Psalms · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Psalm 74 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 «Μασχίλ του Ασάφ.» Διά τι, Θεέ, απέρριψας ημάς διαπαντός; διά τι καπνίζει η οργή σου εναντίον των προβάτων της βοσκής σου;
1 A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Μνήσθητι της συναγωγής σου, την οποίαν απέκτησας απ' αρχής· την ράβδον της κληρονομίας σου, την οποίαν ελύτρωσας· τούτο το όρος Σιών, εν ω κατώκησας.
2 Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance: Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
3 Κίνησον τα βήματά σου προς τας παντοτεινάς ερημώσεις, προς παν κακόν, το οποίον έπραξεν ο εχθρός εν τω αγιαστηρίω.
3 Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
4 Οι εχθροί σου βρυχώνται εν τω μέσω των συναγωγών σου· έθεσαν σημαίας τας σημαίας αυτών.
4 Your adversaries have roared in the middle of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
5 Γνωστόν έγεινεν· ως εάν τις σηκόνων πέλεκυν καταφέρη επί πυκνά δένδρα,
5 They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
6 ούτω τώρα αυτοί συνέτριψαν διά μιας με πελέκεις και σφυρία, τα πελεκητά έργα αυτού.
6 Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
7 Κατέκαυσαν εν πυρί το αγιαστήριόν σου έως εδάφους· εβεβήλωσαν το κατοικητήριον του ονόματός σου.
7 They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
8 Είπον εν τη καρδία αυτών, Ας εξολοθρεύσωμεν αυτούς ομού· κατέκαυσαν πάσας τας συναγωγάς του Θεού εν τη γη.
8 They said in their heart, “We will crush them completely.” They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
9 Τα σημεία ημών δεν βλέπομεν· δεν υπάρχει πλέον προφήτης ουδέ γνωρίζων μεταξύ ημών το έως πότε.
9 We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
10 Έως πότε, Θεέ, θέλει ονειδίζει ο εναντίος; θέλει βλασφημεί ο εχθρός το όνομά σου διαπαντός;
10 How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
11 Διά τι αποστρέφεις την χείρα σου, και την δεξιάν σου; έκβαλε αυτήν εκ μέσου του κόλπου σου και αφάνισον αυτούς.
11 Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it from your chest and consume them!
12 Αλλ' ο Θεός είναι εξ αρχής Βασιλεύς μου, εργαζόμενος σωτηρίαν εν μέσω της γης.
12 Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth.
13 Συ διεχώρισας διά της δυνάμεώς σου την θάλασσαν· συ συνέτριψας τας κεφαλάς των δρακόντων εν τοις ύδασι.
13 You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
14 Συ συνέτριψας τας κεφαλάς τον Λευϊάθαν· έδωκας αυτόν βρώσιν εις τον λαόν, τον κατοικούντα εν ερήμοις.
14 You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
15 Συ ήνοιξας πηγάς και χειμάρρους· εξήρανας ποταμούς δυνατούς.
15 You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
16 Σού είναι η ημέρα και σου η νύξ· συ ητοίμασας το φως και τον ήλιον.
16 The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
17 Συ έθεσας πάντα τα όρια της γής· συ έκαμες το θέρος και τον χειμώνα.
17 You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
18 Μνήσθητι τούτου, ότι ο εχθρός ωνείδισε τον Κύριον· και λαός άφρων εβλασφήμησε το όνομά σου.
18 Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
19 Μη παραδώσης εις τα θηρία την ψυχήν της τρυγόνος σου· την σύναξιν των πενήτων σου μη λησμονήσης διαπαντός.
19 Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.
20 Επίβλεψον επί την διαθήκην σου· διότι επλήσθησαν οι σκοτεινοί της γης τόποι από οίκων καταδυναστείας.
20 Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
21 Ας μη στραφή ο ταλαίπωρος εις τα οπίσω κατησχυμμένος· ο πτωχός και ο πένης ας επαινώσι το όνομά σου.
