Psalm 30

1 Εἰς τὸ τέλος· ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυΐδ· ἐκστάσεως.

1 (31) For the end, a Psalm of David, [an utterance] of extreme fear. O Lord, I have hoped in you; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness and rescue me.

2 ΕΠΙ σοί, Κύριε, ἤλπισα, μὴ καταισχυνθείην εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ρῦσαί με καὶ ἐξελοῦ με.

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

3 κλῖνον πρός με τὸ οὖς σου, τάχυνον τοῦ ἐξελέσθαι με· γενοῦ μοι εἰς Θεὸν ὑπερασπιστὴν καὶ εἰς οἶκον καταφυγῆς τοῦ σῶσαί με.

3 Incline your ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be you to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me. (verse 2 in Brenton's English)

4 ὅτι κραταίωμά μου καὶ καταφυγή μου εἶ σὺ καὶ ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου ὁδηγήσεις με καὶ διαθρέψεις με·

4 For you are my strength and my refuge; and you shall guide me for your name's sake, and maintain me. (verse 3 in Brenton's English)

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

5 You shall bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for you, O Lord, are my defender. (verse 4 in Brenton's English)

6 εἰς χεῖράς σου παραθήσομαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου· ἐλυτρώσω με, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τῆς ἀληθείας.

6 Into your hands I will commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. (verse 5 in Brenton's English)

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

7 You have hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord. (verse 6 in Brenton's English)

8 ἀγαλλιάσομαι καὶ εὐφρανθήσομαι ἐπὶ τῷ ἐλέει σου, ὅτι ἐπεῖδες τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου, ἔσωσας ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν τὴν ψυχήν μου

8 I will exult and be glad in your mercy: for you have looked upon my affliction; you have saved my soul from distresses. (verse 7 in Brenton's English)

9 καὶ οὐ συνέκλεισάς με εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθρῶν, ἔστησας ἐν εὐρυχώρῳ τοὺς πόδας μου.

9 And you have not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: you have set my feet in a wide place. (verse 8 in Brenton's English)

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

10 Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly. (verse 9 in Brenton's English)

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

11 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled. (verse 10 in Brenton's English)

12 παρὰ πάντας τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἐγενήθην ὄνειδος καὶ τοῖς γείτοσί μου σφόδρα, καὶ φόβος τοῖς γνωστοῖς μου· οἱ θεωροῦντες με ἔξω ἔφυγον ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ.

12 I became a reproach amongst all my enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbours, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me. (verse 11 in Brenton's English)

13 ἐπελήσθην ὡσεὶ νεκρὸς ἀπὸ καρδίας, ἐγενήθην ὡσεὶ σκεῦος ἀπολωλός.

13 I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel. (verse 12 in Brenton's English)

14 ὅτι ἤκουσα ψόγον πολλῶν παροικούντων κυκλόθεν· ἐν τῷ ἐπισυναχθῆναι αὐτοὺς ἅμα ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ τοῦ λαβεῖν τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐβουλεύσαντο.

14 For I heard the slander of many that lived round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take my life. (verse 13 in Brenton's English)

15 ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισα, Κύριε, εἶπα· σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεός μου.

15 But I hoped in you, O Lord: I said, You are my God. (verse 14 in Brenton's English)

16 ἐν ταῖς χερσί σου οἱ κλῆροί μου [Αλλη γραφή· οἱ καιροί μου.]· ρῦσαί με ἐκ χειρὸς ἐχθρῶν μου καὶ ἐκ τῶν καταδιωκόντων με.

16 My lots are in your hands: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, (verse 15 in Brenton's English)

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

17 and from them that persecute me. Make your face to shine upon your servant: save me in your mercy. (verse 16 in Brenton's English)

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

18 O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon you: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades. (verse 17 in Brenton's English)

19 ἄλαλα γενηθήτω τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια τὰ λαλοῦντα κατὰ τοῦ δικαίου ἀνομίαν ἐν ὑπερηφανίᾳ καὶ ἐξουδενώσει.

19 Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn. (verse 18 in Brenton's English)

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

20 How abundant is the multitude of your goodness, O Lord, which you have laid up for them that fear you! you have wrought [it] out for them that hope on you, in the presence of the sons of men. (verse 19 in Brenton's English)

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

21 You will hide them in the secret of your presence from the vexation of man: you will screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues. (verse 20 in Brenton's English)

22 εὐλογητὸς Κύριος, ὅτι ἐθαυμάστωσε τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει περιοχῆς.

22 Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city. (verse 21 in Brenton's English)

23 ἐγὼ δὲ εἶπα ἐν τῇ ἐκστάσει μου· ἀπέρριμμαι ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν σου. διὰ τοῦτο εἰσήκουσας τῆς φωνῆς τῆς δεήσεώς μου ἐν τῷ κεκραγέναι με πρὸς σέ.

23 But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of your eyes: therefore you did listen, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to you. (verse 22 in Brenton's English)

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

24 Love the Lord, all you⌃ his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders [a reward] to them that deal very proudly. (verse 23 in Brenton's English)

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

25 Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all you⌃ that hope in the Lord. (verse 24 in Brenton's English)