A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
1 Εἰς τὸ τέλος· τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορε ψαλμός.
2 Ἀκούσατε ταῦτα, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη,
ἐνωτίσασθε, πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν οἰκουμένην,
3 οἵ τε γηγενεῖς καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων,
ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ πλούσιος καὶ πένης.
4 τὸ στόμα μου λαλήσει σοφίαν
καὶ ἡ μελέτη τῆς καρδίας μου σύνεσιν·
5 κλινῶ εἰς παραβολὴν τὸ οὖς μου,
ἀνοίξω ἐν ψαλτηρίῳ τὸ πρόβλημά μου.
6 ἵνα τί φοβοῦμαι ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πονηρᾷ;
ἡ ἀνομία τῆς πτέρνης μου κυκλώσει με.
7 οἱ πεποιθότες ἐπὶ τῇ δυνάμει αὐτῶν
καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ πλήθει τοῦ πλούτου αὐτῶν καυχώμενοι,
8 ἀδελφὸς οὐ λυτροῦται· λυτρώσεται ἄνθρωπος;
οὐ δώσει τῷ θεῷ ἐξίλασμα αὐτοῦ
9 καὶ τὴν τιμὴν τῆς λυτρώσεως τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ.
10 καὶ ἐκόπασεν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ ζήσεται εἰς τέλος,
ὅτι οὐκ ὄψεται καταφθοράν, ὅταν ἴδῃ σοφοὺς ἀποθνῄσκοντας.
11 ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἄφρων καὶ ἄνους ἀπολοῦνται
καὶ καταλείψουσιν ἀλλοτρίοις τὸν πλοῦτον αὐτῶν,
12 καὶ οἱ τάφοι αὐτῶν οἰκίαι αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,
σκηνώματα αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν.
ἐπεκαλέσαντο τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τῶν γαιῶν αὐτῶν.
13 καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἐν τιμῇ ὢν οὐ συνῆκεν,
παρασυνεβλήθη τοῖς κτήνεσιν τοῖς ἀνοήτοις καὶ ὡμοιώθη αὐτοῖς.
14 αὕτη ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτῶν σκάνδαλον αὐτοῖς,
καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν εὐδοκήσουσιν.
διάψαλμα.
15 ὡς πρόβατα ἐν ᾅδῃ ἔθεντο, θάνατος ποιμαίνει αὐτούς·
καὶ κατακυριεύσουσιν αὐτῶν οἱ εὐθεῖς τὸ πρωί,
καὶ ἡ βοήθεια αὐτῶν παλαιωθήσεται ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἐκ τῆς δόξης αὐτῶν.
16 πλὴν ὁ θεὸς λυτρώσεται τὴν ψυχήν μου
ἐκ χειρὸς ᾅδου, ὅταν λαμβάνῃ με.
διάψαλμα.
17 μὴ φοβοῦ, ὅταν πλουτήσῃ ἄνθρωπος
καὶ ὅταν πληθυνθῇ ἡ δόξα τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ·
18 ὅτι οὐκ ἐν τῷ ἀποθνῄσκειν αὐτὸν λήμψεται τὰ πάντα,
οὐδὲ συγκαταβήσεται αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα αὐτοῦ.
19 ὅτι ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτοῦ εὐλογηθήσεται·
ἐξομολογήσεταί σοι, ὅταν ἀγαθύνῃς αὐτῷ.
20 εἰσελεύσεται ἕως γενεᾶς πατέρων αὐτοῦ,
ἕως αἰῶνος οὐκ ὄψεται φῶς.
21 ἄνθρωπος ἐν τιμῇ ὢν οὐ συνῆκεν,
παρασυνεβλήθη τοῖς κτήνεσιν τοῖς ἀνοήτοις καὶ ὡμοιώθη αὐτοῖς.