Mezmurlar 36

¹Davut'un. Kötülük yapanlara kızıp öfkelenme, yasasızlık yapanlara özenme.

²Çünkü onlar ot gibi hızla kuruyacak ve taze yeşil bitkiler gibi çabucak solup düşecekler.

³Rabbe güven ve iyilik yap, ülkede yaşa ve onun zenginliğiyle beslenip güdül.

⁴Rabden haz al, O da sana kalbinin dileklerini verecektir.

⁵Yolunu Rabbe ifşa et ve O'na güven, O gerekeni yapacaktır.

⁶Doğruluğunu ışık gibi, adaletini de öğle güneşi gibi açığa çıkaracaktır.

⁷Rabbe boyun eğ ve O'na yalvar; kendi yolunda başarı kazanan, yasa dışı işler yapan insana özenip kızma.

⁸Öfkeden vazgeç ve gazabı bırak; kötülük yapacak kadar özenip kızma.

⁹Çünkü kötülük yapanlar yok edilecek, ama Rabbi sabırla bekleyenler ülkeyi miras alacaklar.

¹⁰Yakında günahkar artık var olmayacak; yerini arayacaksın ama asla bulamayacaksın.

¹¹Alçakgönüllüler ise ülkeyi miras alacak ve barışın bolluğunda derin bir haz bulacaklar.

¹²Günahkar doğru insana sinsice düzen kurar ve ona karşı dişlerini gıcırdatır.

¹³Ama Rab ona güler, çünkü onun gününün geleceğini önceden görmektedir.

¹⁴Günahkarlar kılıç çekti, yoksulu ve mazlumu yere sermek, yüreği doğru olanları boğazlamak için yaylarını gerdi.

¹⁵Kılıçları kendi yüreklerine saplansın ve yayları kırılsın!

¹⁶Doğru insanın azıcık varlığı, günahkarların çok zenginliğinden daha iyidir.

¹⁷Çünkü günahkarların kolları kırılacak, ama doğruları Rab destekleyip ayakta tutacaktır.

¹⁸Rab kusursuzların yollarını bilir, onların mirası sonsuza dek kalacaktır.

¹⁹Kötü günde utandırılmayacaklar, kıtlık günlerinde karınları doyurulacaktır.

²⁰Ama günahkarlar mahvolacak; Rabbin düşmanları onurlandırılıp yüceltildikleri an, duman gibi dağılıp yok olup gidecekler.

²¹Günahkar ödünç alır ama geri ödemez, doğru ise merhamet eder ve verir.

²²Çünkü O'nu kutsayanlar ülkeyi miras alacak, O'nu lanetleyenler ise yok edilecektir.

²³İnsanın adımları Rab tarafından yönlendirilir ve O, insanın yolundan büyük ölçüde hoşnut kalır.

²⁴Düşse bile yere çalınmaz, çünkü Rab onun elinden tutup destekler.

²⁵Gençtim, şimdi yaşlandım; ama hiç doğru bir insanın terk edildiğini ya da soyunun ekmek dilendiğini görmedim.

²⁶Doğru insan her gün merhamet eder ve ödünç verir, soyu da kutsanacaktır.

²⁷Kötülükten kaçın, iyilik yap ve sonsuza dek yaşa.

²⁸Çünkü Rab adaleti sever ve Kendi sadık dindarlarını terk etmez, onlar sonsuza dek korunacaktır; ama yasasızlar sürülecek ve tanrısızların soyu yok edilecektir.

²⁹Doğrular ülkeyi miras alacak ve onun üzerinde sonsuza dek yaşayacaklar.

³⁰Doğrunun ağzı bilgelik üzerine derin düşünür, dili adaleti söyler.

³¹Tanrısı'nın yasası kalbindedir, adımları asla çelmelenip kaymaz.

³²Günahkar doğruyu gözler ve onu öldürmek ister.

³³Ama Rab onu günahkarın eline bırakmaz, onunla yargılandığında onu mahkum etmez.

³⁴Rabbi sabırla bekle, O'nun yolunu koru; ülkeyi miras alman için O seni yüceltecektir; günahkarlar yok edildiğinde bunu göreceksin.

³⁵Tanrısızı çok yükselmiş, Lübnan sedirleri gibi boy atmış gördüm.

³⁶Geçip gittim, bir de baktım ki yok olmuş; onu aradım ama yeri bile bulunamadı.

³⁷Masumiyeti koru, doğruluğa bak; çünkü barışsever insanın geride bırakacağı bir soyu vardır.

³⁸Yasa dışı olanlar ise hep birlikte yok edilecek, tanrısızların soyları kesilip atılacaktır.

³⁹Doğruların kurtuluşu Rabdendir, sıkıntı zamanında onların sığınağı O'dur.

⁴⁰Rab onlara yardım edecek, onları kurtaracaktır; onları günahkarlardan özgür kılıp esirgeyecektir, çünkü O'na sığınmışlardır.

¹Τῷ Δαυΐδ. - ΜΗ ΠΑΡΑΖΗΛΟΥ ἐν πονηρευομένοις μηδὲ ζήλου τοὺς ποιοῦντας τὴν ἀνομίαν·

²ὅτι ὡσεὶ χόρτος ταχὺ ἀποξηρανθήσονται καὶ ὡσεὶ λάχανα χλόης ταχὺ ἀποπεσοῦνται.

³ἔλπισον ἐπὶ Κύριον καὶ ποίει χρηστότητα καὶ κατασκήνου τὴν γῆν, καὶ ποιμανθήσῃ ἐπὶ τῷ πλούτῳ αὐτῆς.

⁴κατατρύφησον τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ δώσει σοι τὰ αἰτήματα τῆς καρδίας σου.

⁵ἀποκάλυψον πρὸς Κύριον τὴν ὁδόν σου καὶ ἔλπισον ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, καὶ αὐτὸς ποιήσει

⁶καὶ ἐξοίσει ὡς φῶς τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου καὶ τὸ κρῖμά σου ὡς μεσημβρίαν.

⁷ὑποτάγηθι τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ ἱκέτευσον αὐτόν· μὴ παραζήλου ἐν τῷ κατευοδουμένῳ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ ποιοῦντι παρανομίαν.

⁸παῦσαι ἀπὸ ὀργῆς καὶ ἐγκατάλιπε θυμόν, μὴ παραζήλου ὥστε πονηρεύεσθαι·

⁹ὅτι οἱ πονηρευόμενοι ἐξολοθρευθήσονται, οἱ δὲ ὑπομένοντες τὸν Κύριον αὐτοὶ κληρονομήσουσι γῆν.

¹⁰καὶ ἔτι ὀλίγον καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑπάρξῃ ὁ ἁμαρτωλός, καὶ ζητήσεις τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ εὕρῃς·

¹¹οἱ δὲ πραεῖς κληρονομήσουσι γῆν καὶ κατατρυφήσουσιν ἐπὶ πλήθει εἰρήνης.

¹²παρατηρήσεται ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς τὸν δίκαιον καὶ βρύξει ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτοῦ·

¹³ὁ δὲ Κύριος ἐκγελάσεται αὐτόν, ὅτι προβλέπει ὅτι ἥξει ἡ ἡμέρα αὐτοῦ.

¹⁴ῥομφαίαν ἐσπάσαντο οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἐνέτειναν τόξον αὐτῶν τοῦ καταβαλεῖν πτωχὸν καὶ πένητα, τοῦ σφάξαι τοὺς εὐθεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳ·

¹⁵ἡ ρομφαία αὐτῶν εἰσέλθοι εἰς τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ τόξα αὐτῶν συντριβείη.

¹⁶κρεῖσσον ὀλίγον τῷ δικαίῳ ὑπὲρ πλοῦτον ἁμαρτωλῶν πολύν·

¹⁷ὅτι βραχίονες ἁμαρτωλῶν συντριβήσονται, ὑποστηρίζει δὲ δικαίους ὁ Κύριος.

¹⁸γινώσκει Κύριος τὰς ὁδοὺς τῶν ἀμώμων, καὶ ἡ κληρονομία αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔσται·

¹⁹οὐ καταισχυνθήσονται ἐν καιρῷ πονηρῷ καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις λιμοῦ χορτασθήσονται.

²⁰ὅτι οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀπολοῦνται, οἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ Κυρίου ἅμα τῷ δοξασθῆναι αὐτοὺς καὶ ὑψωθῆναι ἐκλείποντες ὡσεὶ καπνὸς ἐξέλιπον.

²¹δανείζεται ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς καὶ οὐκ ἀποτίσει, ὁ δὲ δίκαιος οἰκτείρει καὶ δίδωσιν·

²²ὅτι οἱ εὐλογοῦντες αὐτὸν κληρονομήσουσι γῆν, οἱ δὲ καταρώμενοι αὐτὸν ἐξολοθρευθήσονται.

²³παρὰ Κυρίου τὰ διαβήματα ἀνθρώπου κατευθύνεται, καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ θελήσει σφόδρα·

²⁴ὅταν πέσῃ, οὐ καταῤῥαχθήσεται, ὅτι Κύριος ἀντιστηρίζει χεῖρα αὐτοῦ.

²⁵νεώτερος ἐγενόμην καὶ γὰρ ἐγήρασα καὶ οὐκ εἶδον δίκαιον ἐγκαταλελειμμένον, οὐδὲ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ζητοῦν ἄρτους·

²⁶ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐλεεῖ καὶ δανείζει ὁ δίκαιος, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ εἰς εὐλογίαν ἔσται.

