| 8 αἱ χεῖρές σου ἔπλασάν με καὶ ἐποίησάν με μετὰ ταῦτα μεταβαλών με ἔπαισας 9 μνήσθητι ὅτι πηλόν με ἔπλασας εἰς δὲ γῆν με πάλιν ἀποστρέφεις 10 ἦ οὐχ ὥσπερ γάλα με ἤμελξας ἐτύρωσας δέ με ἴσα τυρῷ 11 δέρμα καὶ κρέας με ἐνέδυσας ὀστέοις δὲ καὶ νεύροις με ἐνεῖρας 12 ζωὴν δὲ καὶ ἔλεος ἔθου πα{R'} ἐμοί ἡ δὲ ἐπισκοπή σου ἐφύλαξέν μου τὸ πνεῦμα 13 ταῦτα ἔχων ἐν σεαυτῷ οἶδα ὅτι πάντα δύνασαι ἀδυνατεῖ δέ σοι οὐθέν 14 ἐάν τε γὰρ ἁμάρτω φυλάσσεις με ἀπὸ δὲ ἀνομίας οὐκ ἀθῷόν με πεποίηκας 15 ἐάν τε γὰρ ἀσεβὴς ὦ οἴμμοι ἐάν τε ὦ δίκαιος οὐ δύναμαι ἀνακύψαι πλήρης γὰρ ἀτιμίας εἰμί 16 ἀγρεύομαι γὰρ ὥσπερ λέων εἰς σφαγήν πάλιν δὲ μεταβαλὼν δεινῶς με ὀλέκεις 17 ἐπανακαινίζων ἐ{P'} ἐμὲ τὴν ἔτασίν μου ὀργῇ δὲ μεγάλῃ μοι ἐχρήσω ἐπήγαγες δὲ ἐ{P'} ἐμὲ πειρατήρια |
8 It was thy hand that made me, no part of me but is thy fashioning; and wilt thou cast me aside all in a moment? 9 Thou the craftsman, though of clay thy handiwork, and must all be ground to dust again? 10 Milk of thy milking, cheese of thy pressing, 11 were flesh and skin that clothed me, bone and sinew that built up my frame; 12 the life given by thee, by thee was spared; thy vigilance was all my safety. 13 Only in thy heart the memory of this is stored, but I know thou hast not forgotten. 14 And was it thy purpose to spare me for a little, if I sinned, but absolve me never? 15 Woe to me, if I rebelled against thee! And if I remained innocent, what then? Why, I would be drowned in misery and despair till I could lift up my head no more! 16 Or if I did, that were pride in me, to be hunted down as a lioness is hunted; thou wouldst devise fresh miracles of torment; 17 wouldst bring fresh witnesses against me, redouble thy avenging strokes, array against me a new host of punishments. |
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Manus tuæ fecerunt me,
et plasmaverunt me totum in circuitu:
et sic repente præcipitas me? 9
Memento, quæso, quod sicut lutum feceris me,
et in pulverem reduces me. 10
Nonne sicut lac mulsisti me,
et sicut caseum me coagulasti? 11
Pelle et carnibus vestisti me;
ossibus et nervis compegisti me. 12
Vitam et misericordiam tribuisti mihi,
et visitatio tua custodivit spiritum meum. 13
Licet hæc celes in corde tuo,
tamen scio quia universorum memineris. 14
Si peccavi, et ad horam pepercisti mihi,
cur ab iniquitate mea mundum me esse non pateris? 15
Et si impius fuero, væ mihi est;
et si justus, non levabo caput,
saturatus afflictione et miseria. 16
Et propter superbiam quasi leænam capies me,
reversusque mirabiliter me crucias. 17
Instauras testes tuos contra me,
et multiplicas iram tuam adversum me,
et pœnæ militant in me. |