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[1] Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and look at us with favor;
[2] and send your fear upon all the nations.ⓘ
[3] Lift up your hand against the foreign nations
and let them see your mighty power.
[4] As you showed your holiness in us before them,
so be magnified in them before us.
[5] Let them know you, as we also have known you,
that there is no God but only you, O God.
[6] Show new signs, and work various wonders.
Glorify your hand and your right arm.ⓘ
[7] Raise up indignation and pour out wrath.
Take away the adversary and destroy the enemy.
[8] Hasten the time and remember your oath.
Let them declare your mighty works.
[9] Let him who escapes be devoured by raging fire.
May those who harm your people find destruction.
[10] Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemies
who say, “There is no one but ourselves.”
[11] Gather all the tribes of Jacob together,
and‡ take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning.
[12] O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name,
and upon Israel, whom you likened to a firstborn.
[13] Have compassion upon the city of your sanctuary,
Jerusalem, the place of your rest.
[14] Fill Zion. Exalt your oracles
and fill your people with your glory.
[15] Give testimony to those who were your creatures in the beginning,
and fulfill the prophecies that have been spoken in your name.
[16] Reward those who wait for you,
and men will put their trust in your prophets.
[17] Listen, O Lord, to the prayer of your servants,
according to the blessing of Aaron concerning your people;
and all those who are on the earth will know
that you are the Lord, the§ eternal God. [18] The belly will eat any food,
but one food is better than another.
[19] The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting,
so does an understanding heart detect false speech.
[20] A contrary heart will cause heaviness.
A man of experience will pay him back.
[21] A woman will receive any man,
but one daughter is better than another.
[22] The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance.
A man desires nothing more.
[23] If kindness and humility are on her tongue,
her husband is not like other sons of men.
[24] He who gets a wife gets his richest treasure,
a help meet for him and a pillar of support.
[25] Where no hedge is, the property will be plundered.
He who has no wife will mourn as he wanders.
[26] For who would trust a nimble robber who skips from city to city?
Even so, who would trust a man who has no nest, and lodges wherever he finds himself at nightfall?

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 36:2 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
  2. ⓘ 36:6 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
  3. ‡ 36:11 The ancient authorities read I took them for my inheritance: but the Greek text is here very confused.
  4. § 36:17 Gr. God of the ages.
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Septuaginta
[1] Ἐλέησον G1653 ἡμᾶς, G2248 δέσποτα G1203 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 πάντων, G3956 καὶ G2532 ἐπίβλεψον G1914 καὶ G2532 ἐπίβαλε G1911 τὸν G3588 φόβον G5401 σου G4675 ἐπὶ G1909 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔθνη· G1484 [2] ἔπαρον G1869 τὴν G3588 χεῖρά G5495 σου G4675 ἐπὶ G1909 ἔθνη G1484 ἀλλότρια, G245 καὶ G2532 ἰδέτωσαν G1492 τὴν G3588 δυναστείαν σου. G4675 [3] Ὥσπερ G5618 ἐνώπιον G1799 αὐτῶν G846 ἡγιάσθης G37 ἐν G1722 ἡμῖν, G2254 οὕτως G3779 ἐνώπιον G1799 ἡμῶν G2257 μεγαλυνθείης G3170 ἐν G1722 αὐτοῖς· G846 [4] καὶ G2532 ἐπιγνώτωσάν G1921 σε, G4571 καθάπερ G2509 καὶ G2532 ἡμεῖς G2249 ἐπέγνωμεν G1921 ὅτι G3754 