1 For the end, a Psalm of David among the Hymns for the eighth.
2 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thine anger. 3 Pity me, O Lord; for I am weak: heal me, O Lord; for my bones are vexed. 4 My soul also is grievously vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long? 5 Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: save me for thy mercy's sake. 6 For in death no man remembers thee: and who will give thee thanks in Hades? 7 1I am wearied with my groaning; I shall wash my bed every night; I shall water my couch with my tears. 8 Mine eye is troubled because of my wrath; I am worn out because of all my enemies.
9 Depart from me, all ye that work iniquity; for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. 10 The Lord has hearkened to my petition; the Lord has accepted my prayer. 11 Let all mine enemies be put to shame and sore troubled: let them be turned back and grievously put to shame speedily.
- 1 v. 7 Gr. I have laboured.
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.