To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
1 Ψαλμὸς τῷ Ασαφ.
Θεὸς θεῶν κύριος ἐλάλησεν καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὴν γῆν
ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου καὶ μέχρι δυσμῶν.
2 ἐκ Σιων ἡ εὐπρέπεια τῆς ὡραιότητος αὐτοῦ,
ὁ θεὸς ἐμφανῶς ἥξει,
3 ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐ παρασιωπήσεται·
πῦρ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ καυθήσεται,
καὶ κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ καταιγὶς σφόδρα.
4 προσκαλέσεται τὸν οὐρανὸν ἄνω
καὶ τὴν γῆν διακρῖναι τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ·
5 συναγάγετε αὐτῷ τοὺς ὁσίους αὐτοῦ
τοὺς διατιθεμένους τὴν διαθήκην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ θυσίαις,
6 καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσιν οἱ οὐρανοὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ,
ὅτι ὁ θεὸς κριτής ἐστιν.
διάψαλμα.
7 Ἄκουσον, λαός μου, καὶ λαλήσω σοι,
Ισραηλ, καὶ διαμαρτύρομαί σοι·
ὁ θεὸς ὁ θεός σού εἰμι ἐγώ.
8 οὐκ ἐπὶ ταῖς θυσίαις σου ἐλέγξω σε,
τὰ δὲ ὁλοκαυτώματά σου ἐνώπιόν μού ἐστιν διὰ παντός·
9 οὐ δέξομαι ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου σου μόσχους
οὐδὲ ἐκ τῶν ποιμνίων σου χιμάρους.
10 ὅτι ἐμά ἐστιν πάντα τὰ θηρία τοῦ δρυμοῦ,
κτήνη ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν καὶ βόες·
11 ἔγνωκα πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ,
καὶ ὡραιότης ἀγροῦ μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐστιν.
12 ἐὰν πεινάσω, οὐ μή σοι εἴπω·
ἐμὴ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ οἰκουμένη καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς.
13 μὴ φάγομαι κρέα ταύρων
ἢ αἷμα τράγων πίομαι;
14 θῦσον τῷ θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως
καὶ ἀπόδος τῷ ὑψίστῳ τὰς εὐχάς σου·
15 καὶ ἐπικάλεσαί με ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως,
καὶ ἐξελοῦμαί σε, καὶ δοξάσεις με.
διάψαλμα.
16 τῷ δὲ ἁμαρτωλῷ εἶπεν ὁ θεός
Ἵνα τί σὺ διηγῇ τὰ δικαιώματά μου
καὶ ἀναλαμβάνεις τὴν διαθήκην μου διὰ στόματός σου;
17 σὺ δὲ ἐμίσησας παιδείαν
καὶ ἐξέβαλες τοὺς λόγους μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω.
18 εἰ ἐθεώρεις κλέπτην, συνέτρεχες αὐτῷ,
καὶ μετὰ μοιχῶν τὴν μερίδα σου ἐτίθεις·
19 τὸ στόμα σου ἐπλεόνασεν κακίαν,
καὶ ἡ γλῶσσά σου περιέπλεκεν δολιότητα·
20 καθήμενος κατὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου κατελάλεις
καὶ κατὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς μητρός σου ἐτίθεις σκάνδαλον.
21 ταῦτα ἐποίησας, καὶ ἐσίγησα·
ὑπέλαβες ἀνομίαν ὅτι ἔσομαί σοι ὅμοιος·
ἐλέγξω σε καὶ παραστήσω κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου.
22 σύνετε δὴ ταῦτα, οἱ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι τοῦ θεοῦ,
μήποτε ἁρπάσῃ καὶ μὴ ᾖ ὁ ῥυόμενος·
23 θυσία αἰνέσεως δοξάσει με,
καὶ ἐκεῖ ὁδός, ᾗ δείξω αὐτῷ τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ.