Psalms 73
Thomson 1808
Brenton 1851
Greek · Brenton
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ThomsonHOW good is God to Israel! To such as are upright in heart!
BrentonA Psalm of instruction for Asaph. Wherefore hast thou rejected us, O God, for ever? wherefore is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
GreekΣυνέσεως τῷ Ἀσάφ. Ἱνατί ἀπόσω ὁ Θεὸς εἰς τέλος; ὠργίσθη ὁ θυμός σου ἐπὶ πρόβατα νομῆς σου;
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ThomsonBut as for me, my feet were almost gone: my steps had well nigh slipped;
BrentonRemember thy congregation which thou hast purchased from the beginning; thou didst ransom the rod of thine inheritance; this mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt.
GreekΜνήσθητι τῆς συναγωγῆς σου ἧς ἐκτήσω ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς· ἐλυτρώσω ῥάβδον κληρονομίας σου· ὄρος Σιὼν τοῦτο ὃ κατεσκήνωσας ἐν αὐτῷ.
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Thomsonfor I envied the unrighteous; when I saw the prosperity of sinners.
BrentonLift up thine hands against their pride continually; because of all that the enemy has done wickedly in thy holy places.
GreekἜπαρον τὰς χεῖράς σου ἐπὶ τὰς ὑπερηφανίας αὐτῶν εἰς τέλος· ὅσα ἐπονηρεύσατο ὁ ἐχθρὸς ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις σου.
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ThomsonFor there is no lifting up of eyes in their death: and in their affliction they have support.
BrentonAnd they that hate thee have boasted in the midst of thy feast; they have set up their standards for signs,
GreekΚαὶ ἐνεκαυχήσαντο οἱ μισοῦντές σε ἐν μέσῳ τῆς ἑορτῆς σου·
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ThomsonThey are not in trouble like other men; nor with other men to be scourged.
Brentonignorantly as it were in the entrance above;
Greekἔθεντο τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν σημεῖα, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, ὡς εἰς τὴν εἴσοδον ὑπεράνω· ὡς ἐν δρυμῷ ξύλων ἀξίναις ἐξέκοψαν
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ThomsonTherefore haughtiness hath got a mastery over them—they have clothed themselves with their iniquity and impiety.
Brentonthey cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; they have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter.
Greekτὰς θύρας αὐτῆς ἐπιτοαυτὸ, ἐν πελέκει καὶ λαξευτηρίῳ κατέῤῥαξαν αὐτήν.
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ThomsonTheir iniquity springeth up as it were out of fatness; they passed on to the purpose of their heart.
BrentonThey have burnt thy sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the habitation of thy name.
GreekἘνεπύρισαν ἐν πυρὶ τὸ ἁγιαστήριόν σου εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἐβεβήλωσαν τὸ σκήνωμα τοῦ ὀνόματός σου.
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ThomsonThey thought and spoke wickedly—they spoke injustice with a lofty air.
BrentonThey have said in their heart, even all their kindred together, Come, let us abolish the feasts of the Lord from the earth.
GreekΕἶπαν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν, ἡ συγγένεια αὐτῶν ἐπιτοαυτὸ, δεῦτε, καταπαύσωμεν τὰς ἑορτὰς Κυρίου ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.
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ThomsonThey set their mouth against heaven; and their tongue passed on over the earth.
BrentonWe have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and God will not know us any more.
GreekΤὰ σημεῖα ἡμῶν οὐκ εἴδομεν, οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι προφήτης, καὶ ἡμᾶς οὐ γνώσεται ἔτι.
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ThomsonShall my people therefore turn to this; and will full days be found by them?
BrentonHow long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? shall the enemy provoke thy name for ever?
GreekἝως πότε ὁ Θεὸς, ὀνειδιεῖ ὁ ἐχθρὸς, παροξυνεῖ ὁ ὑπεναντίος τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τέλος;
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ThomsonThey indeed said, How doth God know? and, Is there any knowledge in the Most High?
BrentonWherefore turnest thou away thine hand, and thy right hand from the midst of thy bosom for ever?
GreekἹνατί ἀποστρέφεις τὴν χεῖρά σου, καὶ τὴν δεξιάν σου ἐκ μέσου τοῦ κόλπου σου εἰς τέλος;
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ThomsonBehold these who are sinful men; are always prosperous and have gotten wealth.
