A Song of degrees.
1 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be , and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
1 Ὠιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν.
Πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου,
εἰπάτω δὴ Ισραηλ,
2 πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου,
καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησάν μοι.
3 ἐπὶ τοῦ νώτου μου ἐτέκταινον οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί,
ἐμάκρυναν τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν·
4 κύριος δίκαιος συνέκοψεν αὐχένας ἁμαρτωλῶν.
5 αἰσχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἀποστραφήτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω
πάντες οἱ μισοῦντες Σιων.
6 γενηθήτωσαν ὡς χόρτος δωμάτων,
ὃς πρὸ τοῦ ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐξηράνθη·
7 οὗ οὐκ ἐπλήρωσεν τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὁ θερίζων
καὶ τὸν κόλπον αὐτοῦ ὁ τὰ δράγματα συλλέγων,
8 καὶ οὐκ εἶπαν οἱ παράγοντες Εὐλογία κυρίου ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς,
εὐλογήκαμεν ὑμᾶς ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου.