| 3 τί ἐγκαυχᾷ ἐν κακίᾳ ὁ δυνατός ἀνομίαν ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν 4 ἀδικίαν ἐλογίσατο ἡ γλῶσσά σου ὡσεὶ ξυρὸν ἠκονημένον ἐποίησας δόλον 5 ἠγάπησας κακίαν ὑπὲρ ἀγαθωσύνην ἀδικίαν ὑπὲρ τὸ λαλῆσαι δικαιοσύνην διάψαλμα 6 ἠγάπησας πάντα τὰ ῥήματα καταποντισμοῦ γλῶσσαν δολίαν 7 διὰ τοῦτο ὁ θεὸς καθελεῖ σε εἰς τέλος ἐκτίλαι σε καὶ μεταναστεύσαι σε ἀπὸ σκηνώματος καὶ τὸ ῥίζωμά σου ἐκ γῆς ζώντων διάψαλμα 8 καὶ ὄψονται δίκαιοι καὶ φοβηθήσονται καὶ ἐ{P'} αὐτὸν γελάσονται καὶ ἐροῦσιν 9 ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος ὃς οὐκ ἔθετο τὸν θεὸν βοηθὸν αὐτοῦ ἀλ{L'} ἐπήλπισεν ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ πλούτου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐδυναμώθη ἐπὶ τῇ ματαιότητι αὐτοῦ 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 11 ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ὅτι ἐποίησας καὶ ὑπομενῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου ὅτι χρηστὸν ἐναντίον τῶν ὁσίων σου |
3 Wilt thou still take pride, infamous tyrant, in thy power to harm? 4 Evermore thou settest thy heart on mischief; thy words are razor-edged, and thou a traitor. 5 Cruelty, never kindness, is thy study, treason, never honest speech; 6 well thy false lips love the word that brings men to ruin. 7 And will not God destroy thee utterly, root thee up, drive thee from thy home, till thy stock is known among living men no more? 8 Honest folk will watch, and wonder, and taunt him then; 9 So much for the man who would have none of God’s help, but relied on his store of riches, and found his strength in knavery? 10 And I? rooted like a fruitful olive-tree in the house of my God, I will trust for ever in his divine mercy; 11 I will give thee eternal thanks for all thou hast done, and boast, as men should ever boast, of thy name, the faithful for my company. |
3 Quid gloriaris in malitia,
qui potens es in iniquitate? 4
Tota die injustitiam cogitavit lingua tua;
sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum. 5
Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem;
iniquitatem magis quam loqui æquitatem. 6
Dilexisti omnia verba præcipitationis;
lingua dolosa. 7
Propterea Deus destruet te in finem;
evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo,
et radicem tuam de terra viventium. 8
Videbunt justi, et timebunt;
et super eum ridebunt, et dicent: 9
Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum;
sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum,
et prævaluit in vanitate sua. 10
Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei;
speravi in misericordia Dei, in æternum et in sæculum sæculi. 11
Confitebor tibi in sæculum, quia fecisti;
et exspectabo nomen tuum,
quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum. |