1 For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the 1sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Geth.
2 Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me. 3 Mine enemies have trodden me down all the day from the dawning of the day; for there are many warring against me.
4 They shall be afraid, but I will trust in thee. 5 In God I will praise my words; all the day have I hoped in God; I will not fear what flesh shall do to me.
6 All the day long they have abominated my words; all their devices are against me for evil. 7 They will dwell near and hide themselves; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul. 8 Thou wilt on no account save them; thou wilt bring down the people in wrath. 9 O God, I have declared my life to thee; thou hast set my tears before thee, even according to thy promise.
10 Mine enemies shall be turned back, in the day wherein I shall call upon thee; behold, I know that thou art my God. 11 In God will I praise his word; in the Lord will I praise his saying. 12 I have hoped in God; I will not be afraid of what man shall do to me. 13 The vows of thy praise, O God, which I will pay, are upon me. 14 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from sliding, that I should be well-pleasing before God in the land of the living.
- 1 v. 1 Or, holy things.
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.