Psalm 59

1 Εἰς τὸ τέλος· τοῖς ἀλλοιωθησομένοις ἔτι, εἰς στηλογραφίαν τῷ Δαυΐδ, εἰς διδαχήν,

1 (60) For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction, when he [had] burnt Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Sobal, and Joab [had] returned and struck [in] the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, you have rejected and destroyed us; you have been angry, yet have pitied us.

2 ὁπότε ἐνεπύρισε τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν Συρίας καὶ τὴν Συρίαν Σοβά, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν Ἰωάβ, καὶ ἐπάταξε τὴν φάραγγα τῶν ἁλῶν, δώδεκα χιλιάδας.

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

3 Ο ΘΕΟΣ, ἀπώσω ἡμᾶς καὶ καθεῖλες ἡμᾶς, ὠργίσθης καὶ οἰκτείρησας ἡμᾶς.

3 O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us. (Brenton's own wording of 1851; the updated edition leaves this verse out)

4 συνέσεισας τὴν γῆν καὶ συνετάραξας αὐτήν· ἴασαι τὰ συντρίμματα αὐτῆς ὅτι ἐσαλεύθη.

4 You have shaken the earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken. (verse 2 in Brenton's English)

5 ἔδειξας τῷ λαῷ σου σκληρά, ἐπότισας ἡμᾶς οἶνον κατανύξεως.

5 You have shown your people hard things: you have made us drink the wine of astonishment. (verse 3 in Brenton's English)

6 ἔδωκας τοῖς φοβουμένοις σε σημείωσιν τοῦ φυγεῖν ἀπὸ προσώπου τόξου. (διάψαλμα).

6 You have given a token to them that fear you, that they might flee from the bow. Pause. (verse 4 in Brenton's English)

7 ὅπως ἂν ρυσθῶσιν οἱ ἀγαπητοί σου, σῶσον τῇ δεξιᾷ σου καὶ ἐπάκουσόν μου.

7 That your beloved ones may be delivered; save with your right hand, and hear me. (verse 5 in Brenton's English)

8 ὁ Θεὸς ἐλάλησεν ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ· ἀγαλλιάσομαι καὶ διαμεριῶ Σίκιμα καὶ τὴν κοιλάδα τῶν σκηνῶν διαμετρήσω.

8 God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents. (verse 6 in Brenton's English)

9 ἐμός ἐστι Γαλαάδ, καὶ ἐμός ἐστι Μανασσῆ, καὶ Ἐφραὶμ κραταίωσις τῆς κεφαλῆς μου, Ἰούδας βασιλεύς μου·

9 Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; (verse 7 in Brenton's English)

10 Μωὰβ λέβης τῆς ἐλπίδος μου, ἐπὶ τὴν Ἰδουμαίαν ἐκτενῶ τὸ ὑπόδημά μου, ἐμοὶ ἀλλόφυλοι ὑπετάγησαν.

10 Judas is my king; Moab is the cauldron of my hope; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe; the Philistines have been subjected to me. (verse 8 in Brenton's English)

11 τίς ἀπάξει με εἰς πόλιν περιοχῆς; ἢ τίς ὁδηγήσει με ἕως τῆς Ἰδουμαίας;

11 Who will lead me into the fortified city? who will guide me as far a Idumea? (verse 9 in Brenton's English)

12 οὐχὶ σύ, ὁ Θεός, ὁ ἀπωσάμενος ἡμᾶς; καὶ οὐκ ἐξελεύσῃ, ὁ Θεός, ἐν ταῖς δυνάμεσιν ἡμῶν;

12 Will not you, O God, who have cast us off? and will not you, O God, go forth with our forces? (verse 10 in Brenton's English)

13 δὸς ἡμῖν βοήθειαν ἐκ θλίψεως, καὶ ματαία σωτηρία ἀνθρώπου.

13 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man. (verse 11 in Brenton's English)

14 ἐν τῷ Θεῷ ποιήσωμεν δύναμιν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξουδενώσει τοὺς θλίβοντας ἡμᾶς.

14 In God will we do valiantly; and he shall bring to nothing them that harass us. (verse 12 in Brenton's English)