Psalms 30

Thomson (Hebrew nos.) · Brenton · Greek · public domain

Thomson 1808

Brenton 1851

Greek · Brenton

ThomsonI WILL extol Thee, O Lord, because Thou hast upheld me, and hast not suffered mine enemies to rejoice over me.

BrentonFor the end, a Psalm of David, an utterance of extreme fear.

GreekΕἰς τὸ τέλος, ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυὶδ, ἐκστάσεως.

ThomsonO Lord my God, to Thee I cried and Thou didst heal me.

BrentonO Lord, I have hoped in thee; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness and rescue me.

GreekἘπὶ σοὶ Κύριε ἤλπισα, μὴ καταισχυνθείην εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ῥῦσαί με καὶ ἐξελοῦ με.

ThomsonThou, O Lord, hast brought my soul up out of Hades; and saved me from among them who go down to the pit.

BrentonIncline thine ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be thou to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me.

GreekΚλῖνον πρὸς μὲ τὸ οὖς σου, τὰχυνον τοῦ ἐξελέσθαι με γενοῦ μοι εἰς Θεὸν ὑπερασπιστὴν καὶ εἰς οἶκον καταφυγῆς τοῦ σῶσαί με.

ThomsonO sing to the Lord, ye His saints; and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness.

BrentonFor thou art my strength and my refuge; and thou shalt guide me for thy name's sake, and maintain me.

GreekὍτι κραταίωμά μου καὶ καταφυγή μου εἶ σὺ, καὶ ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου ὁδηγήσεις με, καὶ διαθρέψεις με.

ThomsonBecause at His wrath there is vexation; but in His favour, life; in the evening weeping may pitch its tent; and in the morning, joy.

BrentonThou shalt bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for thou, O Lord, art my defender.

GreekἘξάξεις με ἐκ παγίδος ταύτης ἧς ἔκρυψάν μοι, ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ ὑπερασπιστής μου, Κύριε.

ThomsonAs for me, I in my prosperity said, I can never be moved:

BrentonInto thine hands I will commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

GreekΕἰς χεῖράς σου παραθήσομαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου, ἐλυτρώσω με Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τῆς ἀληθέιας.

Thomson(to my comeliness, thou, Lord, in Thy good pleasure hadst added strength); but Thou didst turn away Thy face, and I was involved in trouble.

BrentonThou hast hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord.

GreekἘμίσησας τοὺς διαφυλάσσοντας ματαιότητας διακενῆς· ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἤλπισα.

ThomsonTo Thee, O Lord, I cried and to my God made supplication

BrentonI will exult and be glad in thy mercy: for thou hast looked upon mine affliction; thou hast saved my soul from distresses.

GreekἈγαλλιάσομαι καὶ εὐφρανθήσομαι ἐπὶ τῷ ἐλέει σου· ὅτι ἐπεῖδες τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου, ἔσωσας ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν τὴν ψυχήν μου.

ThomsonWhat profit is there in my blood—by my going down to corruption? Can dust celebrate Thy praise; or can it proclaim Thy truth?

BrentonAnd thou hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a wide place.

GreekΚαὶ οὐ συνέκλεισάς με εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθροῦ, ἔστησας ἐν εὐρυχώρῳ τοὺς πόδας μου.

ThomsonThe Lord heard and compassionated me: the Lord became my helper.

BrentonPity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and my belly.

GreekἘλέησόν με, Κύριε, ὅτι θλίβομαι· ἐταράχθη ἐν θυμῷ ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου, ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ ἡ γαστήρ μου.

ThomsonThou didst turn my mourning into joy; Thou didst rend in pieces my sackcloth and gird me with gladness,

BrentonFor my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled.

GreekὍτι ἐξέλιπεν ἐν ὀδύνῃ ἡ ζωή μου, καὶ τὰ ἔτη μου ἐν στεναγμοῖς· ἠσθένησεν ἐν πτωχείᾳ ἡ ἰσχύς μου, καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ μου ἐταράχθησαν.

Thomsonthat my glory might sound Thy praise; and that I might not be absorbed in grief. O Lord, my God, to Thee I will give thanks for evermore.

