| 1 ᾠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν μνήσθητι κύριε τοῦ Δαυιδ καὶ πάσης τῆς πραΰτητος αὐτοῦ 2 ὡς ὤμοσεν τῷ κυρίῳ ηὔξατο τῷ θεῷ Ιακωβ 3 εἰ εἰσελεύσομαι εἰς σκήνωμα οἴκου μου εἰ ἀναβήσομαι ἐπὶ κλίνης στρωμνῆς μου 4 εἰ δώσω ὕπνον τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου καὶ τοῖς βλεφάροις μου νυσταγμὸν καὶ ἀνάπαυσιν τοῖς κροτάφοις μου 5 ἕως οὗ εὕρω τόπον τῷ κυρίῳ σκήνωμα τῷ θεῷ Ιακωβ 6 ἰδοὺ ἠκούσαμεν αὐτὴν ἐν Εφραθα εὕρομεν αὐτὴν ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις τοῦ δρυμοῦ 7 εἰσελευσόμεθα εἰς τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ προσκυνήσομεν εἰς τὸν τόπον οὗ ἔστησαν οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ 8 ἀνάστηθι κύριε εἰς τὴν ἀνάπαυσίν σου σὺ καὶ ἡ κιβωτὸς τοῦ ἁγιάσματός σου 9 οἱ ἱερεῖς σου ἐνδύσονται δικαιοσύνην καὶ οἱ ὅσιοί σου ἀγαλλιάσονται |
1 In David’s reckoning, Lord, let not his patient care be forgotten, 2 the oath he swore to the Lord, the vow he made to the great God of Jacob: 3 Never will I come beneath the roof of my house, or climb up into the bed that is strewn for me; 4 never shall these eyes have sleep, these eye-lids close, 5 until I have found the Lord a home, the great God of Jacob a dwelling-place. 6 And now, at Ephrata, we have heard tidings of what we looked for, we have found it in the plains of Jaar;[1] 7 now to go into his dwelling, pay reverence at his footstool! 8 Up, Lord, and take possession of thy resting-place, thou and the ark which is shrine of thy glory! 9 Let thy priests go clad in the vesture of innocence, thy faithful people cry aloud with rejoicing. |
1 Memento, Domine, David,
et omnis mansuetudinis ejus: 2
sicut juravit Domino;
votum vovit Deo Jacob: 3
Si introiero in tabernaculum domus meæ;
si ascendero in lectum strati mei; 4
si dedero somnum oculis meis,
et palpebris meis dormitationem, 5
et requiem temporibus meis,
donec inveniam locum Domino,
tabernaculum Deo Jacob. 6
Ecce audivimus eam in Ephrata;
invenimus eam in campis silvæ. 7
Introibimus in tabernaculum ejus;
adorabimus in loco ubi steterunt pedes ejus. 8
Surge, Domine, in requiem tuam,
tu et arca sanctificationis tuæ. 9
Sacerdotes tui induantur justitiam,
et sancti tui exsultent. |