1 For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits.
2 Hearken to my words, O Lord, 1attend to my cry. 3 Attend to the voice of my supplication, my King, and my God: for to thee, O Lord, will I pray. 4 In the morning thou shalt hear my voice: in the morning will I wait upon thee, and will look up. 5 For thou art not a God that desires iniquity; neither shall the worker of wickedness dwell with thee. 6 Neither shall the transgressors continue in thy sight: thou hatest, O Lord, all them that work iniquity. 7 Thou wilt destroy all that speak falsehood: the Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man. 8 But I will enter into thine house in the multitude of thy mercy: I will worship in thy fear toward thy holy temple.
9 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make my way plain before thy face. 10 For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain; their [Rom. 3. 13.] throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit. 11 Judge them, O God; let them 2fail of their counsels: cast them out according to the abundance of their ungodliness; for they have provoked thee, O Lord.
12 But let all that trust on thee be glad in thee: they shall exult for ever, and thou shalt dwell among them; and all that love thy name shall rejoice in thee. 13 For thou, Lord, shalt bless the righteous: thou hast 3compassed us as with a shield of favour.
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.