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Chapter 55

Psalms · King David

Ps 55:1

¹ For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Gath.

Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων μεμακρυμμένου· τῷ Δαυΐδ εἰς στηλογραφίαν, ὁπότε ἐκράτησαν αὐτὸν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ἐν Γέθ.

Ps 55:1

Ps 55:2

² Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down;

ΕΛΕΗΣΟΝ με, ὁ Θεός, ὅτι κατεπάτησέ με ἄνθρωπος, ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν πολεμῶν ἔθλιψέ με.

Ps 55:2

Ps 55:3

³ Mine enemies have trodden me down all the day from the dawning of the day;

κατεπάτησάν με οἱ ἐχθροί μου ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, ὅτι πολλοὶ οἱ πολεμοῦντες με ἀπὸ ὕψους.

Ps 55:3

Ps 55:4

⁴ They shall be afraid, but I will trust in thee.

ἡμέρας οὐ φοβηθήσομαι, ἐγὼ δὲ ἐλπιῶ ἐπὶ σέ.

Ps 55:4

Ps 55:5

⁵ In God I will praise my words;

ἐν τῷ Θεῷ ἐπαινέσω τοὺς λόγους μου, ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ ἤλπισα, οὐ φοβηθήσομαι τί ποιήσει μοι σάρξ.

Ps 55:5

Ps 55:6

⁶ All the day long they have abominated my words;

ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν τοὺς λόγους μου ἐβδελύσσοντο, κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ πάντες οἱ διαλογισμοὶ αὐτῶν εἰς κακόν.

Ps 55:6

Ps 55:7

⁷ They will dwell near and hide [themselves];

παροικήσουσι καὶ κατακρύψουσιν· αὐτοὶ τὴν πτέρναν μου φυλάξουσι, καθάπερ ὑπέμειναν τῇ ψυχῇ μου.

Ps 55:7

Ps 55:8

⁸ Thou wilt on no account save them;

ὑπὲρ τοῦ μηθενὸς σώσεις αὐτούς, ἐν ὀργῇ λαοὺς κατάξεις. ὁ Θεός,

Ps 55:8

Ps 55:9

⁹ O God, I have declared my life to thee;

τὴν ζωήν μου ἐξήγγειλά σοι, ἔθου τὰ δάκρυά μου ἐνώπιόν σου ὡς καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐπαγγελίᾳ σου.

Ps 55:9

Ps 55:10

¹⁰ Mine enemies shall be turned back,

ἐπιστρέψουσιν οἱ ἐχθροί μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπικαλέσωμαί σε· ἰδοὺ ἔγνων ὅτι Θεός μου εἶ σύ.

Ps 55:10

Ps 55:11

¹¹ In God will I praise [his] word;

ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ αἰνέσω ρῆμα, ἐπὶ τῷ Κυρίῳ αἰνέσω λόγον.

Ps 55:11

Ps 55:12

¹² I have hoped in God;

ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ ἤλπισα, οὐ φοβηθήσομαι τί ποιήσει μοι ἄνθρωπος.

Ps 55:12

Ps 55:13

¹³ The vows of thy praise, O God, which I will pay, are upon me.

ἐν ἐμοί, ὁ Θεός, εὐχαί, ἃς ἀποδώσω αἰνέσεώς σου,

Ps 55:13

Ps 55:14

¹⁴ For thou hast delivered my soul from death,

ὅτι ἐρρύσω τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ θανάτου καὶ τοὺς πόδας μου ἐξ ὀλισθήματος· εὐαρεστήσω ἐνώπιον Κυρίου ἐν φωτὶ ζώντων.

Ps 55:14

Greek: Septuagint, public domain via eBible.org (grclxx). The English remains the primary text; the Greek is offered for study.