ἵνα τί σύ βέβηλε κάθησαι ἐν συνεδρίῳ ὁσίων καὶ ἡ καρδία σου μακρὰν ἀφέστηκεν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου ἐν παρανομίαις παροργίζων τὸν θεὸν Ισραηλ
Why do you, profane one, sit in the council of the holy while your heart stands far from the Lord, provoking the God of Israel by acts of lawlessness?
Word-by-word analysis· 23 words
περισσὸς ἐν λόγοις περισσὸς ἐν σημειώσει ὑπὲρ πάντας ὁ σκληρὸς ἐν λόγοις κατακρῖναι ἁμαρτωλοὺς ἐν κρίσει
Excessive in speech, excessive in display, above all others is the man harsh in words when condemning sinners in judgment.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
καὶ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἐν πρώτοις ἐπ' αὐτὸν ὡς ἐν ζήλει καὶ αὐτὸς ἔνοχος ἐν ποικιλίᾳ ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ ἐν ἀκρασίαις
And his hand is first against himself, as if in zeal, yet he himself stands guilty in manifold sins and excesses.
Word-by-word analysis· 20 words
οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν γυναῖκα ἄνευ διαστολῆς ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτοῦ ψευδὴς ἐν συναλλάγματι μεθ' ὅρκου
His eyes are on every woman without restraint, and his tongue is false in dealings sealed with an oath.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
ἐν νυκτὶ καὶ ἐν ἀποκρύφοις ἁμαρτάνει ὡς οὐχ ὁρώμενος ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ λαλεῖ πάσῃ γυναικὶ ἐν συνταγῇ κακίας ταχὺς εἰσόδῳ εἰς πᾶσαν οἰκίαν ἐν ἱλαρότητι ὡς ἄκακος
By night and in hidden places he sins as though unseen; with his eyes he signals to every woman in a design of evil, swift to enter every house cheerfully as though innocent.
Word-by-word analysis· 27 words
ἐξάραι ὁ θεὸς τοὺς ἐν ὑποκρίσει ζῶντας μετὰ ὁσίων ἐν φθορᾷ σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ πενίᾳ τὴν ζωὴν αὐτοῦ
May God remove those who live in hypocrisy among the holy, bringing corruption of flesh and poverty upon his life.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
ἀνακαλύψαι ὁ θεὸς τὰ ἔργα ἀνθρώπων ἀνθρωπαρέσκων ἐν καταγέλωτι καὶ μυκτηρισμῷ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ
May God uncover the deeds of men-pleasers in ridicule and mockery, their works laid bare.
Word-by-word analysis· 14 words
καὶ δικαιώσαισαν ὅσιοι τὸ κρίμα τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ ἐξαίρεσθαι ἁμαρτωλοὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου δικαίου ἀνθρωπάρεσκον λαλοῦντα νόμον μετὰ δόλου
And let the holy vindicate the judgment of their God when he removes sinners from the presence of the righteous man, the people-pleaser who speaks law with deceit.
Word-by-word analysis· 20 words
καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν ἐπ' οἶκον ἀνδρὸς ἐν εὐσταθείᾳ ὡς ὄφις διαλῦσαι σοφίαν ἀλλήλων ἐν λόγοις παρανόμων
And their eyes are upon the house of a man in stability, like a serpent, to dissolve one another's wisdom with lawless words.
Word-by-word analysis· 17 words
οἱ λόγοι αὐτοῦ παραλογισμοὶ εἰς πρᾶξιν ἐπιθυμίας ἀδίκου οὐκ ἀπέστη ἕως ἐνίκησεν σκορπίσαι ὡς ἐν ὀρφανίᾳ
His words are twisted reasonings for carrying out unjust desire; he did not cease until he prevailed to scatter others into orphan-like desolation.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
καὶ ἠρήμωσεν οἶκον ἕνεκεν ἐπιθυμίας παρανόμου παρελογίσατο ἐν λόγοις ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὁρῶν καὶ κρίνων
And he laid waste a house for the sake of lawless desire; he reasoned in words that there is no one seeing and judging.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
ἐπλήσθη ἐν παρανομίᾳ ἐν ταύτῃ καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπ' οἶκον ἕτερον ὀλεθρεῦσαι ἐν λόγοις ἀναπτερώσεως
He was filled with lawlessness in this, and his eyes were upon another house, to destroy it with words of incitement.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
οὐκ ἐμπίπλαται ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς ᾅδης ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις
His soul is not filled, like Hades, with all these things.
