Delphi Septuagint

by Lancelot C L Brenton (ed)

  [5] The heavens shall declare thy wonders, O Lord; and thy truth in the assembly of the saints. [6] For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God? [7] God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that are round about him. [8] O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee. [9] Thou rulest the power of the sea; and thou calmest the tumult of its waves. [10] Thou has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of thy power thou has scattered thine enemies. [11] The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine: thou hast founded the world, and the fullness of it. [12] Thou hast created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. [13] Thine is the mighty arm: let thy hand be strengthened, let thy right hand be exalted. [14] Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

  [15] Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. [16] And in thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. [17] For thou art the boast of their strength; and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted, [18] for our help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.

  [19] Then thou spokest in vision to thy children, and saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my people. [20] I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by my holy mercy. [21] For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him. [22] The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again. [23] And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him. [24] But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted. [25] And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. [26] He shall call upon me, saying, Thou art my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation. [27] And I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth. [28] I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant shall be firm with him. [29] And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

  [30] If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; [31] if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments; [32] I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges. [33] But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth. [34] Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips. [35] Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David. [36] His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me; [37] and as the moon that is established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. Pause.

  [38] But thou hast cast off and set at nought, thou has rejected thine anointed. [39] Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant; thou has profaned his sanctuary, casting it to the ground. [40] Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast made his strong holds a terror. [41] All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours. [42] Thou hast exalted the right hand of his enemies; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. [43] Thou hast turned back the help of his sword, and hast not helped him in the battle. [44] Thou hast deprived him of glory: thou hast broken down his throne to the ground. [45] Thou hast shortened the days of his throne: thou hast poured shame upon him. Pause.

  [46] How long, O Lord, wilt thou turn away, for ever? shall thine anger flame out as fire? [47] Remember what my being is: for hast thou created all the sons of men in vain? [48] What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall any one deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? Pause. [49] Where are thine ancient mercies, O Lord, which thou swarest to David in thy truth? [50] Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, which I have borne in my bosom, even the reproach of many nations; [51] wherewith thine enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of thine anointed. [52] Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.

  Psalm 90

  A Prayer of Moses the man of God.

  [1] Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations. [2] Before the mountains existed, and before the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art. [3] Turn not man back to his low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men? [4] For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night. [5] Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass. [6] In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up. [7] For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled. [8] Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance. [9] For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider. [10] As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if men should be in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened. [11] Who knows the power of thy wrath? [12] and who knows how to number his days because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.

  [13] Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants. [14] We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice: [15] let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil. [16] And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; and guide their children. [17] And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.

  Psalm 91

  Praise of a Song, by David.

  [1] He that dwells in the help of the Highest, shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven. [2] He shall say to the Lord, Thou art my helper and my refuge: my God; I will hope in him. [3] For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunters, from every troublesome matter. [4] He shall overshadow thee with his shoulders, and thou shalt trust under his wings: his truth shall cover thee with a shield. [5] Thou shalt not be afraid of terror by night; nor of the arrow flying by day; [6] nor of the evil thing that walks in darkness; nor of calamity, and the evil spirit at noon-day. [7] A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. [8] Only with thine eyes shalt thou observe and see the reward of sinners.

  [9] For thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou, my soul, hast made the Most High thy refuge. [10] No evils shall come upon thee, and no scourge shall draw night to thy dwelling. [11] For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. [12] They shall bear thee up on their hands, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. [13] Thou shalt tread on the asp and basilisk: and thou shalt trample on the lion and dragon.

  [14] For he has hoped in me, and I will deliver him: I will protect him, because he has known my name. [15] He shall call upon me, and I will hearken to him: I am with him in affliction; and I will deliver him, and glorify him. [16] I will satisfy him with length of days, and shew him my salvation.

  Psalm 92

  A Psalm of a Song for the Sabbath-day.

  [1] It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to thy name, O thou Most High; [2] to proclaim thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth by night, [3] on a psaltery of ten strings, with a song on the harp. [4] For thou, O Lord, hast made me glad with thy work: and in the operations of thy hands will I exult.

  [5] How have thy works been magnified, O Lord! thy thoughts are very deep. [6] A foolish man will not know, and a senseless man will not understand this. [7] When the sinners spring up as the grass, and all the workers of iniquity have watched; it is that they may be utterly destroyed for ever. [8] But thou, O Lord, art most high for ever.

  [9] For, behold, thine enemies shall perish; and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. [10]
But my horn shall be exalted as the horn of a unicorn; and mine old age with rich mercy. [11] And mine eye has seen mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear the wicked that rise up against me.

  [12] The righteous shall flourish as a palm-tree: he shall be increased as the cedar in Libanus. [13] They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. [14] Then shall they be increased in a fine old age; and they shall be prosperous; that they may declare [15] that the Lord my God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him.

  Psalm 93

  For the day before the Sabbath, when the land was first inhabited, the praise of a Song by David.

  [1] The Lord reigns; he has clothed himself with honour: the Lord has clothed and girded himself with strength; for he has established the world, which shall not be moved. [2] Thy throne is prepared of old: thou art from everlasting. [3] The rivers have lifted up, O Lord, the rivers have lifted up their voices, [4] at the voices of many waters: the billows of the sea are wonderful: the Lord is wonderful in high places. [5] Thy testimonies are made very sure: holiness becomes thine house, O Lord, for ever.

  Psalm 94

  A Psalm of David for the fourth day of the week.

