Psalm 51

1 Εἰς τὸ τέλος· συνέσεως τῷ Δαυΐδ·

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

2 ἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν Δωὴκ τὸν Ἰδουμαῖον καὶ ἀναγγεῖλαι τῷ Σαοὺλ καὶ εἰπεῖν αὐτῷ· ἦλθε Δαυΐδ εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ἀβιμέλεχ.

2 (52) For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David, when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech. Why do you, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [your] mischief? All the day (verse 1 in Brenton's English)

3 ΤΙ ΕΓΚΑΥΧ„ ἐν κακίᾳ, ὁ δυνατός, ἀνομίαν ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν;

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

4 ἀδικίαν ἐλογίσατο ἡ γλῶσσά σου· ὡσεὶ ξυρὸν ἠκονημένον ἐποίησας δόλον.

4 your tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor you have wrought deceit. (verse 2 in Brenton's English)

5 ἠγάπησας κακίαν ὑπὲρ ἀγαθωσύνην, ἀδικίαν ὑπὲρ τὸ λαλῆσαι δικαιοσύνην. (διάψαλμα).

5 You have loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause. (verse 3 in Brenton's English)

6 ἠγάπησας πάντα τὰ ρήματα καταποντισμοῦ, γλῶσσαν δολίαν.

6 You have loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue. (verse 4 in Brenton's English)

7 διὰ τοῦτο ὁ Θεὸς καθέλοι σε εἰς τέλος· ἐκτίλαι σε καὶ μεταναστεύσαι σε ἀπὸ σκηνώματός σου καὶ τὸ ρίζωμά σου ἐκ γῆς ζώντων. (διάψαλμα).

7 Therefore may God destroy you for ever, may he pluck you up and utterly remove you from [your] dwelling, and your root from the land of the living. Pause. (verse 5 in Brenton's English)

8 ὄψονται δίκαιοι καὶ φοβηθήσονται καὶ ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν γελάσονται καὶ ἐροῦσιν·

8 And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say, (verse 6 in Brenton's English)

9 ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος, ὃς οὐκ ἔθετο τὸν Θεὸν βοηθὸν αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ᾿ ἐπήλπισεν ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ πλούτου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐνεδυναμώθη ἐπὶ τῇ ματαιότητι αὐτοῦ.

9 Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity. (verse 7 in Brenton's English)

10 ἐγὼ δὲ ὡσεὶ ἐλαία κατάκαρπος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ· ἤλπισα ἐπὶ τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος.

10 But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore. (verse 8 in Brenton's English)

11 ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ὅτι ἐποίησας, καὶ ὑπομενῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου, ὅτι χρηστὸν ἐναντίον τῶν ὁσίων σου.

11 I will give thanks to you for ever, for you have done [it]: and I will wait on your name; for [it is] good before the saints. (verse 9 in Brenton's English)