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Psalms

Chapter 91

Psalms · King David

¹ A Psalm of a Song for the Sabbath day.

Ψαλμὸς ᾠδῆς, εἰς τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ σαββάτου.

Ps 91:1

² It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord,

ΑΓΑΘΟΝ τὸ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ ψάλλειν τῷ ὀνόματί σου, ¨Υψιστε,

Ps 91:2

³ To proclaim thy mercy in the morning,

τοῦ ἀναγγέλλειν τῷ πρωΐ τὸ ἔλεός σου καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου κατὰ νύκτα

Ps 91:3

⁴ On a psaltery of ten strings, with a song on the harp.

ἐν δεκαχόρδῳ ψαλτηρίῳ μετ᾿ ᾠδῆς ἐν κιθάρᾳ.

Ps 91:4

⁵ For thou, O Lord, hast made me glad with thy work:

ὅτι εὔφρανάς με, Κύριε, ἐν τοῖς ποιήμασί σου, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν σου ἀγαλλιάσομαι.

Ps 91:5

⁶ How have thy works been magnified, O Lord!

ὡς ἐμεγαλύνθη τὰ ἔργα σου Κύριε· σφόδρα ἐβαθύνθησαν οἱ διαλογισμοί σου.

Ps 91:6

⁷ A foolish man will not know,

ἀνὴρ ἄφρων οὐ γνώσεται, καὶ ἀσύνετος οὐ συνήσει ταῦτα.

Ps 91:7

⁸ When the sinners spring up as the grass,

ἐν τῷ ἀνατεῖλαι ἁμαρτωλοὺς ὡσεὶ χόρτον καὶ διέκυψαν πάντες οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν, ὅπως ἂν ἐξολοθρευθῶσιν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος.

Ps 91:8

⁹ But thou, O Lord, art most high forever.

σὺ δὲ ¨Υψιστος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, Κύριε·

Ps 91:9

¹⁰ For, behold, thine enemies shall perish;

ὅτι ἰδοὺ οἱ ἐχθροί σου, Κύριε, ἰδοὺ οἱ ἐχθροί σου ἀπολοῦνται, καὶ διασκορπισθήσονται πάντες οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν,

Ps 91:10

¹¹ But my horn shall be exalted as [the horn] of a unicorn;

καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ὡς μονοκέρωτος τὸ κέρας μου καὶ τὸ γῆράς μου ἐν ἐλαίῳ πίονι·

Ps 91:11

¹² And mine eye has seen mine enemies,

καὶ ἐπεῖδεν ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐν τοῖς ἐχθροῖς μου, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐπανισταμένοις ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ πονηρευομένοις ἀκούσατε τὸ οὖς μου.

Ps 91:12

¹³ The righteous shall flourish as a palm tree:

δίκαιος ὡς φοῖνιξ ἀνθήσει, ὡσεὶ ἡ κέδρος ἡ ἐν τῷ Λιβάνῳ πληθυνθήσεται.

Ps 91:13

¹⁴ They that are planted in the house of the Lord

πεφυτευμένοι ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου, ἐν ταῖς αὐλαῖς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐξανθήσουσιν·

Ps 91:14

¹⁵ Then shall they be increased in a fine old age;

ἔτι πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γήρει πίονι καὶ εὐπαθοῦντες ἔσονται τοῦ ἀναγγεῖλαι

Ps 91:15

¹⁶ that the Lord my God is righteous,

ὅτι εὐθὴς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀδικία ἐν αὐτῷ.

Ps 91:16

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

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