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The Bible Psalms Psalm 80

Psalm 80

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Psalm 81 in the Hebrew numbering, which most Western Bibles follow.

1 Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῶν ληνῶν· ψαλμὸς τῷ Ἀσάφ.

(81) For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the wine presses. Rejoice you⌃ in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.

2 ΑΓΑΛΛΙΑΣΘΕ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ βοηθῷ ἡμῶν, ἀλαλάξατε τῷ Θεῷ Ἰακώβ·

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

3 λάβετε ψαλμὸν καὶ δότε τύμπανον, ψαλτήριον τερπνὸν μετὰ κιθάρας·

Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant lute with the harp. (verse 2 in Brenton's English)

4 σαλπίσατε ἐν νεομηνίᾳ σάλπιγγι, ἐν εὐσήμῳ ἡμέρᾳ ἑορτῆς ὑμῶν·

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of your feast. (verse 3 in Brenton's English)

5 ὅτι πρόσταγμα τῷ Ἰσραήλ ἐστι καὶ κρῖμα τῷ Θεῷ Ἰακώβ.

For [this] is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob. (verse 4 in Brenton's English)

6 μαρτύριον ἐν τῷ Ἰωσὴφ ἔθετο αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἐξελθεῖν αὐτὸν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου· γλῶσσαν, ἣν οὐκ ἔγνω, ἤκουσεν·

He made it [to be] a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not. (verse 5 in Brenton's English)

7 ἀπέστησεν ἀπὸ ἄρσεων τὸν νῶτον αὐτοῦ, αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ κοφίνῳ ἐδούλευσαν.

He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets. (verse 6 in Brenton's English)

8 ἐν θλίψει ἐπεκαλέσω με, καὶ ἐρρυσάμην σε· ἐπήκουσά σου ἐν ἀποκρύφῳ καταιγίδος, ἐδοκίμασά σε ἐπὶ ὕδατος ἀντιλογίας. (διάψαλμα).

You did call upon me in trouble, and I delivered you; I heard you in the secret place of the storm: I proved you at the water of Strife. Pause. (verse 7 in Brenton's English)

9 ἄκουσον, λαός μου, καὶ διαμαρτύρομαί σοι, Ἰσραήλ, ἐὰν ἀκούσῃς μου,

Hear, my people, and I will speak to you, O Israel; and I will testify to you: if you will listen to me; (verse 8 in Brenton's English)

10 οὐκ ἔσται ἐν σοὶ Θεὸς πρόσφατος, οὐδὲ προσκυνήσεις Θεῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ·

there shall be no new god in you; neither shall you worship a strange god. (verse 9 in Brenton's English)

11 ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ὁ ἀναγαγών σε ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου· πλάτυνον τὸ στόμα σου, καὶ πληρώσω αὐτό.

For I am the Lord your God, that brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. (verse 10 in Brenton's English)

12 καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσεν ὁ λαός μου τῆς φωνῆς μου, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ οὐ προσέσχε μοι·

But my people listened not to my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me. (verse 11 in Brenton's English)

13 καὶ ἐξαπέστειλα αὐτοὺς κατὰ τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα τῶν καρδιῶν αὐτῶν, πορεύσονται ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν αὐτῶν.

So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways. (verse 12 in Brenton's English)

14 εἰ ὁ λαός μου ἤκουσέ μου, Ἰσραὴλ ταῖς ὁδοῖς μου εἰ ἐπορεύθη,

If my people had listened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways, (verse 13 in Brenton's English)

15 ἐν τῷ μηδενὶ ἂν τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτῶν ἐταπείνωσα καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς θλίβοντας αὐτοὺς ἐπέβαλον ἂν τὴν χεῖρά μου.

I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them. (verse 14 in Brenton's English)

16 οἱ ἐχθροὶ Κυρίου ἐψεύσαντο αὐτῷ, καὶ ἔσται ὁ καιρὸς αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

The Lord's enemies [should have] lied to him: but their time shall be for ever. (verse 15 in Brenton's English)

17 καὶ ἐψώμισεν αὐτοὺς ἐκ στέατος πυροῦ καὶ ἐκ πέτρας μέλι ἐχόρτασεν αὐτούς.

And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock. (verse 16 in Brenton's English)

Greek: the Septuagint as the Orthodox Media Network published it (Mount Athos); 2 Maccabees and the Prayer of Manasseh from Brenton's edition (1851). English: Brenton's translation (1851), its spelling updated by Michael Paul Johnson; public domain. About these texts.