Psalm 43

1 Εἰς τὸ τέλος· τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορὲ εἰς σύνεσιν ψαλμός.

1 (44) For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Core. O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which you wrought in their days, in the days of old.

2 Ο ΘΕΟΣ, ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν ἡμῶν ἠκούσαμεν, καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἀνήγγειλαν ἡμῖν ἔργον, ὃ εἰργάσω ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτῶν, ἐν ἡμέραις ἀρχαίαις.

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

3 ἡ χείρ σου ἔθνη ἐξωλόθρευσε, καὶ κατεφύτευσας αὐτούς, ἐκάκωσας λαοὺς καὶ ἐξέβαλες αὐτούς.

3 Your hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and you did plant them: you did afflict the nations, and cast them out. (verse 2 in Brenton's English)

4 οὐ γὰρ ἐν τῇ ρομφαίᾳ αὐτῶν ἐκληρονόμησαν γῆν, καὶ ὁ βραχίων αὐτῶν οὐκ ἔσωσεν αὐτούς, ἀλλ᾿ ἡ δεξιά σου καὶ ὁ βραχίων σου καὶ ὁ φωτισμὸς τοῦ προσώπου σου, ὅτι ηὐδόκησας ἐν αὐτοῖς.

4 For they inherited not the land by their [own] sword, and their [own] arm did not deliver them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you were well pleased in them. (verse 3 in Brenton's English)

5 σὺ εἶ αὐτὸς ὁ Βασιλεύς μου καὶ ὁ Θεός μου ὁ ἐντελλόμενος τὰς σωτηρίας Ἰακώβ·

5 You are indeed my King and my God, who command deliverances for Jacob. (verse 4 in Brenton's English)

6 ἐν σοὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἡμῶν κερατιοῦμεν καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἐξουδενώσομεν τοὺς ἐπανισταμένους ἡμῖν.

6 In you will we push down our enemies, and in your name will we bring to nothing them that rise up against us. (verse 5 in Brenton's English)

7 οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῷ τόξῳ μου ἐλπιῶ, καὶ ἡ ρομφαία μου οὐ σώσει με·

7 For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me. (verse 6 in Brenton's English)

8 ἔσωσας γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν θλιβόντων ἡμᾶς καὶ τοὺς μισοῦντας ἡμᾶς κατῃ£σχυνας.

8 For you have saved us from them that afflicted us, and have put to shame them that hated us. (verse 7 in Brenton's English)

9 ἐν τῷ Θεῷ ἐπαινεθησόμεθα ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἐξομολογηθησόμεθα εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. (διάψαλμα).

9 In God will we make our boast all the day, and to your name will we give thanks for ever. Pause. (verse 8 in Brenton's English)

10 νυνὶ δὲ ἀπώσω καὶ κατῃ£σχυνας ἡμᾶς καὶ οὐκ ἐξελεύσῃ, ὁ Θεός, ἐν ταῖς δυνάμεσιν ἡμῶν.

10 But now you have cast off, and put us to shame; and you will not go forth with our hosts. (verse 9 in Brenton's English)

11 ἀπέστρεψας ἡμᾶς εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω παρὰ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἡμῶν, καὶ οἱ μισοῦντες ἡμᾶς διήρπαζον ἑαυτοῖς.

11 You have turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves. (verse 10 in Brenton's English)

12 ἔδωκας ἡμᾶς ὡς πρόβατα βρώσεως καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι διέσπειρας ἡμᾶς·

12 You made us as sheep for meat; and you scattered us amongst the nations. (verse 11 in Brenton's English)

13 ἀπέδου τὸν λαόν σου ἄνευ τιμῆς, καὶ οὐκ ἦν πλῆθος ἐν τοῖς ἀλαλάγμασιν αὐτῶν.

13 You have sold your people without price, and there was no profit by their exchange. (verse 12 in Brenton's English)

14 ἔθου ἡμᾶς ὄνειδος τοῖς γείτοσιν ἡμῶν, μυκτηρισμὸν καὶ χλευασμὸν τοῖς κύκλῳ ἡμῶν·

14 You have made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision them that are round about us. (verse 13 in Brenton's English)

15 ἔθου ἡμᾶς εἰς παραβολὴν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, κίνησιν κεφαλῆς ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς.

15 You have made us a proverb amongst the Gentiles, a shaking of the head amongst the nations. (verse 14 in Brenton's English)

16 ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἡ ἐντροπή μου κατεναντίον μού ἐστι, καὶ ἡ αἰσχύνη τοῦ προσώπου μου ἐκάλυψέ με

16 All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me, (verse 15 in Brenton's English)

17 ἀπὸ φωνῆς ὀνειδίζοντος καὶ καταλαλοῦντος, ἀπὸ προσώπου ἐχθροῦ καὶ ἐκδιώκοντος.

17 because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger. (verse 16 in Brenton's English)

18 ταῦτα πάντα ἦλθεν ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς καὶ οὐκ ἐπελαθόμεθά σου καὶ οὐκ ἠδικήσαμεν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ σου,

18 All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten you, neither have we dealt unrighteously in your covenant. (verse 17 in Brenton's English)

19 καὶ οὐκ ἀπέστη εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν καὶ ἐξέκλινας τὰς τρίβους ἡμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ σου.

19 And our heart has not gone back; but you have turned aside our paths from your way. (verse 18 in Brenton's English)

20 ὅτι ἐταπείνωσας ἡμᾶς ἐν τόπῳ κακώσεως, καὶ ἐπεκάλυψεν ἡμᾶς σκιὰ θανάτου.

20 For you have laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us. (verse 19 in Brenton's English)

21 εἰ ἐπελαθόμεθα τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ εἰ διεπετάσαμεν χεῖρας ἡμῶν πρὸς Θεὸν ἀλλότριον,

21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out? (verse 20 in Brenton's English)

22 οὐχὶ ὁ Θεὸς ἐκζητήσει ταῦτα; αὐτὸς γὰρ γινώσκει τὰ κρύφια τῆς καρδίας.

22 for he knows the secrets of the heart. (verse 21 in Brenton's English)

23 ὅτι ἕνεκά σου θανατούμεθα ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, ἐλογίσθημεν ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς.

23 For, for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for slaughter. (verse 22 in Brenton's English)

24 ἐξεγέρθητι· ἱνατί ὑπνοῖς, Κύριε; ἀνάστηθι καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ εἰς τέλος.

24 Awake, therefore sleep you, O Lord? arise, and do not cast [us] off for ever. (verse 23 in Brenton's English)

25 ἱνατί τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀποστρέφεις; ἐπιλανθάνῃ τῆς πτωχείας ἡμῶν καὶ τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν;

25 Therefore turn you your face away, [and] forget our poverty and our affliction? (verse 24 in Brenton's English)

26 ὅτι ἐταπεινώθη εἰς χοῦν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν, ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν.

26 For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth. (verse 25 in Brenton's English)

27 ἀνάστα, Κύριε, βοήθησον ἡμῖν καὶ λύτρωσαι ἡμᾶς ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου.

27 Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for your name's sake. (verse 26 in Brenton's English)