Psalm 101

1 Προσευχὴ τῷ πτωχῷ, ὅταν ἀκηδιάσῃ καὶ ἐναντίον Κυρίου ἐκχέῃ τὴν δέησιν αὐτοῦ.

1 (102) A Prayer for the Poor; when he is deeply afflicted, and pours out his supplication before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you.

2 ΚΥΡΙΕ, εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου, καὶ ἡ κραυγή μου πρὸς σὲ ἐλθέτω.

2 In the English, this verse is part of verse 1.

3 μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ· ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ θλίβωμαι, κλῖνον πρός με τὸ οὖς σου· ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπικαλέσωμαί σε, ταχὺ ἐπάκουσόν μου,

3 Turn not away your face from me: in the day [when] I am afflicted, incline your ear to me: in the day [when] I shall call upon you, speedily hear me. (verse 2 in Brenton's English)

4 ὅτι ἐξέλιπον ὡσεὶ καπνὸς αἱ ἡμέραι μου, καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ μου ὡσεὶ φρύγιον συνεφρύγησαν.

4 For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick. (verse 3 in Brenton's English)

5 ἐπλήγην ὡσεὶ χόρτος καὶ ἐξηράνθη ἡ καρδία μου, ὅτι ἐπελαθόμην τοῦ φαγεῖν τὸν ἄρτον μου.

5 I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread. (verse 4 in Brenton's English)

6 ἀπὸ φωνῆς τοῦ στεναγμοῦ μου ἐκολλήθη τὸ ὀστοῦν μου τῇ σαρκί μου.

6 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh. (verse 5 in Brenton's English)

7 ὡμοιώθην πελεκᾶνι ἐρημικῷ, ἐγενήθην ὡσεὶ νυκτικόραξ ἐν οἰκοπέδῳ,

7 I have become like a pelican of the wilderness; (verse 6 in Brenton's English)

8 ἠγρύπνησα καὶ ἐγενόμην ὡς στρουθίον μονάζον ἐπὶ δώματος.

8 I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof. (verse 7 in Brenton's English)

9 ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ὠνείδιζόν με οἱ ἐχθροί μου, καὶ οἱ ἐπαινοῦντές με κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ ὤμνυον.

9 All the day long my enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me. (verse 8 in Brenton's English)

10 ὅτι σποδὸν ὡσεὶ ἄρτον ἔφαγον καὶ τὸ πόμα μου μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ ἐκίρνων

10 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping; (verse 9 in Brenton's English)

11 ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς ὀργῆς σου καὶ τοῦ θυμοῦ σου, ὅτι ἐπάρας κατέρραξάς με.

11 because of your anger and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and dashed me down. (verse 10 in Brenton's English)

12 αἱ ἡμέραι μου ὡσεὶ σκιὰ ἐκλίθησαν, κἀγὼ ὡσεὶ χόρτος ἐξηράνθην.

12 My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass. (verse 11 in Brenton's English)

13 σὺ δέ, Κύριε, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μένεις, καὶ τὸ μνημόσυνόν σου εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν.

13 But you, Lord, endure for ever, and your memorial to generation and generation. (verse 12 in Brenton's English)

14 σὺ ἀναστὰς οἰκτειρήσεις τὴν Σιών, ὅτι καιρὸς τοῦ οἰκτειρῆσαι αὐτήν, ὅτι ἥκει καιρός·

14 You shall arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for [it is] time to have mercy upon her, for the set time is come. (verse 13 in Brenton's English)

15 ὅτι εὐδόκησαν οἱ δοῦλοί σου τοὺς λίθους αὐτῆς, καὶ τὸν χοῦν αὐτῆς οἰκτειρήσουσι.

15 For your servants have taken pleasure in her stones, and they shall pity her dust. (verse 14 in Brenton's English)

16 καὶ φοβηθήσονται τὰ ἔθνη τὸ ὄνομά σου, Κύριε, καὶ πάντες οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς τὴν δόξαν σου,

16 So the nations shall fear your name, O Lord, and all kings your glory. (verse 15 in Brenton's English)

17 ὅτι οἰκοδομήσει Κύριος τὴν Σιὼν καὶ ὀφθήσεται ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ.

17 For the Lord shall build up Sion, and shall appear in his glory. (verse 16 in Brenton's English)

18 ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν προσευχὴν τῶν ταπεινῶν καὶ οὐκ ἐξουδένωσε τὴν δέησιν αὐτῶν.

18 He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition. (verse 17 in Brenton's English)

19 γραφήτω αὕτη εἰς γενεὰν ἑτέραν, καὶ λαὸς ὁ κτιζόμενος αἰνέσει τὸν Κύριον.

19 Let this be written for another generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord. (verse 18 in Brenton's English)

20 ὅτι ἐξέκυψεν ἐξ ὕψους ἁγίου αὐτοῦ, Κύριος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐπέβλεψε

20 For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the earth from heaven; (verse 19 in Brenton's English)

21 τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι τοῦ στεναγμοῦ τῶν πεπεδημένων, τοῦ λῦσαι τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν τεθανατωμένων,

21 to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain; (verse 20 in Brenton's English)

22 τοῦ ἀναγγεῖλαι ἐν Σιὼν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου καὶ τὴν αἴνεσιν αὐτοῦ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ

22 to proclaim the name of the Lord in Sion, and his praise in Jerusalem; (verse 21 in Brenton's English)

23 ἐν τῷ συναχθῆναι λαοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ βασιλεῖς τοῦ δουλεύειν τῷ Κυρίῳ.

23 when the people are gathered together, and the kings, to serve the Lord. (verse 22 in Brenton's English)

24 ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ἐν ὁδῷ ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ· τὴν ὀλιγότητα τῶν ἡμερῶν μου ἀνάγγειλόν μοι·

24 He answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of my days. (verse 23 in Brenton's English)

25 μὴ ἀναγάγῃς με ἐν ἡμίσει ἡμερῶν μου· ἐν γενεᾷ γενεῶν τὰ ἔτη σου.

25 Take me not away in the midst of my days: your years [are] through all generations. (verse 24 in Brenton's English)

26 κατ᾿ ἀρχὰς σύ, Κύριε, τὴν γῆν ἐθεμελίωσας, καὶ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σού εἰσιν οἱ οὐρανοί·

26 In the beginning you, O Lord, did lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands. (verse 25 in Brenton's English)

27 αὐτοὶ ἀπολοῦνται, σὺ δὲ διαμένεις, καὶ πάντες ὡς ἱμάτιον παλαιωθήσονται, καὶ ὡσεὶ περιβόλαιον ἑλίξεις αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀλλαγήσονται·

27 They shall perish, but you remain: and [they all] shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture shall you fold them, and they shall be changed. (verse 26 in Brenton's English)

28 σὺ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς εἶ, καὶ τὰ ἔτη σου οὐκ ἐκλείψουσιν.

28 But you are the same, and your years shall not fail. (verse 27 in Brenton's English)

29 οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν δούλων σου κατασκηνώσουσι, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατευθυνθήσεται.

29 The children of your servants shall dwell [securely], and their seed shall prosper for ever. (verse 28 in Brenton's English)