Psalms, 40

1. Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.

1. Gr. Psalm 40 (Heb. 41) εἰς τὸ τέλος ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ

2. Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor : the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

2. μακάριος ὁ συνίων ἐπὶ πτωχὸν καὶ πένητα ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πονηρᾷ ῥύσεται αὐτὸν ὁ κύριος

3. The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth : and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.

3. κύριος διαφυλάξαι αὐτὸν καὶ ζήσαι αὐτὸν καὶ μακαρίσαι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ μὴ παραδῴη αὐτὸν εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθροῦ αὐτοῦ

4. The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow : thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.

4. κύριος βοηθήσαι αὐτῷ ἐπὶ κλίνης ὀδύνης αὐτοῦ ὅλην τὴν κοίτην αὐτοῦ ἔστρεψας ἐν τῇ ἀρρωστίᾳ αὐτοῦ

5. I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me : heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

5. ἐγὼ εἶπα κύριε ἐλέησόν με ἴασαι τὴν ψυχήν μου ὅτι ἥμαρτόν σοι

6. My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?

6. οἱ ἐχθροί μου εἶπαν κακά μοι πότε ἀποθανεῖται καὶ ἀπολεῖται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ

7. And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things : his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.

7. καὶ εἰ εἰσεπορεύετο τοῦ ἰδεῖν μάτην ἐλάλει ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ συνήγαγεν ἀνομίαν ἑαυτῷ ἐξεπορεύετο ἔξω καὶ ἐλάλει

8. All my enemies whispered together against me : they devised evils to me.

8. ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατ’ ἐμοῦ ἐψιθύριζον πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί μου κατ’ ἐμοῦ ἐλογίζοντο κακά μοι

9. They determined against me an unjust word : shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?

9. λόγον παράνομον κατέθεντο κατ’ ἐμοῦ μὴ ὁ κοιμώμενος οὐχὶ προσθήσει τοῦ ἀναστῆναι

10. For even the man of peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.

10. καὶ γὰρ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς εἰρήνης μου ἐφ’ ὃν ἤλπισα ὁ ἐσθίων ἄρτους μου ἐμεγάλυνεν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ πτερνισμόν

11. But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again : and I will requite them.

11. σὺ δέ κύριε ἐλέησόν με καὶ ἀνάστησόν με καὶ ἀνταποδώσω αὐτοῖς

12. By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me : because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.

12. ἐν τούτῳ ἔγνων ὅτι τεθέληκάς με ὅτι οὐ μὴ ἐπιχαρῇ ὁ ἐχθρός μου ἐπ’ ἐμέ

13. But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence : and hast established me in thy sight for ever.

13. ἐμοῦ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἀκακίαν ἀντελάβου καὶ ἐβεβαίωσάς με ἐνώπιόν σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα

14. Blessed by the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.

14. εὐλογητὸς κύριος ὁ θεὸς Ισραηλ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα γένοιτο γένοιτο