21 Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
22 Ανάστα, Θεέ· δίκασον την δίκην σου· μνήσθητι του ονειδισμού, τον οποίον εις σε κάμνει ο άφρων όλην την ημέραν.
22 Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
23 Μη λησμονήσης την φωνήν των εχθρών σου· ο θόρυβος των επανισταμένων κατά σου αυξάνει διαπαντός.
23 Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 29:20; Psalm 79:13; Psalm 100:3; John 10:26–30; Psalm 44:9
- 2 Jeremiah 10:16; Exodus 15:13; Deuteronomy 32:9; Exodus 15:16; Psalm 135:4
- 3 Lamentations 1:10; Psalm 79:1; Daniel 9:17; Luke 21:24; Mark 11:17
- 4 Lamentations 2:7; Matthew 24:15; Numbers 2:2; Daniel 6:27; 2 Chronicles 36:17
- 5 Jeremiah 46:22–23; 2 Chronicles 2:14; 1 Kings 5:6
- 6 1 Kings 6:18; 1 Kings 6:35; 1 Kings 6:29; 1 Kings 6:32
- 7 2 Kings 25:9; Psalm 89:39; Isaiah 64:11; Deuteronomy 12:5; Ezekiel 24:21
- 8 Psalm 83:4; Esther 3:8–9; 2 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 4:23; Matthew 4:23
- 9 Amos 8:11; Ezekiel 7:26; 1 Samuel 3:1; Lamentations 2:9; Exodus 12:13
- 10 Revelation 6:10; Psalm 89:50–51; Psalm 79:4–5; Psalm 89:46; Daniel 12:6
- 11 Lamentations 2:3; Psalm 78:65–66; Isaiah 64:12; Psalm 44:23
- 12 Isaiah 33:22; Psalm 44:4; Exodus 19:5–6; Exodus 15:2–15; Isaiah 63:8
- 13 Exodus 14:21; Psalm 78:13; Isaiah 51:9–10; Ezekiel 29:3; Ezekiel 32:2
- 14 Isaiah 27:1; Job 41:1–34; Psalm 72:9; Psalm 104:25–26; Job 3:8
- 15 Numbers 20:11; Exodus 17:5–6; Joshua 3:13–17; Psalm 105:41; Isaiah 48:21
- 16 Genesis 1:3–5; Matthew 5:45; Psalm 136:7–9; Psalm 104:19; Genesis 1:14–18
- 17 Deuteronomy 32:8; Acts 17:26; Genesis 8:22; Acts 14:17; Psalm 24:1–2
- 18 Psalm 39:8; Revelation 16:19; Deuteronomy 32:6; Psalm 74:22; Deuteronomy 32:27
- 19 Song of Songs 2:14; James 2:5–6; Psalm 9:18; Matthew 10:16; Psalm 68:13
- 20 Psalm 106:45; Genesis 17:7–8; Hebrews 8:10; Psalm 89:34–36; Psalm 89:28
- 21 Psalm 12:5; Ezra 3:11; Psalm 35:10; Psalm 9:18; Psalm 103:6
- 22 Psalm 74:18; Psalm 53:1; Isaiah 52:5; Psalm 9:19–20; Psalm 79:9–10
- 23 Psalm 65:7; Isaiah 37:29; Revelation 17:14; Psalm 74:4; Psalm 13:1
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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 an inscription, that is, a title, "There have failed the hymns of David, the son of Jesse. A Psalm of Asaph himself." So many Psalms we have on the titles whereof is written the name David, nowhere there is added, "son of Jesse," except in this alone.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
In the same way we may suitably understand what we read in the psalm, "But God, our King before the worlds, hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth;" so that the Lord Jesus may be understood to be our God who is before the worlds, because by Him the worlds were made, working our salvation in the midst …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
It is not my word, but it is a prophet who hath said, Thou hast wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)