Mezmurlar 9

¹Sona doğru, oğlun gizemleri üzerine; Davut'un mezmuru.

²Bütün yüreğimle sana şükredeceğim ya RAB, bütün harikalarını bir bir anlatacağım.

³Seninle sevineceğim ve coşacağım; adını ilahilerle öveceğim, ey Yüceler Yücesi.

⁴Düşmanım gerisin geri püskürtüldüğünde, senin huzurundan zayıf düşüp yok olacaklar.

⁵Çünkü benim hakkımı ve davamı gerçekleştirdin; tahtına oturup adaletle yargıladın.

⁶Ulusları azarladın ve tanrısız olanı yok ettin; adlarını sonsuza dek ve çağlar boyu sildin.

⁷Düşmanın savaş kılıçları sonsuza dek tükendi, kentlerini yerle bir ettin; onların anısı bile bir gürültüyle yok olup gitti.

⁸Ama RAB sonsuza dek kalıcıdır; tahtını yargı için hazırlamıştır.

⁹O, yeryüzünü adaletle yargılayacak, halkları dürüstlükle yargılayacaktır.

¹⁰RAB yoksul için bir sığınak oldu, sıkıntı zamanlarındaki imdat anlarında bir yardımcı.

¹¹Adını bilenler sana umut bağlasın ya RAB, çünkü seni arayanları hiç terk etmedin.

¹²Siyon'da oturan RAB'be ilahiler söyleyin, uluslar arasında O'nun işlerini duyurun.

¹³Çünkü dökülen kanların hesabını soran O'dur, onları hatırlar; yoksulların feryadını unutmaz.

¹⁴Merhamet et bana ya RAB; düşmanlarım yüzünden uğradığım aşağılanmayı gör, ey beni ölümün kapılarından çekip çıkaran.

¹⁵Öyle ki, Siyon kızının kapılarında senin bütün övgülerini ilan edeyim; senin kurtarışınla coşayım.

¹⁶Uluslar kendi hazırladıkları yıkımın içine saplandılar; gizledikleri bu tuzağa kendi ayakları yakalandı.

¹⁷RAB, yaptığı yargılarla kendini tanıtır; günahkar, kendi ellerinin işiyle yakalanır. (Ara müzik).

¹⁸Günahkarlar Hades'e geri döndürülsün, Tanrı'yı unutan bütün uluslar da.

¹⁹Çünkü yoksul sonsuza dek unutulmayacaktır, muhtaçların sabrı sonsuza dek boşa çıkmayacaktır.

²⁰Ayağa kalk ya RAB, insan üstünlük taslamasın; huzurunda yargılansın uluslar.

²¹Onların üzerine bir yasa koyucu ata ya RAB; uluslar yalnızca birer insan olduklarını bilsinler. (Ara müzik).

²²Neden uzakta duruyorsun ya RAB? Sıkıntı zamanlarında neden görmezden geliyorsun?

²³Tanrısızın kibri yüzünden yoksul ateşe verilir; kurdukları düzenlerin tuzağına düşerler.

²⁴Çünkü günahkar, canının arzularıyla övünür ve haksızlık eden kendini kutlu sayar.

²⁵Günahkar RAB'bi öfkelendirdi; kibrinin çokluğundan O'nu aramaz; onun gözünde Tanrı yoktur.

²⁶Yolları her zaman kirletilir; senin yargıların onun gözünde çok yücedir, bütün düşmanlarına egemen olacaktır.

²⁷Çünkü yüreğinde dedi ki: "Asla sarsılmayacağım, kuşaklar boyu kötülük görmeden yaşayacağım."

²⁸Ağzı lanet, acılık ve hileyle doludur; dilinin altında zahmet ve keder vardır.

²⁹Zenginlerle birlikte pusuda oturur, gizli yerlerde suçsuzu öldürmek için; gözleri yoksulu gözetler.

³⁰Gizli yerde pusuya yatar, inindeki aslan gibi; yoksulu kapıp kaçırmak için pusu kurar, onu ağına çekip yakalar.

³¹Kendi tuzağıyla onu alçaltır; yoksullar onun egemenliği altında eğilir ve düşer.

³²Çünkü yüreğinde dedi ki: "Tanrı unuttu, yüzünü çevirdi, sonsuza dek görmez."

³³Ayağa kalk ya RAB Tanrım, elini kaldır; yoksulları unutma.

³⁴Neden tanrısız insan Tanrı'yı öfkelendirir? Çünkü yüreğinde dedi ki: "Hesap sormayacak."

