1 Ὠιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν.
Ἐν τῷ ἐπιστρέψαι κύριον τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν Σιων
ἐγενήθημεν ὡς παρακεκλημένοι.
2 τότε ἐπλήσθη χαρᾶς τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν
καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα ἡμῶν ἀγαλλιάσεως.
τότε ἐροῦσιν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν
Ἐμεγάλυνεν κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι μετ᾽ αὐτῶν.
3 ἐμεγάλυνεν κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν,
ἐγενήθημεν εὐφραινόμενοι.
4 ἐπίστρεψον, κύριε, τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ἡμῶν
ὡς χειμάρρους ἐν τῷ νότῳ.
5 οἱ σπείροντες ἐν δάκρυσιν
ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει θεριοῦσιν.
6 πορευόμενοι ἐπορεύοντο καὶ ἔκλαιον
αἴροντες τὰ σπέρματα αὐτῶν·
ἐρχόμενοι δὲ ἥξουσιν ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει
αἴροντες τὰ δράγματα αὐτῶν.
A Song of degrees.
1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.