah 15:18; Job 7:3–4
- 15 Matthew 18:6–7; Romans 14:21; Psalm 24:6; Romans 14:15; Malachi 2:8
- 16 Ecclesiastes 8:17; John 16:18–19; Proverbs 30:2–3; Romans 11:33; Psalm 97:2
- 17 Psalm 77:13; Luke 12:20; Ecclesiastes 8:12–13; Psalm 27:4; Psalm 63:2
- 18 Jeremiah 23:12; Psalm 35:6; Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 55:23; 2 Thessalonians 1:9
- 19 Isaiah 47:11; Proverbs 28:1; Daniel 5:6; Revelation 18:10; Job 20:5
- 20 Job 20:8; Psalm 78:65; Psalm 90:5; Psalm 39:6; Isaiah 29:7–8
- 21 Psalm 73:3; Psalm 37:7; Lamentations 3:13; Job 16:13; Psalm 37:1
- 22 Ecclesiastes 3:18; Psalm 92:6; Isaiah 1:3; Psalm 49:10; Psalm 32:9
- 23 Isaiah 41:13; Psalm 63:8; Matthew 28:20; Psalm 16:8; Hebrews 13:5
- 24 Psalm 32:8; Isaiah 58:11; Proverbs 3:5–6; Isaiah 48:17; Psalm 48:14
- 25 Philippians 3:8; Psalm 16:2; Psalm 63:3; Psalm 16:5; Isaiah 26:8–9
- 26 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Isaiah 40:29–31; Psalm 138:3; Psalm 18:2; 2 Corinthians 4:8–10
- 27 James 4:4; Psalm 119:155; Exodus 34:15; Numbers 15:39; Psalm 106:39
- 28 James 4:8; Psalm 40:5; Hebrews 10:19–22; Lamentations 3:25–26; Psalm 65:4
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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).
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“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).
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