³⁵Oysa sen görüyorsun; zahmeti ve öfkeyi gözlemliyorsun ki, onları kendi eline teslim edesin. Yoksul kendini sana bırakır, öksüzün yardımcısı sensin.

³⁶Günahkarın ve kötünün kolunu kır; öyle ki, onun günahı arandığında bir daha asla bulunmasın.

³⁷RAB sonsuza dek ve çağlar boyu kral kalacaktır; ey uluslar, O'nun toprağından yok olacaksınız.

³⁸RAB, yoksulların arzusunu işitti; onların yüreklerinin hazırlığına kulağını kabarttı.

³⁹Öksüzün ve ezilenin hakkını aramak için, öyle ki, yeryüzündeki insan bir daha böbürlenmesin.

¹Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῶν κρυφίων τοῦ υἱοῦ· ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυΐδ. -

²ΕΞΟΜΟΛΟΓΗΣΟΜΑΙ σοι, Κύριε, ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου, διηγήσομαι πάντα τὰ θαυμάσιά σου·

³εὐφρανθήσομαι καὶ ἀγαλλιάσομαι ἐν σοί, ψαλῶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου, ῞Υψιστε.

⁴ἐν τῷ ἀποστραφῆναι τὸν ἐχθρόν μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, ἀσθενήσουσι καὶ ἀπολοῦνται ἀπὸ προσώπου σου,

⁵ὅτι ἐποίησας τὴν κρίσιν μου καὶ τὴν δίκην μου, ἐκάθισας ἐπὶ θρόνου ὁ κρίνων δικαιοσύνην.

⁶ἐπετίμησας ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἀπώλετο ὁ ἀσεβής· τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐξήλειψας εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος.

⁷τοῦ ἐχθροῦ ἐξέλιπον αἱ ῥομφαῖαι εἰς τέλος, καὶ πόλεις καθεῖλες· ἀπώλετο τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ μετ᾿ ἤχου,

⁸καὶ ὁ Κύριος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μένει. ἡτοίμασεν ἐν κρίσει τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ,

⁹καὶ αὐτὸς κρινεῖ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, κρινεῖ λαοὺς ἐν εὐθύτητι.

¹⁰καὶ ἐγένετο Κύριος καταφυγὴ τῷ πένητι, βοηθὸς ἐν εὐκαιρίαις ἐν θλίψεσι·

¹¹καὶ ἐλπισάτωσαν ἐπὶ σοὶ οἱ γινώσκοντες τὸ ὄνομά σου, ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκατέλιπες τοὺς ἐκζητοῦντάς σε, Κύριε.

¹²ψάλατε τῷ Κυρίῳ, τῷ κατοικοῦντι ἐν Σιών, ἀναγγείλατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα αὐτοῦ,

¹³ὅτι ἐκζητῶν τὰ αἵματα αὐτῶν ἐμνήσθη, οὐκ ἐπελάθετο τῆς κραυγῆς τῶν πενήτων.

¹⁴ἐλέησόν με, Κύριε, ἴδε τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου, ὁ ὑψῶν με ἐκ τῶν πυλῶν τοῦ θανάτου,

¹⁵ὅπως ἂν ἐξαγγείλω πάσας τὰς αἰνέσεις σου ἐν ταῖς πύλαις τῆς θυγατρὸς Σιών. ἀγαλλιάσομαι ἐπὶ τῷ σωτηρίῳ σου.

¹⁶ἐνεπάγησαν ἔθνη ἐν διαφθορᾷ, ᾗ ἐποίησαν, ἐν παγίδι ταύτῃ, ᾗ ἔκρυψαν, συνελήφθη ὁ ποὺς αὐτῶν.

¹⁷γινώσκεται Κύριος κρίματα ποιῶν, ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ συνελήφθη ὁ ἁμαρτωλός. (ᾠδὴ διαψάλματος).

¹⁸ἀποστραφήτωσαν οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ εἰς τὸν ᾅδην, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ἐπιλανθανόμενα τοῦ Θεοῦ,

¹⁹ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τέλος ἐπιλησθήσεται ὁ πτωχός, ἡ ὑπομονὴ τῶν πενήτων οὐκ ἀπολεῖται εἰς τέλος.

²⁰ἀνάστηθι, Κύριε, μὴ κραταιούσθω ἄνθρωπος, κριθήτωσαν ἔθνη ἐνώπιόν σου.

²¹κατάστησον, Κύριε, νομοθέτην ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς, γνώτωσαν ἔθνη ὅτι ἄνθρωποί εἰσιν. (διάψαλμα). (Μασ. 10, 1-18).