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 θεὸς G2316 πλὴν G4133 σοῦ, G4675 κύριε. G2962 [5] Ἐγκαίνισον G1457 σημεῖα G4592 καὶ G2532 ἀλλοίωσον θαυμάσια, G2297 δόξασον G1392 χεῖρα G5495 καὶ G2532 βραχίονα G1023 δεξιόν· G1188 [6] ἔγειρον G1453 θυμὸν G2372 καὶ G2532 ἔκχεον G1632 ὀργήν, G3709 ἔξαρον G1808 ἀντίδικον G476 καὶ G2532 ἔκτριψον ἐχθρόν. G2190 [7] Σπεῦσον G4692 καιρὸν G2540 καὶ G2532 μνήσθητι G3415 ὁρκισμοῦ, καὶ G2532 ἐκδιηγησάσθωσαν G1555 τὰ G3588 μεγαλεῖά G3167 σου. G4675 [8] Ἐν G1722 ὀργῇ G3709 πυρὸς G4442 καταβρωθήτω ὁ G3588 σῳζόμενος, G4982 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 κακοῦντες G2559 τὸν G3588 λαόν G2992 σου G4675 εὕροισαν G2147 ἀπώλειαν. G684 [9] Σύντριψον G4937 κεφαλὰς G2776 ἀρχόντων G758 ἐχθρῶν G2190 λεγόντων G3004 Οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 πλὴν G4133 ἡμῶν. G2257 [10] Συνάγαγε G4863 πάσας G3956 φυλὰς G5443 Ιακωβ G2384 καὶ G2532 κατακληρονόμησον G2624 αὐτοὺς G846 καθὼς G2531 ἀπ’ G575 ἀρχῆς. G746 [11] Ἐλέησον G1653 λαόν, G2992 κύριε, G2962 κεκλημένον G2564 ἐπ’ G1909 ὀνόματί G3686 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 Ισραηλ, G2474 ὃν G3739 πρωτογόνῳ ὡμοίωσας. G3666 [12] Οἰκτίρησον G3627 πόλιν G4172 ἁγιάσματός σου, G4675 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 τόπον G5117 καταπαύματός σου· G4675 [13] πλῆσον G4130 Σιων G4622 ἀρεταλογίας σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 δόξης G1391 σου G4675 τὸν G3588 λαόν G2992 σου. G4675 [14] Δὸς G1325 μαρτύριον G3142 τοῖς G3588 ἐν G1722 ἀρχῇ G746 κτίσμασίν G2938 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ἔγειρον G1453 προφητείας G4394 τὰς G3588 ἐπ’ G1909 ὀνόματί G3686 σου· G4675 [15] δὸς G1325 μισθὸν G3408 τοῖς G3588 ὑπομένουσίν G5278 σε, G4571 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 προφῆταί G4396 σου G4675 ἐμπιστευθήτωσαν. [16] Εἰσάκουσον, G1522 κύριε, G2962 δεήσεως G1162 τῶν G3588 ἱκετῶν σου G4675 κατὰ G2596 τὴν G3588 εὐλογίαν G2129 Ααρων G2 περὶ G4012 τοῦ G3588 λαοῦ G2992 σου, G4675 [17] καὶ G2532 γνώσονται G1097 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 ἐπὶ G1909 τῆς G3588 γῆς G1093 ὅτι G3754 κύριος G2962 εἶ G1488 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 τῶν G3588 αἰώνων. G165 [18] Πᾶν G3956 βρῶμα G1033 φάγεται G5315 κοιλία, G2836 ἔστιν G2076 δὲ G1161 βρῶμα G1033 βρώματος G1033 κάλλιον. G2566 [19] Φάρυγξ γεύεται G1089 βρώματα G1033 θήρας, G2339 οὕτως G3779 καρδία G2588 συνετὴ G4908 λόγους G3056 ψευδεῖς. G5571 [20] Καρδία G2588 στρεβλὴ δώσει G1325 λύπην, G3077 καὶ G2532 ἄνθρωπος G444 πολύπειρος ἀνταποδώσει G467 αὐτῷ. G846 [21] Πάντα G3956 ἄρρενα G730 ἐπιδέξεται G1926 γυνή, G1135 ἔστιν G2076 δὲ G1161 θυγάτηρ G2364 θυγατρὸς G2364 κρείσσων. G2908 [22] Κάλλος γυναικὸς G1135 ἱλαρύνει πρόσωπον G4383 καὶ G2532 ὑπὲρ G5228 πᾶσαν G3956 ἐπιθυμίαν G1939 ἀνθρώπου G444 ὑπεράγει· [23] εἰ G1487 ἔστιν G2076 ἐπὶ G1909 γλώσσης G1100 αὐτῆς G846 ἔλεος G1656 καὶ G2532 πραύτης, οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 ὁ G3588 ἀνὴρ G435 αὐτῆς G846 καθ’ G2596 υἱοὺς G5207 ἀνθρώπων. G444 [24] Ὁ G3588 κτώμενος G2932 γυναῖκα G1135 ἐνάρχεται G1728 κτήσεως, βοηθὸν G998 κατ’ G2596 αὐτὸν G846 καὶ G2532 στῦλον G4769 ἀναπαύσεως. G372 [25] Οὗ G3757 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 φραγμός, G5418 διαρπαγήσεται G1283 κτῆμα· G2933 καὶ G2532 οὗ G3757 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 γυνή, G1135 στενάξει G4727 πλανώμενος. G4105 [26] Τίς G5101 γὰρ G1063 πιστεύσει G4100 εὐζώνῳ λῃστῇ G3027 ἀφαλλομένῳ ἐκ G1537 πόλεως G4172 εἰς G1519 πόλιν; G4172 [27] Οὕτως G3779 ἀνθρώπῳ G444 μὴ G3361 ἔχοντι G2192 νοσσιὰν G3555 καὶ G2532 καταλύοντι G2647 οὗ G3757 ἐὰν G1437 ὀψίσῃ.
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament