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16 ΠΣΑΛΜΟΙ ΣΟΛΟΜΩΝΤΟΣPSALMS OF SOLOMON - Brenton|RSVReference
Ὕμνος τῷ Σαλωμων· εἰς ἀντίληψιν ὁσίοις.
 A Hymn. Of Solomon. For Help to the Pious. 
1Ἑν τῷ νυστάξαι ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ Κυρίου,
παρὰ μικρὸν ὠλίσθησα ἐν καταφορᾷ ὑπνου
 When my soul slumbered [being afar] from the Lord,
I had all but slipped down to the pit, When [I was] far from God,		Psalm 16. PsSol.16.1-14
2τῶ μακρὰν ἀπὸ θεοῦ παρ' ὀλίγον ἐξεχύθη ἡ ψυχή μου εἰς θάνατον,
σύνεγγυς πυλῶν ᾅδου μετὰ ἁμαρτωλοῦ·
 my soul had been well nigh poured out unto death,
[I had been] nigh unto the gates of Sheol with the sinner,		 
3ἐν τῷ διενεχθῆναι ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ Κυρίου θεοῦ Ισραηλ,
εἰ μὴ ὁ κύριος ἀντελάβετό μου τῷ ἐλέει αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
 when my soul departed from the Lord God of Israel -
Had not the Lord helped me with His ever lasting mercy.		 
4ἔνυξέν με ὡς κέντρον ἵππου ἐπὶ τὴν γρηγόρησιν αὐτοῦ,
ὁ σωτὴρ καὶ ἀντιλήπτωρ μου ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ἔσωσέν με.
 He pricked me, as a horse is pricked, that I might serve Him,
My savior and helper at all times saved me.		 
5ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, ὁ θεός, ὅτι ἀντελάβου μου εἰς σωτηρίαν,
καὶ οὐκ ἐλογίσω με μετὰ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν εἰς ἀπώλειαν.
 I will give thanks unto Thee, O God, for Thou hast helped me to [my] salvation;
And hast not counted me with sinners to [my] destruction.		 
6μὴ ἀποστήσῃς τὸ ἔλεός σου ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, ὁ θεός,
μηδὲ τὴν μνήμην σου ἀπὸ καρδίας μου ἕως θανάτου.
 Remove not Thy mercy from me, O God,
Nor Thy memorial from my heart until I die.		 
7ἐπικράτησόν μου, ὁ θεός, ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας πονηρᾶς
καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης γυναικὸς πονηρᾶς σκανδαλιζούσης ἄφρονα.
 Rule me, O God, [keeping me back] from wicked sin,
And from every wicked woman that causeth the simple to stumble.		 
8καὶ μὴ ἀπατησάτω με κάλλος γυναικὸς παρανομούσης,
καὶ παντὸς ὑποκειμένου ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας ἀνωφελοῦς.
 And let not the beauty of a lawless woman beguile me,
Nor any one that is subject to unprofitable sin.		 
9τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν μου κατεύθυνον ἐν τόπῳ σου,
καὶ τὰ διαβήματά μου ἐν τῇ μνήμῃ σου διαφύλαξον.
 Establish the works of my hands before Thee,
And preserve my goings in the remembrance of Thee.		 
10τὴν γλῶσσάν μου καὶ τὰ χείλη μου ἐν λόγοις ἀληθείας περί στειλον,
ὀργὴν καὶ θυμὸν ἄλογον μακρὰν ποίησον ἀπ' ἐμοῦ.
 Protect my tongue and my lips with words of truth;
Anger and unreasoning wrath put far from me.		 
11γογγυσμὸν καὶ ὀλιγοψυχίαν ἐν θλίψει μάκρυνον ἀπ' ἐμοῦ,
ἐὰν ἁμαρτήσω ἐν τῷ σε παιδεύειν εἰς ἐπιστροφήν.
 Murmuring, and impatience in affliction, remove far from me,
When, if I sin, Thou chastenest me that I may return [unto Thee].		 
12εὐδοκίᾳ δὲ μετὰ ἱλαρότητος στήρισον τὴν ψυχήν μου·
ἐν τῷ ἐνισχῦσαί σε τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀρκέσει μοι τὸ δοθέν.
 But with goodwill and cheerfulness support my soul;
When Thou strengthenest my soul, what is given [to me] will be sufficient for me.		 
13ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ σὺ ἐνισχύσῃς, τίς ὑφέξεται παιδείαν ἐν πενίᾳ;
 For if Thou givest not strength,
Who can endure chastisement with poverty?		 
14ἐν τῷ ἐλέγχεσθαι ψυχὴν ἐν χειρὶ σαπρίας αὐτοῦ;
ἡ δοκιμασία σου ἐν σαρκὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν θλίψει πενίας·
ἐν τῷ ὑπομεῖναι δίκαιον ἐν τούτοις ἐλεηθήσεται ὑπὸ Κυρίου.
 When a man is rebuked by means of his corruption,
Thy testing [of him] is in his flesh and in the affliction of poverty.
If the righteous endureth in all these [trials], he shall receive mercy from the Lord.		 
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Notes:

The Old Testament in Greek is Rahlf's LXX available in Word format at the Tyndale website, adapted to database format.
The alternative readings of the LXX - Judges (Alexandrinus), Daniel, Susanna & Bel (LXX received text), and Tobit (Sinaiticus [not printed in Swete]) as separate book references so that they can be viewed as an alternative text in parallel with the primary text.
(I have reversed the Swete presentation for Daniel, Susanna, Bel by listing in the later Theodotion LXX text as the main text. )
The LXX cross references to the Hebrew Bible have been extensively revised using those set out in Swete's 'Old Testament in Greek' publications between 1894 and 1909, amended in part to agree with verses as printed in the Biblia Hebraica (1937 publication).
Some verse cross references in Swete's had to be amended to agree with the BHS verse numbering, and there may well be some mismatches that I haven't yet picked up on. (If you find any errors please e-mail me.)
Hebrew Bible has been adapted from the BHS in Word format at Tyndale.
The Septuagint in English ( translated by Sir Lancelot CL Brenton) - is used here only for the books of the Hebrew Bible.
The Revised Standard Version: This generally follows the Hebrew Bible for the canonical OT so I have included the RSV Aprocrypha for the Greek books not covered by Brenton.
Ecclesiasticus - Sirach Chs.30-36: The text of these chapters from 30.24 to 36.16, is disordered.
I have followed Swete's verse numbering for the greek text.
Also, the RSV verse numbering differs from the NRSV.
The NRSV appears to have followed Swete's numbering here, so I have re-ordered the RSV to agree with both the NRSV & Swete for these chapters.
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