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[1] For your judgments are great, and hard to interpret;
therefore undisciplined souls went astray.
[2] For when lawless men had supposed that they held a holy nation in their power,
they, prisoners of darkness, and bound in the fetters of a long night,
kept close beneath their roofs,
lay exiled from the eternal providence.
[3] For while they thought that they were unseen in their secret sins,
they were divided from one another by a dark curtain of forgetfulness,
stricken with terrible awe, and very troubled by apparitions.
[4] For neither did the dark recesses that held them guard them from fears,
but terrifying sounds rang around them,
and dismal phantoms appeared with unsmiling faces.
[5] And no power of fire prevailed to give light,
neither were the brightest flames of the stars strong enough to illuminate that gloomy night;
[6] but only the glimmering of a self-kindled fire appeared to them, full of fear.
In terror, they considered the things which they saw
to be worse than that sight, on which they could not gaze.
[7] The mockeries of their magic arts were powerless, now,
and a shameful rebuke of their boasted understanding:
[8] For those who promised to drive away terrors and disorders from a sick soul,
these were sick with a ludicrous fearfulness.
[9] For even if no troubling thing frighted them,
yet, scared with the creeping of vermin and hissing of serpents,
[10] they perished trembling in fear,
refusing even to look at the air, which could not be escaped on any side.
[11] For wickedness, condemned by a witness within, is a coward thing,
and, being pressed hard by conscience, always has added forecasts of the worst.
[12] For fear is nothing else but a surrender of the help which reason offers;
[13] and from within, the expectation of being less
prefers ignorance of the cause that brings the torment.
[14] But they, all through the night which was powerless indeed,
and which came upon them out of the recesses of powerless Hades,
sleeping the same sleep,
[15] now were haunted by monstrous apparitions,
and now were paralyzed by their soul’s surrendering;
for sudden and unexpected fear came upon them.
[16] So then whoever it might be, sinking down in his place,
was kept captive, shut up in that prison which was not barred with iron;
[17] for whether he was a farmer, or a shepherd,
or a laborer whose toils were in the wilderness,
he was overtaken, and endured that inescapable sentence;
for they were all bound with one chain of darkness.
[18] Whether there was a whistling wind,
or a melodious sound of birds among the spreading branches,
or a measured fall of water running violently,
[19] or a harsh crashing of rocks hurled down,
or the swift course of animals bounding along unseen,
or the voice of wild beasts harshly roaring,
or an echo rebounding from the hollows of the mountains,
all these things paralyzed them with terror.
[20] For the whole world was illuminated with clear light,
and was occupied with unhindered works,
[21] while over them alone was spread a heavy night,
an image of the darkness that should afterward receive them;
but to themselves, they were heavier than darkness.
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[1] Μεγάλαι G3173 γάρ G1063 σου G4675 αἱ G3588 κρίσεις G2920 καὶ G2532 δυσδιήγητοι· διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 ἀπαίδευτοι G521 ψυχαὶ G5590 ἐπλανήθησαν. G4105 [2] Ὑπειληφότες G5274 γὰρ G1063 καταδυναστεύειν G2616 ἔθνος G1484 ἅγιον G40 ἄνομοι G459 δέσμιοι G1198 σκότους G4655 καὶ G2532 μακρᾶς G3117 πεδῆται νυκτὸς G3571 κατακλεισθέντες G2623 ὀρόφοις φυγάδες τῆς G3588 αἰωνίου G166 προνοίας G4307 ἔκειντο. G2749 [3] Λανθάνειν G2990 γὰρ G1063 νομίζοντες G3543 ἐπὶ G1909 κρυφαίοις ἁμαρτήμασιν G265 ἀφεγγεῖ λήθης G3024 παρακαλύμματι ἐσκορπίσθησαν G4650 θαμβούμενοι G2284 δεινῶς G1171 καὶ G2532 ἰνδάλμασιν ἐκταρασσόμενοι. G1613 [4] Οὐδὲ G3761 γὰρ G1063 ὁ G3588 κατέχων G2722 αὐτοὺς G846 μυχὸς ἀφόβους διεφύλαττεν, G1314 ἦχοι G2279 δ’ G1161 ἐκταράσσοντες G1613 αὐτοὺς G846 περιεκόμπουν, καὶ G2532 φάσματα ἀμειδήτοις κατηφῆ προσώποις G4383 ἐνεφανίζετο. G1718 [5] Καὶ G2532 πυρὸς G4442 μὲν G3303 οὐδεμία G3762 βία G970 κατίσχυεν G2729 φωτίζειν, G5461 οὔτε G3777 ἄστρων G798 ἔκλαμπροι φλόγες G5395 καταυγάζειν ὑπέμενον G5278 τὴν G3588 στυγνὴν ἐκείνην G1565 νύκτα. G3571 [6] Διεφαίνετο δ’ G1161 αὐτοῖς G846 μόνον G3440 αὐτομάτη G844 πυρὰ G4443 φόβου G5401 πλήρης, G4134 ἐκδειματούμενοι δὲ G1161 τῆς G3588 μὴ G3361 θεωρουμένης G2334 ἐκείνης G1565 ὄψεως G3799 ἡγοῦντο G2233 χείρω G5501 τὰ G3588 βλεπόμενα. G991 [7] Μαγικῆς δὲ G1161 ἐμπαίγματα κατέκειτο G2621 τέχνης, G5078 καὶ G2532 τῆς G3588 ἐπὶ G1909 φρονήσει G5428 ἀλαζονείας G212 ἔλεγχος G1650 ἐφύβριστος· [8] οἱ G3588 γὰρ G1063 ὑπισχνούμενοι δείματα καὶ G2532 ταραχὰς G5016 ἀπελαύνειν G556 ψυχῆς G5590 νοσούσης, G3552 οὗτοι G3778 καταγέλαστον εὐλάβειαν G2124 ἐνόσουν. G3552 [9] Καὶ G2532 γὰρ G1063 εἰ G1487 μηδὲν G3367 αὐτοὺς G846 ταραχῶδες ἐφόβει, G5399 κνωδάλων παρόδοις G3938 καὶ G2532 ἑρπετῶν G2062 συριγμοῖς ἐκσεσοβημένοι διώλλυντο ἔντρομοι G1790 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 μηδαμόθεν φευκτὸν ἀέρα G109 προσιδεῖν ἀρνούμενοι. G720 [10] Δειλὸν G1169 γὰρ G1063 ἰδίῳ G2398 πονηρία G4189 μάρτυρι G3144 καταδικαζομένη, G2613 ἀεὶ G104 δὲ G1161 προσείληφεν G4355 τὰ G3588 χαλεπὰ G5467 συνεχομένη G4912 τῇ G3588 συνειδήσει· G4893 [11] οὐθὲν G3762 γάρ G1063 ἐστιν G2076 φόβος G5401 εἰ G1487 μὴ G3361 προδοσία τῶν G3588 ἀπὸ G575 λογισμοῦ G3053 βοηθημάτων, [12] ἔνδοθεν δὲ G1161 οὖσα G5607 ἥττων G2276 ἡ G3588 προσδοκία G4329 πλείονα G4119 λογίζεται G3049 τὴν G3588 ἄγνοιαν G52 τῆς G3588 παρεχούσης G3930 τὴν G3588 βάσανον G931 αἰτίας. G156 [13] Οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 τὴν G3588 ἀδύνατον G102 ὄντως G3689 νύκτα G3571 καὶ G2532 ἐξ G1537 ἀδυνάτου G102 ᾅδου G86 μυχῶν ἐπελθοῦσαν G1904 τὸν G3588 αὐτὸν G846 ὕπνον G5258 κοιμώμενοι G2837 [14] τὰ G3588 μὲν G3303 τέρασιν G5059 ἠλαύνοντο G1643 φαντασμάτων, G5326 τὰ G3588 δὲ G1161 τῆς G3588 ψυχῆς G5590 παρελύοντο G3886 προδοσίᾳ· αἰφνίδιος G160 γὰρ G1063 αὐτοῖς G846 καὶ G2532 ἀπροσδόκητος φόβος G5401 ἐπεχύθη. G2022 [15] Εἶθ’ G1534 οὕτως, G3779 ὃς G3739 δή G1211 ποτ’ G4218 οὖν G3767 ἦν G2258 ἐκεῖ G1563 καταπίπτων, G2667 ἐφρουρεῖτο G5432 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 ἀσίδηρον εἱρκτὴν κατακλεισθείς· G2623 [16] εἴ G1487 τε G5037 γὰρ G1063 γεωργὸς G1092 ἦν G2258 τις G5100 ἢ G2228 ποιμὴν G4166 ἢ G2228 τῶν G3588 κατ’ G2596 ἐρημίαν G2047 ἐργάτης G2040 μόχθων, G3449 προλημφθεὶς G4301 τὴν G3588 δυσάλυκτον ἔμενεν G3306 ἀνάγκην, G318 μιᾷ G3391 γὰρ G1063 ἁλύσει G254 σκότους G4655 πάντες G3956 ἐδέθησαν· G1210 [17] εἴ G1487 τε G5037 πνεῦμα G4151 συρίζον ἢ G2228 περὶ G4012 ἀμφιλαφεῖς κλάδους G2798 ὀρνέων G3733 ἦχος G2279 εὐμελὴς ἢ G2228 ῥυθμὸς ὕδατος G5204 πορευομένου G4198 βίᾳ G970 ἢ G2228 κτύπος ἀπηνὴς καταρριπτομένων πετρῶν G4073 [18] ἢ G2228 σκιρτώντων G4640 ζῴων G2226 δρόμος G1408 ἀθεώρητος ἢ G2228 ὠρυομένων G5612 ἀπηνεστάτων θηρίων G2342 φωνὴ G5456 ἢ G2228 ἀντανακλωμένη ἐκ G1537 κοιλότητος ὀρέων G3735 ἠχώ, παρέλυεν G3886 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐκφοβοῦντα. G1629 [19] Ὅλος G3650 γὰρ G1063 ὁ G3588 κόσμος G2889 λαμπρῷ G2986 κατελάμπετο φωτὶ G5457 καὶ G2532 ἀνεμποδίστοις συνείχετο G4912 ἔργοις· G2041 [20] μόνοις G3441 δὲ G1161 ἐκείνοις G1565 ἐπετέτατο βαρεῖα G926 νὺξ G3571 εἰκὼν G1504 τοῦ G3588 μέλλοντος G3195 αὐτοὺς G846 διαδέχεσθαι G1237 σκότους, G4655 ἑαυτοῖς G1438 δὲ G1161 ἦσαν G2258 βαρύτεροι G926 σκότους. G4655
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament