Psalms 47

A Psalm of praise for the sons of Core on the second day of the week.

Ψαλμὸς ᾠδῆς τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορὲ δευτέρᾳ σαββάτου.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

Μεγὰς Κύριος, καὶ αἰνετὸς σφόδρα ἐν πόλει τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ἐν ὄρει ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ.

The city of the great King is well planted on the mountains of Sion, with the joy of the whole earth, on the sides of the north.

Εὐρίζων, ἀγαλλιάματι πάσης τῆς γῆς, ὄρη Σιὼν τὰ πλευρὰ τοῦ βοῤῥᾶ, ἡ πόλις τοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ μεγάλου.

God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to help her.

Ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ταῖς βάρεσιν αὐτῆς γινώσκεται, ὅταν ἀντιλαμβάνηται αὐτῆς.

For, behold, the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together.

Ὅτι ἰδοὺ οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς συνήχθησαν, ἤλθοσαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό.

They saw, and so they wondered: they were troubled, they were moved.

Αὐτοὶ ἰδόντες οὕτως ἐθαύμασαν, ἐταράχθησαν, ἐσαλεύθησαν,

Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in travail.

τρόμος ἐπελάβετο αὐτῶν· ἐκεῖ ὠδῖνες ὡς τικτούσης.

Thou wilt break the ships of Tharsis with a vehement wind.

Ἐν πνεύματι βιαίῳ συντρίψεις πλοῖα Θάρσις.

As we have heard, so have we also seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God has founded it for ever. Pause.

Καθάπερ ἠκούσαμεν, οὕτως καὶ εἴδομεν, ἐν πόλει Κυρίου τῶν δυνάμεων, ἐν πόλει τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ὁ Θεὸς ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτὴν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· διάψαλμα.

We have thought of thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy people.

Ὑπελάβομεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ σου.

According to thy name, O God, so is also thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

Κατὰ τὸ ὄνομά σου ὁ Θεὸς, οὕτως καὶ ἡ αἴνεσίς σου ἐπὶ τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς, δικαιοσύνης πλήρης ἡ δεξιά σου.

Let mount Sion rejoice, let the daughters of Judæa exult, because of thy judgments, O Lord.

Εὐφρανθήτω τὸ ὄρος Σιὼν, ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν αἱ θυγατέρες τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἕνεκα τῶν κριμάτων σου Κύριε.

Go round about Sion, and encompass her: tell ye her towers.

Κυκλώσατε Σιὼν, καὶ περιλάβετε αὐτὴν, διηγήσασθε ἐν τοῖς πύργοις αὐτῆς.

Mark ye well her strength, and observe her palaces; that ye may tell the next generation.

Θέσθε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν εἰς τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῆς, καὶ καταδιέλεσθε τὰς βάρεις αὐτῆς, ὅπως ἂν διηγήσησθε εἰς γενεὰν ἑτέραν.

For this is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide for evermore.

Ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος, αὐτὸς ποιμανεῖ ἡμᾶς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.