²²῾Ινατί, Κύριε, ἀφέστηκας μακρόθεν, ὑπερορᾷς ἐν εὐκαιρίαις ἐν θλίψεσιν;

²³ἐν τῷ ὑπερηφανεύεσθαι τὸν ἀσεβῆ ἐμπυρίζεται ὁ πτωχός, συλλαμβάνονται ἐν διαβουλίοις, οἷς διαλογίζονται.

²⁴ὅτι ἐπαινεῖται ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ ἀδικῶν ἐνευλογεῖται·

²⁵παρώξυνε τὸν Κύριον ὁ ἁμαρτωλός· κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐκζητήσει· οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ Θεὸς ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.

²⁶βεβηλοῦνται αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ, ἀνταναιρεῖται τὰ κρίματά σου ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, πάντων τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ κατακυριεύσει·

²⁷εἶπε γὰρ ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· οὐ μὴ σαλευθῶ, ἀπὸ γενεᾶς εἰς γενεὰν ἄνευ κακοῦ.

²⁸οὗ ἀρᾶς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ γέμει καὶ πικρίας καὶ δόλου, ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ κόπος καὶ πόνος.

²⁹ἐγκάθηται ἐνέδρᾳ μετὰ πλουσίων, ἐν ἀποκρύφοις τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι ἀθῷον· οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν πένητα ἀποβλέπουσιν·

³⁰ἐνεδρεύει ἐν ἀποκρύφῳ ὡς λέων ἐν τῇ μάνδρᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἐνεδρεύει τοῦ ἁρπάσαι πτωχόν, ἁρπάσαι πτωχὸν ἐν τῷ ἑλκύσαι αὐτόν·

³¹ἐν τῇ παγίδι αὐτοῦ ταπεινώσει αὐτόν, κύψει καὶ πεσεῖται ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν κατακυριεῦσαι τῶν πενήτων.

³²εἶπε γὰρ ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· ἐπιλέλησται ὁ Θεός, ἀπέστρεψε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν εἰς τέλος.

³³ἀνάστηθι, Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου, ὑψωθήτω ἡ χείρ σου, μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ τῶν πενήτων.

³⁴ἕνεκεν τίνος παρώργισεν ὁ ἀσεβὴς τὸν Θεόν; εἶπε γὰρ ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· οὐκ ἐκζητήσει.

³⁵βλέπεις, ὅτι σὺ πόνον καὶ θυμὸν κατανοεῖς τοῦ παραδοῦναι αὐτοὺς εἰς χεῖράς σου· σοὶ ἐγκαταλέλειπται ὁ πτωχός, ὀρφανῷ σὺ ᾖσθα βοηθός.

³⁶σύντριψον τὸν βραχίονα τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ, ζητηθήσεται ἡ ἁμαρτία αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ.

³⁷βασιλεύσει Κύριος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος, ἀπολεῖσθε ἔθνη ἐκ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ.

³⁸τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τῶν πενήτων εἰσήκουσε Κύριος, τὴν ἑτοιμασίαν τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν προσέσχε τὸ οὖς σου

³⁹κρῖναι ὀρφανῷ καὶ ταπεινῷ, ἵνα μὴ προσθῇ ἔτι μεγαλαυχεῖν ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

¹[For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son.]

²I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all thy wonderful works.

³I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou Most High.

⁴When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at thy presence.

⁵For thou hast maintained my cause and my right; thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness.

⁶Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever.

⁷The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,

⁸but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.

⁹And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness.

¹⁰The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.

¹¹And let them that know thy name hope in thee: for thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee.

¹²Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings among the nations.

¹³For he remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.

¹⁴Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction [which I suffer] of mine enemies, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

¹⁵that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in thy salvation.

¹⁶The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.

¹⁷The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. (A song of Pause).

¹⁸Let sinners be driven away into Hades, [even] all the nations that forget God.

¹⁹For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.

²⁰Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before thee.

²¹Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. (Pause). (Mas. 10, 1-18).

²²Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? [why] dost thou overlook [us] in times of need, in affliction?

²³While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

²⁴Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.

²⁵The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him.

²⁶His ways are profane at all times; thy judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

²⁷For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without evil from generation to generation.

²⁸Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

²⁹He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to slay the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.

³⁰He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will bring him down in his snare.

³¹He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.

³²For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.

³³Arise, O Lord God; let thy hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.

³⁴Wherefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart, He will not require [it].

³⁵Thou seest [it]; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into thy hands: the poor has been left to thee; thou wast a helper to the orphan.

³⁶Break thou the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.

³⁷The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish out of his land.

³⁸The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

³⁹to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.