Psalms · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Psalm 91 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 Ο κατοικών υπό την σκέπην του Υψίστου υπό την σκιάν του Παντοκράτορος θέλει διατρίβει.
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 Θέλω λέγει προς τον Κύριον, Συ είσαι καταφυγή μου και φρούριόν μου· Θεός μου· επ' αυτόν θέλω ελπίζει.
2 I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Διότι αυτός θέλει σε λυτρόνει εκ της παγίδος των κυνηγών και εκ θανατηφόρου λοιμού.
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
4 Με τα πτερά αυτού θέλει σε σκεπάζει, και υπό τας πτέρυγας αυτού θέλεις είσθαι ασφαλής· η αλήθεια αυτού είναι πανοπλία και ασπίς.
4 He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
5 Δεν θέλεις φοβείσθαι από φόβου νυκτερινού, την ημέραν από βέλους πετωμένου.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Από θανατικού, το οποίον περιπατεί εν σκότει· από ολέθρου, όστις ερημόνει εν μεσημβρία·
6 nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 Χιλιάς θέλει πίπτει εξ αριστερών σου και μυριάς εκ δεξιών σου· πλην εις σε δεν θέλει πλησιάζει.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
8 Μόνον με τους οφθαλμούς σου θέλεις θεωρεί και θέλεις βλέπει των ασεβών την ανταπόδοσιν.
8 You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.
9 Επειδή συ τον Κύριον, την ελπίδα μου, τον Ύψιστον έκαμες καταφύγιόν σου,
9 Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
10 δεν θέλει συμβαίνει εις σε κακόν, και μάστιξ δεν θέλει πλησιάζει εις την σκηνήν σου.
10 no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
11 Διότι θέλει προστάξει εις τους αγγέλους αυτού περί σου, διά να σε διαφυλάττωσιν εν πάσαις ταις οδοίς σου.
11 For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.
12 Θέλουσι σε σηκόνει επί των χειρών αυτών, διά να μη προσκόψης προς λίθον τον πόδα σου.
12 They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.
13 Θέλεις πατήσει επί λέοντα και επί ασπίδα· θέλεις καταπατήσει σκύμνον και δράκοντα.
13 You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.
14 Επειδή έθεσεν εις εμέ την αγάπην αυτού, διά τούτο θέλω λυτρώσει αυτόν· θέλω υψώσει αυτόν, διότι εγνώρισε το όνομά μου.
14 “Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
15 Θέλει με επικαλείσθαι, και θέλω εισακούει αυτού· μετ' αυτού θέλω είσθαι εν θλίψει· θέλω λυτρόνει αυτόν και θέλω δοξάζει αυτόν.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
16 Θέλω χορτάσει αυτόν μακρότητα ημερών και θέλω δείξει εις αυτόν την σωτηρίαν μου.
16 I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 32:7; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 36:7; Psalm 17:8; 1 John 4:15–16
- 2 Psalm 18:2; Isaiah 26:3–4; Proverbs 18:10; Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 142:5
- 3 Psalm 124:7; Psalm 141:9; Job 5:10–22; Proverbs 7:23; Proverbs 6:5
- 4 Psalm 61:4; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 17:8; Deuteronomy 32:11; Isaiah 43:1–2
- 5 Isaiah 43:2; Job 5:19–27; Proverbs 3:23–25; Psalm 3:5–6; Hebrews 13:6
- 6 Psalm 121:5–6; Numbers 16:48; Matthew 24:6–7; Exodus 12:29–30; 2 Kings 19:35
- 7 Exodus 12:12–13; Genesis 7:23; Psalm 32:6; Numbers 14:37–38; Joshua 14:10
- 8 Psalm 37:34; Proverbs 3:25–26; Psalm 92:11; Malachi 1:5; Psalm 58:10–11
- 9 Psalm 71:3; Psalm 90:1; Psalm 91:1–2; Psalm 142:4–5; Psalm 146:5–6
- 10 Proverbs 12:21; Psalm 121:7; Deuteronomy 7:15; Romans 8:25; Job 5:24
- 11 Luke 4:10–11; Psalm 34:7; Hebrews 1:14; Proverbs 3:6; Matthew 4:6
- 12 Psalm 37:24; Proverbs 3:23; Luke 4:11; Isaiah 63:9; Matthew 4:6
- 13 Luke 10:19; Mark 16:18; Daniel 6:22; 1 Samuel 17:37; Judges 14:5–6
- 14 Psalm 9:10; John 14:23; James 1:12; John 16:27; Romans 8:28
- 15 Jeremiah 33:3; Isaiah 65:24; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 138:7; John 12:26
- 16 Proverbs 3:2; Proverbs 3:16; Psalm 21:4; Psalm 50:23; Isaiah 65:20–22
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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).
This Psalm is entitled, "The prayer of Moses the man of God," through whom, His man, God gave the law to His people, through whom He freed them from the house of slavery, and led them forty years through the wilderness. Moses was therefore the Minister of the Old, and the Prophet of the New Testament.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… killing, and impeding the steps of man, until the seed did come appointed to tread down his head,--which was born of Mary, of whom the prophet speaks: "Thou shalt tread upon the asp and the basilisk; thou shalt trample down the lion and the dragon;" --indicating that sin, which was set up and spread out against man, and which rendered …
"Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk and thou shalt trample under feet the lion and the dragon." With faith thou hast the power to walk upon serpents and scorpions.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)