HOLY BIBLE: Psalm 107 (original) (raw)

33 ἔθετο ποταμοὺς εἰς ἔρημον καὶ διεξόδους ὑδάτων εἰς δίψαν 34 γῆν καρποφόρον εἰς ἅλμην ἀπὸ κακίας τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν αὐτῇ 35 ἔθετο ἔρημον εἰς λίμνας ὑδάτων καὶ γῆν ἄνυδρον εἰς διεξόδους ὑδάτων 36 καὶ κατῴκισεν ἐκεῖ πεινῶντας καὶ συνεστήσαντο πόλιν κατοικεσίας 37 καὶ ἔσπειραν ἀγροὺς καὶ ἐφύτευσαν ἀμπελῶνας καὶ ἐποίησαν καρπὸν γενήματος 38 καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς καὶ ἐπληθύνθησαν σφόδρα καὶ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐσμίκρυνεν 39 καὶ ὠλιγώθησαν καὶ ἐκακώθησαν ἀπὸ θλίψεως κακῶν καὶ ὀδύνης 40 ἐξεχύθη ἐξουδένωσις ἐ{P'} ἄρχοντας καὶ ἐπλάνησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἀβάτῳ καὶ οὐχ ὁδῷ 41 καὶ ἐβοήθησεν πένητι ἐκ πτωχείας καὶ ἔθετο ὡς πρόβατα πατριάς 42 ὄψονται εὐθεῖς καὶ εὐφρανθήσονται καὶ πᾶσα ἀνομία ἐμφράξει τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς 43 τίς σοφὸς καὶ φυλάξει ταῦτα καὶ συνήσουσιν τὰ ἐλέη τοῦ κυρίου

33 Here, he changes rivers into desert sand, wells into dry ground; 34 land that once was fruitful into a salty marsh, to punish its people’s guilt. 35 There, he turns the wilderness into pools of water, desert ground into springs; 36 and establishes hungry folk there, so that they build themselves a city to dwell in, 37 sow fields, and plant vineyards, and reap the harvest; 38 he blesses them, so that their numbers increase beyond measure, and to their cattle grants increase. 39 Once, they were but few, worn down by stress of need and ill fortune; 40 but now the same power that shames proud chieftains, and keeps them wandering in a pathless desert, 41 has rescued the poor from need, their households thrive like their own flocks. 42 Honest men will rejoice to witness it, and malice will stand dumb with confusion. 43 Heed it well, if thou wouldst be wise; be these thy study, the mercies of the Lord.

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Posuit flumina in desertum,
et exitus aquarum in sitim; 34
terram fructiferam in salsuginem,
a malitia inhabitantium in ea. 35
Posuit desertum in stagna aquarum,
et terram sine aqua in exitus aquarum. 36
Et collocavit illic esurientes,
et constituerunt civitatem habitationis: 37
et seminaverunt agros et plantaverunt vineas,
et fecerunt fructum nativitatis. 38
Et benedixit eis, et multiplicati sunt nimis;
et jumenta eorum non minoravit. 39
Et pauci facti sunt et vexati sunt,
a tribulatione malorum et dolore. 40
Effusa est contemptio super principes:
et errare fecit eos in invio, et non in via. 41
Et adjuvit pauperem de inopia,
et posuit sicut oves familias. 42
Videbunt recti, et lætabuntur;
et omnis iniquitas oppilabit os suum. 43
Quis sapiens, et custodiet hæc,
et intelliget misericordias Domini?