BrentonBut God is our King of old; he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
GreekὉ δὲ Θεὸς βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν πρὸ αἰῶνος, εἰργάσατο σωτηρίαν ἐν μέσῳ τῆς γῆς.
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ThomsonNay, I myself said, Have I then in vain kept my heart just and washed my hands in innocence?
BrentonThou didst establish the sea, in thy might, thou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragons in the water.
GreekΣὺ ἐκραταίωσας ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου τὴν θάλασσαν, σὺ συνέτριψας τὰς κεφαλὰς τῶν δρακόντων ἐπὶ τοῦ ὕδατος. Σὺ συνέτριψας τὰς κεφαλὰς τοῦ δράκοντος,
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ThomsonAll the day long I have been scourged; and the accusation against me is renewed every morning.
BrentonThou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragon; thou didst give him for meat to the Ethiopian nations.
Greekἔδωκας αὐτὸν βρῶμα λαοῖς τοῖς Αἰθίοψι.
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ThomsonHad I said, I will make such a declaration openly: I should have been treacherous to the generation of thy children.
BrentonThou didst cleave fountains and torrents; thou driedst up mighty rivers.
GreekΣὺ διέῤῥηξας πηγὰς καὶ χειμάῤῥους, σὺ ἐξήρανας ποταμοὺς ἠθάμ.
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ThomsonI therefore supposed, the trouble of knowing this is before me.
BrentonThe day is thine, and the night is thine; thou hast prepared the sun and the moon.
GreekΣή ἐστιν ἡ ἡμέρα, καὶ σή ἐστιν ἡ νὺξ, σὺ κατηρτίσω ἥλιον καὶ σελήνην.
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ThomsonWhen I go to the sanctuary of God; I may understand the final issue.
BrentonThou hast made all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and spring.
GreekΣὺ ἐποίησας πάντα τὰ ὅρια τῆς γῆς, θέρος καὶ ἔαρ σὺ ἐποίησας.
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ThomsonIt is but for their frauds Thou hast dealt thus with them. Thou hast overthrown them by their exaltation.
BrentonRemember this thy creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked thy name.
GreekΜνήσθητι ταύτης τῆς κτίσεώς σου· ἐχθρὸς ὠνείδισε τὸν Κύριον, καὶ λαὸς ἄφρων παρώξυνε τὸ ὄνομά σου.
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ThomsonO! how they were for destruction! They are gone in a moment! They perished for their iniquity!
BrentonDeliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to thee: forget not for ever the souls of thy poor.
GreekΜὴ παραδῷς τοῖς θηρίοις ψυχὴν ἐξομολογουμένην σοι, τῶν ψυχῶν τῶν πενήτων σου μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ εἰς τέλος.
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ThomsonAs a dream of one awakened out of sleep. Thou, O Lord, in Thy city wilt spurn their ghost;
BrentonLook upon thy covenant: for the dark places of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity.
GreekἘπίβλεψον εἰς τὴν διαθήκην σου, ὅτι ἐπληρωθήσαν οἱ ἐσκοτωμένοι τῆς γῆς οἴκων ἀνομιῶν.
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Thomsontherefore my heart was cheered and my reins were changed.
BrentonLet not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
GreekΜὴ ἀποστραφήτω τεταπεινωμένος καὶ κατῃσχυμμένος, πτωχὸς καὶ πένης αἰνέσουσι τὸ ὄνομά σου.
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ThomsonI indeed was despicable for my want of knowledge; I was brutish as a beast before Thee.
BrentonArise, O God, plead thy cause: remember thy reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day.
GreekἈνάστα ὁ Θεὸς, δίκασον τὴν δίκην σου, μνήσθητι τῶν ὀνειδισμῶν σου τῶν ὑπὸ ἄφρονος ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν.
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ThomsonAs for me I shall be with Thee continually: Thou hast held me by my right hand:
BrentonForget not the voice of thy suppliants: let the pride of them that hate thee continually ascend before thee.
GreekΜὴ ἐπιλάθῃ τῆς φωνῆς τῶν ἱκετῶν σου, ἡ ὑπερηφανία τῶν μισούντων σε ἀναβαίη διαπαντὸς πρὸς σέ.