  [1] The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself. [2] Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.

  [3] How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast? [4] They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak so. [5] They have afflicted thy people, O Lord, and hurt thine heritage. [6] They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger. [7] And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

  [8] Understand now, ye simple among the people; and ye fools, at length be wise. [9] He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive? [10] He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, even he that teaches man knowledge? [11] The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.

  [12] Blessed is the man whomsoever thou shalt chasten, O Lord, and shalt teach him out of thy law; [13] to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one. [14] For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance; [15] until righteousness return to judgment, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Pause.

  [16] Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity? [17] If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades. [18] If I said, My foot has been moved; [19] thy mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, thy consolation have soothed my soul.

  [20] Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by an ordinance? [21] They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. [22] But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope. [23] And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.

  Psalm 95

  The praise of a Song by David.

  [1] Come, let us exult in the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to God our Saviour. [2] Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to him with psalms. [3] For the Lord is a great God, and a great king over all gods: for the Lord will not cast off his people. [4] For the ends of the earth are in his hands; and the heights of the mountains are his. [5] For the sea is his, and he made it: and is hands formed the dry land.

  [6] Come, let us worship and fall down before him; and weep before the Lord that made us. [7] For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. [8] To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, according to the day of irritation in the wilderness: [9] where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works. [10] Forty years was I grieved with this generation, and said, They do always err in their heart, and they have not known my ways. [11] So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

  Psalm 96

  When the house was built after the Captivity, a Song of David.

  [1] Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. [2] Sing to the Lord, bless his name: proclaim his salvation from day to day. [3] Publish his glory among the Gentiles, his wonderful works among all people.

  [4] For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is terrible above all gods. [5] For all the gods of the heathen are devils: but the Lord made the heavens. [6] Thanksgiving and beauty are before him: holiness and majesty are in his sanctuary.

  [7] Bring to the Lord, ye families of the Gentiles, bring to the Lord glory and honour. [8] Bring to the Lord the glory becoming his name: take offerings, and go into his courts. [9] Worship the Lord in his holy court: let all the earth tremble before him. [10] Say among the heathen, The Lord reigns: for he has established the world so that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people in righteousness. [11] Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth exult; let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it. [12] The plains shall rejoice, and all things in them: then shall all the trees of the wood exult before the presence of the Lord: [13] for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth; he shall judge the world in righteousness, and the people with his truth.

  Psalm 97

  For David, when his land is established.

  [1] The Lord reigns, let the earth exult, let many islands rejoice.

  [2] Cloud, and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the establishment of his throne. [3] Fire shall go before him, and burn up his enemies round about. [4] His lightnings appeared to the world; the earth saw, and trembled. [5] The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. [6] The heavens have declared his righteousness, and all the people have seen his glory.

  [7] Let all that worship graven images be ashamed, who boast of their idols; worship him, all ye his angels.

  [8] Sion heard and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judea exulted, because of thy judgments, O Lord. [9] For thou art Lord most high over all the earth; thou art greatly exalted above all gods.

  [10] Ye that love the Lord, hate evil; the Lord preserves the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of sinners. [11] Light is sprung up for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. [12] Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness.

  Psalm 98

  A Psalm of David.

  [1] Sing to the Lord a new song; for the Lord has wrought wonderful works, his right hand, and his holy arm, have wrought salvation for him.

  [2] The Lord has made known his salvation, he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. [3] He has remembered his mercy to Jacob, and his truth to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

  [4] Shout to God, all the earth; sing, and exult, and sing psalms. [5] Sing to the Lord with a harp, with a harp, and the voice of a psalm. [6] With trumpets of metal, and the sound of a trumpet of horn make a joyful noise to the Lord before the king. [7] Let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it; the world, and they that dwell in it. [8] The rivers shall clap their hands together; the mountains shall exult. [9] For he is come to judge the earth; he shall judge the world in righteousness, and the nations in uprightness.

  Psalm 99

  A Psalm of David.

  [1] The Lord reigns; — let the people rage; it is he that sits upon the cherubs, let the earth be moved. [2] The Lord is great in Sion, and is high over all the people. [3] Let them give thanks to thy great name; for it is terrible and holy. [4] And the king’s honour loves judgment; thou hast prepared equity, thou hast wrought judgment and justice in Jacob. [5] Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

  [6] Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he he
ard them. [7] He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud; they kept his testimonies, and the ordinances which he gave them. [8] O Lord our God, thou heardest them; O God, thou becamest propitious to them, though thou didst take vengeance on all their devices. [9] Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy.

  Psalm 100

  A Psalm for Thanksgiving.

  [1] Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. [2] Serve the Lord with gladness; come before his presence with exultation. [3] Know that the Lord he is God; he made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. [4] Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with hymns; give thanks to him, praise his name. [5] For the Lord is good, his mercy is for ever; and his truth endures to generation and generation.

  Psalm 101

  A Psalm of David.

  [1] I will sing to thee, O Lord, of mercy and judgment; I will sing a psalm, [2] and I will be wise in a blameless way. When wilt thou come to me? I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house. [3] I have not set before mine eyes any unlawful ting; I have hated transgressors. [4] A perverse heart has not cleaved to me; I have not known an evil man, forasmuch as he turns away from me. [5] Him that privily speaks against his neighbour, him have I driven from me: he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart, — with him I have not eaten. [6] Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walked in a perfect way, the same ministered to me. [7] The proud doer dwelt not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered not in my sight. [8] Early did I slay all the sinners of the land, that I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.