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| Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuter. Joshua Judges | Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chron. 2 Chron. | Ezra Nehem. Tobit Judith Esther 1 Macc. 2 Macc. | Job Psalms Proverbs Eccles. Songs Wisdom Sirach | Isaiah Jeremiah Lament. Baruch Ezekiel Daniel | Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah | Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi | Matthew Mark Luke John Acts | Romans 1 Corinth. 2 Corinth. Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians | 1 Thess. 2 Thess. 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Titus Philemon Hebrews | James 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 John 2 John 3 John Jude Revelation |
| (A song of ascents.) | Canticum graduum. |
| 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. |
| 10 ἕνεκεν Δαυιδ τοῦ δούλου σου μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ χριστοῦ σου 11 ὤμοσεν κύριος τῷ Δαυιδ ἀλήθειαν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθετήσει αὐτήν ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς κοιλίας σου θήσομαι ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον σου 12 ἐὰν φυλάξωνται οἱ υἱοί σου τὴν διαθήκην μου καὶ τὰ μαρτύριά μου ταῦτα ἃ διδάξω αὐτούς καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος καθιοῦνται ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου σου 13 ὅτι ἐξελέξατο κύριος τὴν Σιων ᾑρετίσατο αὐτὴν εἰς κατοικίαν ἑαυτῷ 14 αὕτη ἡ κατάπαυσίς μου εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος ὧδε κατοικήσω ὅτι ᾑρετισάμην αὐτήν 15 τὴν θήραν αὐτῆς εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω τοὺς πτωχοὺς αὐτῆς χορτάσω ἄρτων 16 τοὺς ἱερεῖς αὐτῆς ἐνδύσω σωτηρίαν καὶ οἱ ὅσιοι αὐτῆς ἀγαλλιάσει ἀγαλλιάσονται 17 ἐκεῖ ἐξανατελῶ κέρας τῷ Δαυιδ ἡτοίμασα λύχνον τῷ χριστῷ μου 18 τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ ἐνδύσω αἰσχύνην ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτὸν ἐξανθήσει τὸ ἁγίασμά μου | 10 Think of thy servant David, and do not refuse audience to the king thou hast anointed. 11 Never will the Lord be false to that inviolable oath he swore to David: I will raise to thy throne heirs of thy own body; 12 if thy sons hold fast to my covenant, to the decrees which I make known to them, their sons too shall reign on thy throne for ever. 13 The Lord’s choice has fallen upon Sion, this is the dwelling he longed for: 14 Here, for ever, is my resting-place, here is my destined home. 15 Trust me, I will bless her with abundant store, the poor shall have bread to their heart’s content; 16 I will clothe her priests in the vesture of triumph, cries of rejoicing shall echo among her faithful people. 17 There the stock of David shall bud, there shall a lamp burn continually for the king I have anointed.[2] 18 I will cover his enemies with confusion; on his brow the crown I gave shall shine untarnished. | 10 Propter David servum tuum non avertas faciem christi tui. 11 Juravit Dominus David veritatem, et non frustrabitur eam: De fructu ventris tui ponam super sedem tuam. 12 Si custodierint filii tui testamentum meum, et testimonia mea hæc quæ docebo eos, et filii eorum usque in sæculum sedebunt super sedem tuam. 13 Quoniam elegit Dominus Sion: elegit eam in habitationem sibi. 14 Hæc requies mea in sæculum sæculi; hic habitabo, quoniam elegi eam. 15 Viduam ejus benedicens benedicam; pauperes ejus saturabo panibus. 16 Sacerdotes ejus induam salutari, et sancti ejus exsultatione exsultabunt. 17 Illuc producam cornu David; paravi lucernam christo meo. 18 Inimicos ejus induam confusione; super ipsum autem efflorebit sanctificatio mea. |
[1] Literally, ‘Behold, we have heard of it at Ephrata, and found it in the plains of Jaar’. If this psalm was composed for the dedication of Solomon’s Temple (II Par. 6.41, 42) and commemorates the bringing back of the Ark to Jerusalem (I Par. 13), we should naturally suppose that ‘it’ means the Ark. It is not clear that the Ark ever rested at Bethlehem-Ephrata; but some think that Ephrata here is another name for Silo (I Kg. 4.3), and that the other half of the verse refers to Cariathiarim, the ‘city of the woods’ (I Par. 13.5).
[2] Literally, ‘There will I make a horn grow for David, I have trimmed a lamp for my anointed’, both metaphors for the continuance of his royal dynasty (III Kg. 15.4; Lk. 1.69).
Knox Translation Copyright © 2013 Westminster Diocese
Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
Re-typeset and published in 2012 by Baronius Press Ltd
