Ψαλμοί 118
1 αλληλουια ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ κυρίῳ ὅτι ἀγαθός ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
2 εἰπάτω δὴ οἶκος Ισραηλ ὅτι ἀγαθός ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ
Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
3 εἰπάτω δὴ οἶκος Ααρων ὅτι ἀγαθός ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ
Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
4 εἰπάτωσαν δὴ πάντες οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν κύριον ὅτι ἀγαθός ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ
Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.
5 ἐν θλίψει ἐπεκαλεσάμην τὸν κύριον καὶ ἐπήκουσέν μου εἰς πλατυσμόν
Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.
6 κύριος ἐμοὶ βοηθός οὐ φοβηθήσομαι τί ποιήσει μοι ἄνθρωπος
Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
7 κύριος ἐμοὶ βοηθός κἀγὼ ἐπόψομαι τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου
Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
8 ἀγαθὸν πεποιθέναι ἐπὶ κύριον ἢ πεποιθέναι ἐπ’ ἄνθρωπον
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
9 ἀγαθὸν ἐλπίζειν ἐπὶ κύριον ἢ ἐλπίζειν ἐπ’ ἄρχοντας
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes.
10 πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐκύκλωσάν με καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι κυρίου ἠμυνάμην αὐτούς
All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name I cut them off.
11 κυκλώσαντες ἐκύκλωσάν με καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι κυρίου ἠμυνάμην αὐτούς
They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off.
12 ἐκύκλωσάν με ὡσεὶ μέλισσαι κηρίον καὶ ἐξεκαύθησαν ὡσεὶ πῦρ ἐν ἀκάνθαις καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι κυρίου ἠμυνάμην αὐτούς
They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off.
13 ὠσθεὶς ἀνετράπην τοῦ πεσεῖν καὶ ὁ κύριος ἀντελάβετό μου
You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.
14 ἰσχύς μου καὶ ὕμνησίς μου ὁ κύριος καὶ ἐγένετό μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν
Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
15 φωνὴ ἀγαλλιάσεως καὶ σωτηρίας ἐν σκηναῖς δικαίων δεξιὰ κυρίου ἐποίησεν δύναμιν
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
16 δεξιὰ κυρίου ὕψωσέν με δεξιὰ κυρίου ἐποίησεν δύναμιν
The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”
17 οὐκ ἀποθανοῦμαι ἀλλὰ ζήσομαι καὶ ἐκδιηγήσομαι τὰ ἔργα κυρίου
I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works.
18 παιδεύων ἐπαίδευσέν με ὁ κύριος καὶ τῷ θανάτῳ οὐ παρέδωκέν με
Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
19 ἀνοίξατέ μοι πύλας δικαιοσύνης εἰσελθὼν ἐν αὐταῖς ἐξομολογήσομαι τῷ κυρίῳ
Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.
20 αὕτη ἡ πύλη τοῦ κυρίου δίκαιοι εἰσελεύσονται ἐν αὐτῇ
This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.
21 ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ὅτι ἐπήκουσάς μου καὶ ἐγένου μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.
22 λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας
The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
23 παρὰ κυρίου ἐγένετο αὕτη καὶ ἔστιν θαυμαστὴ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν
This is Yahweh’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.
24 αὕτη ἡ ἡμέρα ἣν ἐποίησεν ὁ κύριος ἀγαλλιασώμεθα καὶ εὐφρανθῶμεν ἐν αὐτῇ
This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
25 ὦ κύριε σῶσον δή ὦ κύριε εὐόδωσον δή
Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now.
26 εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου εὐλογήκαμεν ὑμᾶς ἐξ οἴκου κυρίου
Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.
27 θεὸς κύριος καὶ ἐπέφανεν ἡμῖν συστήσασθε ἑορτὴν ἐν τοῖς πυκάζουσιν ἕως τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου
Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
28 θεός μου εἶ σύ καὶ ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι θεός μου εἶ σύ καὶ ὑψώσω σε ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ὅτι ἐπήκουσάς μου καὶ ἐγένου μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
29 ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ κυρίῳ ὅτι ἀγαθός ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ
Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
