1 For the end, a Song of David among the Psalms.
2 When I called upon him, the God of my righteousness heard me: thou hast made room for me in tribulation; pity me, and hearken to my prayer.
3 O ye sons of men, how long will ye be 1slow of heart? wherefore do ye love vanity, and seek falsehood? Pause. 4 But know ye that the Lord has done wondrous things for his holy one: the Lord will hear me when I cry to him. 5 [Eph. 4. 26.] Be ye angry, and sin not; feel compunction upon your beds for what ye say in your hearts. Pause. 6 Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and trust in the Lord.
7 Many say, Who will shew us good things? the light of thy countenance, O Lord, has been manifested towards us. 8 Thou hast put gladness into my heart: they have been satisfied with the fruit of their corn and wine and oil. 9 I will 2both lie down in peace and sleep: for thou, Lord, only hast caused me to dwell securely.
About this text. This is Sir Lancelot Brenton’s 1851 translation of the Septuagint — the Greek Old Testament the Orthodox Church reads, rather than the Hebrew text behind most English Bibles. It is in the public domain. Words in italics are ones Brenton supplied that the Greek does not have; he marked them so that a reader could tell the difference, and they are kept that way here. The numbered notes are his own. Its English is Victorian, and does not match the modern English of the New Testament pages on this site.
On the numbering. The Psalms are numbered here as the Septuagint numbers them, which is how Orthodox service books cite them. From Psalm 10 onward that is one behind a Hebrew-numbered Bible: Psalm 50 here is the Psalm 51 of most English Bibles. The Septuagint also carries a hundred and fifty-first Psalm, which those Bibles do not.