BrentonI became a reproach among all mine enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me.

GreekΠαρὰ πάντας τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἐγενήθην ὄνειδος, καὶ τοῖς γείτοσί μου σφόδρα, καὶ φόβος τοῖς γνωστοῖς μου· οἱ θεωροῦντές με ἔξω ἔφυγον ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ·

Thomson—

BrentonI have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel.

GreekἘπελήσθην ὡσεὶ νεκρὸς ἀπὸ καρδίας· ἐγενήθην ὡσεὶ σκεῦος ἀπολωλὸς,

Thomson—

BrentonFor I heard the slander of many that dwelt round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take my life.

Greekὅτι ἤκουσα ψόγον πολλῶν παροικούντων κυκλόθεν· ἐν τῷ συναχθῆναι αὐτοὺς ἅμα ἐπʼ ἐμὲ, τοῦ λαβεῖν τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐβουλεύσαντο.

Thomson—

BrentonBut I hoped in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

GreekἘγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισα, Κύριε· εἶπα, σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεός μου,

Thomson—

BrentonMy lots are in thy hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,

Greekἐν ταῖς χερσί σου οἱ κλῆροί μου· ῥῦσαί με ἐκ χειρὸς ἐχθρῶν μου, καὶ ἐκ τῶν καταδιωκόντων με.

Thomson—

Brentonand from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy.

GreekἘπίφανον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐπὶ τὸν δοῦλόν σου, σῶσόν με ἐν τῷ ἐλέει σου.

Thomson—

BrentonO Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades.

GreekΚύριε, μὴ καταισχυνθείην, ὅτι ἐπεκαλεσάμην σε· αἰσχυνθείησαν οἱ ἀσεβεῖς, καὶ καταχθείησαν εἰς ᾅδου.

Thomson—

BrentonLet the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.

GreekἌλαλα γενηθήτω τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια, τὰ λαλοῦντα κατὰ τοῦ δικαίου ἀνομίαν ἐν ὑπερηφανίᾳ καὶ ἐξουδενώσει.

Thomson—

BrentonHow abundant is the multitude of thy goodness, O Lord, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee! thou hast wrought it out for them that hope on thee, in the presence of the sons of men.

GreekὩς πολὺ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς χρηστότητός σου, Κύριε, ἧς ἔκρυψας τοῖς φοβουμένοις σε; ἐξειργάσω τοῖς ἐλπίζουσιν ἐπὶ σὲ, ἐναντίον τῶν υἱῶν τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

Thomson—

BrentonThou wilt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the vexation of man: thou wilt screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

GreekΚατακρύψεις αὐτοὺς ἐν ἀποκρύφῳ τοῦ προσώπου σου ἀπὸ ταραχῆς ἀνθρώπων, σκεπάσεις αὐτοὺς ἐν σκηνῇ ἀπὸ ἀντιλογίας γλωσσῶν.

Thomson—

BrentonBlessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city.

GreekΕὐλογητὸς Κύριος, ὅτι ἐθαυμάστωσε τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει περιοχῆς.

Thomson—

BrentonBut I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of thine eyes: therefore thou didst hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to thee.

GreekἘγὼ δὲ εἶπα ἐν τῇ ἐκστάσει μου, ἀπέῤῥιμμαι ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν σου· διὰ τοῦτο εἰσήκουσας, Κύριε, τῆς φωνῆς τῆς δεήσεώς μου ἐν τῷ κεκραγέναι με πρὸς σέ.

Thomson—

BrentonLove the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders a reward to them that deal very proudly.

GreekἈγαπήσατε τὸν Κύριον πάντες οἱ ὅσιοι αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἀληθείας ἐκζητεῖ Κύριος, καὶ ἀνταποδίδωσι τοῖς περισσῶς ποιοῦσιν ὑπερηφανίαν.

Thomson—

BrentonBe of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.

GreekἈνδρίζεσθε, καὶ κραταιούσθω ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν, πάντες οἱ ἐλπίζοντες ἐπὶ Κύριον.