Psalm 17

1 Εἰς τὸ τέλος· τῷ παιδὶ Κυρίου τῷ Δαυΐδ, ἃ ἐλάλησεν τῷ Κυρίῳ τοὺς λόγους τῆς ᾠδῆς ταύτης ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, ᾗ ἐρρύσατο αὐτὸν ὁ Κύριος ἐκ χειρὸς πάντων τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς Σαούλ,

1 (18) For the end, [a Psalm] of David, the servant of the Lord; [the words] which he spoke to the Lord, [even] the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out the hand of all his enemies, and out the hand of Saul: and he said: I will love you, O Lord, my strength.

2 καὶ εἶπεν· ΑΓΑΠΗΣΩ σε, Κύριε, ἡ ἰσχύς μου.

2 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. (Brenton's own wording of 1851; the updated edition leaves this verse out)

3 Κύριος στερέωμά μου καὶ καταφυγή μου καὶ ρύστης μου. Ὁ Θεός μου βοηθός μου, ἐλπιῶ ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, ὑπερασπιστής μου καὶ κέρας σωτηρίας μου καὶ ἀντιλήπτωρ μου.

3 The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in him; [he is] my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper. (verse 2 in Brenton's English)

4 αἰνῶν ἐπικαλέσομαι τὸν Κύριον καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου σωθήσομαι.

4 I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from my enemies. (verse 3 in Brenton's English)

5 περιέσχον με ὠδῖνες θανάτου, καὶ χείμαρροι ἀνομίας ἐξετάραξάν με.

5 The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly. (verse 4 in Brenton's English)

6 ὠδῖνες ᾅδου περιεκύκλωσάν με, προέφθασάν με παγίδες θανάτου.

6 The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me. (verse 5 in Brenton's English)

7 καὶ ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαί με ἐπεκαλεσάμην τὸν Κύριον καὶ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν μου ἐκέκραξα· ἤκουσεν ἐκ ναοῦ ἁγίου αὐτοῦ φωνῆς μου, καὶ ἡ κραυγή μου ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὰ ὦτα αὐτοῦ.

7 And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, [even] into his ears. (verse 6 in Brenton's English)

8 καὶ ἐσαλεύθη καὶ ἔντρομος ἐγενήθη ἡ γῆ, καὶ τὰ θεμέλια τῶν ὀρέων ἐταράχθησαν καὶ ἐσαλεύθησαν, ὅτι ὠργίσθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεός.

8 Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God was angry with them. (verse 7 in Brenton's English)

9 ἀνέβη καπνὸς ἐν ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ καὶ πῦρ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ καταφλεγήσεται, ἄνθρακες ἀνήφθησαν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

9 There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire burst into a flame at his presence: coals were kindled at it. (verse 8 in Brenton's English)

10 καὶ ἔκλινεν οὐρανοὺς καὶ κατέβη, καὶ γνόφος ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ.

10 And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet. (verse 9 in Brenton's English)

11 καὶ ἐπέβη ἐπὶ Χερουβὶμ καὶ ἐπετάσθη, ἐπετάσθη ἐπὶ πτερύγων ἀνέμων.

11 And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds. (verse 10 in Brenton's English)

12 καὶ ἔθετο σκότος ἀποκρυφὴν αὐτοῦ· κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ, σκοτεινὸν ὕδωρ ἐν νεφέλαις ἀέρων.

12 And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, [even] dark water in the clouds of the air. (verse 11 in Brenton's English)

13 ἀπὸ τῆς τηλαυγήσεως ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ αἱ νεφέλαι διῆλθον, χάλαζα καὶ ἄνθρακες πυρός.

13 At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire. (verse 12 in Brenton's English)

14 καὶ ἐβρόντησεν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ Κύριος, καὶ ὁ ¨Υψιστος ἔδωκε φωνὴν αὐτοῦ·

14 The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice. (verse 13 in Brenton's English)

15 ἐξαπέστειλε βέλη καὶ ἐσκόρπισεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀστραπὰς ἐπλήθυνε καὶ συνετάραξεν αὐτούς.

15 And he sent forth [his] weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them. (verse 14 in Brenton's English)

16 καὶ ὤφθησαν αἱ πηγαὶ τῶν ὑδάτων, καὶ ἀνεκαλύφθη τὰ θεμέλια τῆς οἰκουμένης ἀπὸ ἐπιτιμήσεώς σου, Κύριε, ἀπὸ ἐμπνεύσεως πνεύματος ὀργῆς σου.

