| 18 ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν μελετήσει φόβον ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ γραμματικοί ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ συμβουλεύοντες ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ ἀριθμῶν τοὺς τρεφομένους 19 μικρὸν καὶ μέγαν λαόν ᾧ οὐ συνεβουλεύσαντο οὐδὲ ᾔδει βαθύφωνον ὥστε μὴ ἀκοῦσαι λαὸς πεφαυλισμένος καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν τῷ ἀκούοντι σύνεσις 20 ἰδοὺ Σιων ἡ πόλις τὸ σωτήριον ἡμῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ὄψονται Ιερουσαλημ πόλις πλουσία σκηναὶ αἳ οὐ μὴ σεισθῶσιν οὐδὲ μὴ κινηθῶσιν οἱ πάσσαλοι τῆς σκηνῆς αὐτῆς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα χρόνον οὐδὲ τὰ σχοινία αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ διαρραγῶσιν 21 ὅτι τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου μέγα ὑμῖν τόπος ὑμῖν ἔσται ποταμοὶ καὶ διώρυγες πλατεῖς καὶ εὐρύχωροι οὐ πορεύσῃ ταύτην τὴν ὁδόν οὐδὲ πορεύσεται πλοῖον ἐλαῦνον 22 ὁ γὰρ θεός μου μέγας ἐστίν οὐ παρελεύσεταί με κύριος κριτὴς ἡμῶν κύριος ἄρχων ἡμῶν κύριος βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν κύριος οὗτος ἡμᾶς σώσει 23 ἐρράγησαν τὰ σχοινία σου ὅτι οὐκ ἐνίσχυσεν ὁ ἱστός σου ἔκλινεν οὐ χαλάσει τὰ ἱστία οὐκ ἀρεῖ σημεῖον ἕως οὗ παραδοθῇ εἰς προνομήν τοίνυν πολλοὶ χωλοὶ προνομὴν ποιήσουσιν 24 καὶ οὐ μὴ εἴπῃ κοπιῶ ὁ λαὸς ὁ ἐνοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἀφέθη γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἡ ἁμαρτία |
18 Of those old fears, how thou wilt recall the memory! Where are they now, the learned men, that could weight each phrase of the law, that taught us like children?[5] 19 No longer wilt thou see before thee a rebellious people,[6] all profound talk that passes thy comprehension, and no wisdom. 20 Look around thee at Sion, goal of our pilgrimage, see where Jerusalem lies, an undisturbed dwelling-place; here is tent securely fixed, its pegs immoveable, its ropes never to be broken. 21 Here, as nowhere else, our Lord reigns in majesty; a place of rivers, of wide, open streams, yet no ship’s oar will disturb it, no huge galleon pass by; 22 the Lord our judge, the Lord our lawgiver, the Lord our king, will himself be our deliverance. 23 Now, thy tackle hangs loose and unserviceable, too weak thy mast is to display thy pennon; then, thou wilt have the spoil of many forays to divide, even lame folk shall carry plunder away. 24 No more shall they cry out on their helpless plight, these, thy fellow citizens; none dwells there now but is assoiled of his guilt. |
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Cor tuum meditabitur timorem:
ubi est litteratus? ubi legis verba ponderans?
ubi doctor parvulorum? 19
Populum impudentem non videbis,
populum alti sermonis, ita ut non possis intelligere
disertitudinem linguæ ejus, in quo nulla est sapientia. 20
Respice, Sion, civitatem solemnitatis nostræ:
oculi tui videbunt Jerusalem,
habitationem opulentam,
tabernaculum quod nequaquam transferri poterit;
nec auferentur clavi ejus in sempiternum,
et omnes funiculi ejus non rumpentur: 21
quia solummodo ibi magnificus est Dominus noster:
locus fluviorum rivi latissimi et patentes:
non transibit per eum navis remigum,
neque trieris magna transgredietur eum. 22
Dominus enim judex noster,
Dominus legifer noster,
Dominus rex noster,
ipse salvabit nos. 23
Laxati sunt funiculi tui,
et non prævalebunt;
sic erit malus tuus
ut dilatare signum non queas.
Tunc dividentur spolia prædarum multarum;
claudi diripient rapinam. 24
Nec dicet vicinus: Elangui;
populus qui habitat in ea, auferetur ab eo iniquitas. |