²⁷ἔκκλινον ἀπὸ κακοῦ καὶ ποίησον ἀγαθὸν καὶ κατασκήνου εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος·

²⁸ὅτι Κύριος ἀγαπᾷ κρίσιν καὶ οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει τοὺς ὁσίους αὐτοῦ, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα φυλαχθήσονται· ἄνομοι δὲ ἐκδιωχθήσονται, καὶ σπέρμα ἀσεβῶν ἐξολοθρευθήσεται.

²⁹δίκαιοι δὲ κληρονομήσουσι γῆν καὶ κατασκηνώσουσιν εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς.

³⁰στόμα δικαίου μελετήσει σοφίαν, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτοῦ λαλήσει κρίσιν.

³¹ὁ νόμος τοῦ Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐχ ὑποσκελισθήσεται τὰ διαβήματα αὐτοῦ.

³²κατανοεῖ ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς τὸν δίκαιον καὶ ζητεῖ τοῦ θανατῶσαι αὐτόν,

³³ὁ δὲ Κύριος οὐ μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃ αὐτὸν εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ μὴ καταδικάσηται αὐτόν, ὅταν κρίνηται αὐτῷ.

³⁴ὑπόμεινον τὸν Κύριον καὶ φύλαξον τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὑψώσει σε τοῦ κατακληρονομῆσαι γῆν· ἐν τῷ ἐξολοθρεύεσθαι ἁμαρτωλοὺς ὄψει.

³⁵εἶδον τὸν ἀσεβῆ ὑπερυψούμενον καὶ ἐπαιρόμενον ὡς τὰς κέδρους τοῦ Λιβάνου·

³⁶καὶ παρῆλθον, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν, καὶ ἐζήτησα αὐτόν, καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθη ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ.

³⁷φύλασσε ἀκακίαν καὶ ἴδε εὐθύτητα, ὅτι ἐστὶν ἐγκατάλειμμα ἀνθρώπῳ εἰρηνικῷ·

³⁸οἱ δὲ παράνομοι ἐξολοθρευθήσονται ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό, τὰ ἐγκαταλείμματα τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἐξολοθρευθήσονται.

³⁹σωτηρία δὲ τῶν δικαίων παρὰ Κυρίου, καὶ ὑπερασπιστὴς αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως,

⁴⁰καὶ βοηθήσει αὐτοῖς Κύριος καὶ ῥύσεται αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐξελεῖται αὐτοὺς ἐξ ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ σώσει αὐτούς, ὅτι ἤλπισαν ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν.

¹[[A Psalm] of David.] Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them that do iniquity.

²For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs.

³Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and thou shalt be fed with the wealth of it.

⁴Delight [thyself] in the Lord; and he shall grant thee the requests of thine heart.

⁵Disclose thy way to the Lord, and hope in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.

⁶And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day.

⁷Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him: fret not thyself because of him that prospers in his way, at the man that does unlawful deeds.

⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself so as to do evil.

⁹For evil-doers shall be destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land.

¹⁰And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and thou shalt seek for his place, and shalt not find [it].

¹¹But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight [themselves] in the abundance of peace.

¹²The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him.

¹³But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come.

¹⁴Sinners have drawn their swords, they have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy one, [and] to slay the upright in heart.

¹⁵Let their sword enter into their [own] heart, and their bows be broken.

¹⁶A little is better to the righteous than abundant wealth of sinners.

¹⁷For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous.

¹⁸The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever.

¹⁹They shall not be ashamed in an evil time; and in days of famine they shall be satisfied.

²⁰For the sinners shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord at the moment of their being honoured and exalted have utterly vanished like smoke.

²¹The sinner borrows, and will not pay again: but the righteous has compassion, and gives.

²²For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed.

²³The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: and he will take pleasure in his way.

²⁴When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand.

²⁵I was [once] young, indeed I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.

²⁶He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be blessed.

²⁷Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever.

²⁸For the Lord loves judgment, and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preserved for ever: the blameless shall be avenged, but the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.

²⁹But the righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgment.

³¹The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slide.

³²The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

³³But the Lord will not leave him in his hands, nor by any means condemn him when he is judged.

³⁴Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are destroyed, thou shalt see [it].

³⁵I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Libanus.

³⁶Yet I passed by, and lo! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found.

³⁷Maintain innocence, and behold uprightness: for there is a remnant to the peaceable man.

³⁸But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together: the remnants of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.

³⁹But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; and he is their defender in the time of affliction.

⁴⁰And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: and he shall rescue them from sinners, and save them, because they have hoped in him.