16 And the springs of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of your wrath. (verse 15 in Brenton's English)

17 ἐξαπέστειλεν ἐξ ὕψους καὶ ἔλαβέ με, προσελάβετό με ἐξ ὑδάτων πολλῶν.

17 He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to himself out of many waters. (verse 16 in Brenton's English)

18 ρύσεταί με ἐξ ἐχθρῶν μου δυνατῶν, καὶ ἐκ τῶν μισούντων με, ὅτι ἐστερεώθησαν ὑπὲρ ἐμέ.

18 He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I. (verse 17 in Brenton's English)

19 προέφθασάν με ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακώσεώς μου, καὶ ἐγένετο Κύριος ἀντιστήριγμά μου

19 They prevented me in the day of my affliction: but the Lord was my stay against [them]. (verse 18 in Brenton's English)

20 καὶ ἐξήγαγέ με εἰς πλατυσμόν, ρύσεταί με, ὅτι ἠθέλησέ με.

20 And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in me. (verse 19 in Brenton's English)

21 καὶ ἀνταποδώσει μοι Κύριος κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην μου καὶ κατὰ τὴν καθαριότητα τῶν χειρῶν μου ἀνταποδώσει μοι,

21 And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me. (verse 20 in Brenton's English)

22 ὅτι ἐφύλαξα τὰς ὁδοὺς Κυρίου καὶ οὐκ ἠσέβησα ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ μου,

22 For I have kept the way of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God. (verse 21 in Brenton's English)

23 ὅτι πάντα τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιόν μου, καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀπέστησαν ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ.

23 For all his judgements were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me. (verse 22 in Brenton's English)

24 καὶ ἔσομαι ἄμωμος μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ φυλάξομαι ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας μου.

24 And I shall be blameless with him, and shall keep myself from my iniquity. (verse 23 in Brenton's English)

25 καὶ ἀνταποδώσει μοι Κύριος κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην μου καὶ κατὰ τὴν καθαριότητα τῶν χειρῶν μου ἐνώπιον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ.

25 And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes. (verse 24 in Brenton's English)

26 μετὰ ὁσίου ὅσιος ἔσῃ, καὶ μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἀθῴου ἀθῷος ἔσῃ,

26 With the holy you will be holy; and with the innocent man you will be innocent. (verse 25 in Brenton's English)

27 καὶ μετὰ ἐκλεκτοῦ ἐκλεκτὸς ἔσῃ καὶ μετὰ στρεβλοῦ διαστρέψεις.

27 And with the excellent [man] you will be excellent; and with the perverse you will show frowardness. (verse 26 in Brenton's English)

28 ὅτι σὺ λαὸν ταπεινὸν σώσεις καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑπερηφάνων ταπεινώσεις.

28 For you will save the lowly people, and will humble the eyes of the proud. (verse 27 in Brenton's English)

29 ὅτι σὺ φωτιεῖς λύχνον μου, Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου, φωτιεῖς τὸ σκότος μου.

29 For you, O Lord, will light my lamp: my God, you will lighten my darkness. (verse 28 in Brenton's English)

30 ὅτι ἐν σοὶ ρυσθήσομαι ἀπὸ πειρατηρίου καὶ ἐν τῷ Θεῷ μου ὑπερβήσομαι τεῖχος.

30 For by you shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass over a wall. (verse 29 in Brenton's English)

31 ὁ Θεός μου, ἄμωμος ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ, τὰ λόγια Κυρίου πεπυρωμένα, ὑπερασπιστής ἐστι πάντων τῶν ἐλπιζόντων ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν.

31 [As for] my God, his way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope in him. (verse 30 in Brenton's English)

32 ὅτι τίς Θεὸς πλὴν τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ τίς Θεὸς πλὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν;

32 For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God? (verse 31 in Brenton's English)

33 ὁ Θεὸς ὁ περιζωννύων με δύναμιν καὶ ἔθετο ἄμωμον τὴν ὁδόν μου·

33 [It is] God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless: (verse 32 in Brenton's English)

34 καταρτιζόμενος τοὺς πόδας μου ὡσεὶ ἐλάφου καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ἱστῶν με·

34 who strengthens my feet as hart's feet, and sets me upon high places. (verse 33 in Brenton's English)

35 διδάσκων χεῖράς μου εἰς πόλεμον καὶ ἔθου τόξον χαλκοῦν τοὺς βραχίονάς μου·

35 He instructs my hands for war: and you have made my arms [as] a brazen bow. (verse 34 in Brenton's English)

36 καὶ ἔδωκάς μοι ὑπερασπισμὸν σωτηρίας, καὶ ἡ δεξιά σου ἀντελάβετό μου, καὶ ἡ παιδεία σου ἀνώρθωσέ με εἰς τέλος, καὶ ἡ παιδεία σου αὐτή με διδάξει.