Word-by-word analysis· 10 words
γένοιτο κύριε ἡ μερὶς αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ ἐνώπιόν σου ἡ ἔξοδος αὐτοῦ ἐν στεναγμοῖς καὶ ἡ εἴσοδος αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀρᾷ
May his portion, O Lord, be in dishonor before you, his going out in groanings and his entering in with a curse.
Word-by-word analysis· 20 words
ἐν ὀδύναις καὶ πενίᾳ καὶ ἀπορίᾳ ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ κύριε ὁ ὕπνος αὐτοῦ ἐν λύπαις καὶ ἡ ἐξέγερσις αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀπορίαις
In pains and poverty and distress be his life, O Lord; his sleep in griefs and his waking in perplexities.
Word-by-word analysis· 21 words
ἀφαιρεθείη ὕπνος ἀπὸ κροτάφων αὐτοῦ ἐν νυκτί ἀποπέσοι ἀπὸ παντὸς ἔργου χειρῶν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ
May sleep be taken from his temples in the night; may he fall away from every work of his hands in dishonor.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
κενὸς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ εἰσέλθοι εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλλιπὴς ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ παντός οὗ ἐμπλήσει ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ
May he enter his house empty-handed, and may his house be lacking everything by which his soul might be filled.
Word-by-word analysis· 19 words
ἐν μονώσει ἀτεκνίας τὸ γῆρας αὐτοῦ εἰς ἀνάλημψιν
In the loneliness of childlessness may his old age come to removal.
Word-by-word analysis· 8 words
σκορπισθείησαν σάρκες ἀνθρωπαρέσκων ὑπὸ θηρίων καὶ ὀστᾶ παρανόμων κατέναντι τοῦ ἡλίου ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ
May the flesh of men-pleasers be scattered by beasts, and the bones of the lawless lie in dishonor before the sun.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐκκόψαισαν κόρακες ὑποκρινομένων ὅτι ἠρήμωσαν οἴκους πολλοὺς ἀνθρώπων ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ καὶ ἐσκόρπισαν ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ
May ravens pluck out the eyes of the hypocrites, because they laid waste many men's houses in dishonor and scattered them in desire.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
καὶ οὐκ ἐμνήσθησαν θεοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐφοβήθησαν τὸν θεὸν ἐν ἅπασι τούτοις καὶ παρώργισαν τὸν θεὸν καὶ παρώξυναν
And they did not remember God, and they did not fear God in all these things, but they angered God and provoked him.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
ἐξάραι αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ὅτι ψυχὰς ἀκάκων παραλογισμῷ ὑπεκρίνοντο
May he remove them from the earth, because by scheming they played the hypocrite against the souls of the innocent.
Word-by-word analysis· 10 words
μακάριοι οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν κύριον ἐν ἀκακίᾳ αὐτῶν ὁ κύριος ῥύσεται αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων δολίων καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ ῥύσεται ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ παντὸς σκανδάλου παρανόμου
Blessed are those who fear the Lord in their innocence; the Lord will rescue them from deceitful and sinful men, and he will rescue us from every lawless snare.
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ἐξάραι ὁ θεὸς τοὺς ποιοῦντας ἐν ὑπερηφανίᾳ πᾶσαν ἀδικίαν ὅτι κριτὴς μέγας καὶ κραταιὸς κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ
May God remove those who practice every injustice in arrogance, because the Lord our God is a great and mighty judge in righteousness.
Word-by-word analysis· 20 words
γένοιτο κύριε τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀγαπῶντάς σε ψαλμὸς τῷ Σαλωμων
May your mercy, O Lord, be upon all who love you. A psalm of Solomon.