36 And you have made me secure in my salvation: and your right hand has helped me, and your correction has upheld me to the end; yes, your correction itself shall instruct me. (verse 35 in Brenton's English)

37 ἐπλάτυνας τὰ διαβήματά μου ὑποκάτω μου, καὶ οὐκ ἠσθένησαν τὰ ἴχνη μου.

37 You have made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail. (verse 36 in Brenton's English)

38 καταδιώξω τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου καὶ καταλήψομαι αὐτοὺς καὶ οὐκ ἀποστραφήσομαι, ἕως ἂν ἐκλίπωσιν·

38 I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed. (verse 37 in Brenton's English)

39 ἐκθλίψω αὐτούς, καὶ οὐ μὴ δύνωνται στῆναι, πεσοῦνται ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας μου.

39 I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet. (verse 38 in Brenton's English)

40 καὶ περιέζωσάς με δύναμιν εἰς πόλεμον, συνεπόδισας πάντας τοὺς ἐπανισταμένους ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ὑποκάτω μου.

40 For you have girded me with strength for war: you have beaten down under me all that rose up against me. (verse 39 in Brenton's English)

41 καὶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἔδωκάς μοι νῶτον καὶ τοὺς μισοῦντάς με ἐξωλόθρευσας.

41 And you have made my enemies turn their backs before me; and you have destroyed them that hated me. (verse 40 in Brenton's English)

42 ἐκέκραξαν, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ σῴζων, πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσεν αὐτῶν.

42 They cried, but there was no deliverer: [even] to the Lord, but he listened not to them. (verse 41 in Brenton's English)

43 καὶ λεπτυνῶ αὐτοὺς ὡσεὶ χνοῦν κατὰ πρόσωπον ἀνέμου, ὡς πηλὸν πλατειῶν λεανῶ αὐτούς.

43 I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind. (verse 42 in Brenton's English)

44 ρύσῃ με ἐξ ἀντιλογίας λαοῦ, καταστήσεις με εἰς κεφαλὴν ἐθνῶν. λαός, ὃν οὐκ ἔγνων, ἐδούλευσέ μοι,

44 Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people: you shall make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me, (verse 43 in Brenton's English)

45 εἰς ἀκοὴν ὠτίου ὑπήκουσέ μου· υἱοὶ ἀλλότριοι ἐψεύσαντό μοι,

45 at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me. (verse 44 in Brenton's English)

46 υἱοὶ ἀλλότριοι ἐπαλαιώθησαν καὶ ἐχώλαναν ἀπὸ τῶν τρίβων αὐτῶν.

46 The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness. (verse 45 in Brenton's English)

47 ζῇ Κύριος, καὶ εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεός μου καὶ ὑψωθήτω ὁ Θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου,

47 The Lord lives; and blessed [be] my God; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. (verse 46 in Brenton's English)

48 ὁ Θεὸς ὁ διδοὺς ἐκδικήσεις ἐμοί, καὶ ὑποτάξας λαοὺς ὑπ᾿ ἐμέ,

48 [It is] God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me; (verse 47 in Brenton's English)

49 ὁ ρύστης μου ἐξ ἐχθρῶν μου ὀργίλων, ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπανισταμένων ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ὑψώσεις με, ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἀδίκου ρῦσαί με.

49 my deliverer from angry enemies: you shall set me on high above them that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from the unrighteous man. (verse 48 in Brenton's English)

50 διὰ τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ἐν ἔθνεσι, Κύριε, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ψαλῶ,

50 Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, amongst the Gentiles, and sing to your name. (verse 49 in Brenton's English)

51 μεγαλύνων τὰς σωτηρίας τοῦ βασιλέως αὐτοῦ, καὶ ποιῶν ἔλεος τῷ χριστῷ αὐτοῦ, τῷ Δαυΐδ καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ ἕως αἰῶνος.

51 [God] magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever. (verse 50 in Brenton's English)