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[1] Then the righteous man will stand in great boldness
before the face of those who afflicted him,
and those who make his labors of no account.
[2] When they see him, they will be troubled with terrible fear,
and will be amazed at the marvel of salvation.
[3] They will speak among themselves repenting,
and for distress of spirit they will groan,
“This was he whom we used to hold in derision,
as a parable of reproach.
[4] We fools considered his life madness,
and his end without honor.
[5] How was he counted among sons of God?
How is his lot among saints?
[6] Truly we went astray from the way of truth.
The light of righteousness didn’t shine for us.
The sun didn’t rise for us.
[7] We† took our fill of the paths of lawlessness and destruction.
We traveled through trackless deserts,
but we didn’t know the Lord’s way.
[8] What did our arrogance profit us?
What good have riches and boasting brought us? [9] Those things all passed away as a shadow,
like a rumor that runs by,
[10] like a ship passing through the billowy water,
which, when it has gone by, there is no trace to be found,
no pathway of its keel in the waves.
[11] Or it is like when a bird flies through the air,
no evidence of its passage is found,
but the light wind, lashed with the stroke of its pinions,
and torn apart with the violent rush of the moving wings, is passed through.
Afterwards no sign of its coming remains.
[12] Or it is like when an arrow is shot at a mark,
the air it divided closes up again immediately,
so that men don’t know where it passed through.
[13] So we also, as soon as we were born, ceased to be;
and we had no sign of virtue to show,
but we were utterly consumed in our wickedness.”
[14] Because the hope of the ungodly man is like chaff carried by the wind,
and§ as‡ foam vanishing before a tempest;
and is scattered like smoke by the wind,
and passes by as the remembrance of a guest who stays just a day. [15] But the righteous live forever.
Their reward is in the Lord,
and the care for them with the Most High.
[16] Therefore they will receive the crown of royal dignity
and the diadem of beauty from the Lord’s hand,
because he will cover them with his right hand,
and he will shield them with his arm.
[17] He will take his zeal as complete armor,
and will make the whole creation his weapons to punish his enemies:
[18] He will put on righteousness as a breastplate,
and will wear impartial judgment as a helmet.
[19] He will take holiness as an invincible shield.
[20] He will sharpen stern wrath for a sword.
The universe will go with him to fight against his frenzied foes.
[21] Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim.
They will leap to the mark from the clouds, as from a well-drawn bow.
[22] Hailstones full of wrath will be hurled as from a catapult.
The water of the sea will be angered against them.
Rivers will sternly overwhelm them.
[23] A mighty wind will encounter them.
It will winnow them away like a tempest.
So lawlessness will make all the land desolate.
Their evil-doing will overturn the thrones of princes.

Footnotes

  1. † 5:7 See
  2. § 5:14a Gr. like foam chased to thinness: or, as thin foam chased.
  3. ‡ 5:14b Most Greek authorities read hoar frost: some authorities, perhaps rightly, a spider’s web.
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Septuaginta
[1] Τότε G5119 στήσεται G2476 ἐν G1722 παρρησίᾳ G3954 πολλῇ G4183 ὁ G3588 δίκαιος G1342 κατὰ G2596 πρόσωπον G4383 τῶν G3588 θλιψάντων G2346 αὐτὸν G846 καὶ G2532 τῶν G3588 ἀθετούντων G114 τοὺς G3588 πόνους G4192 αὐτοῦ. G846 [2] Ἰδόντες G1492 ταραχθήσονται G5015 φόβῳ G5401 δεινῷ καὶ G2532 ἐκστήσονται G1839 ἐπὶ G1909 τῷ G3588 παραδόξῳ G3861 τῆς G3588 σωτηρίας· G4991 [3] ἐροῦσιν G2046 ἐν G1722 ἑαυτοῖς G1438 μετανοοῦντες G3340 καὶ G2532 διὰ G1223 στενοχωρίαν G4730 πνεύματος G4151 στενάξονται G4727 καὶ G2532 ἐροῦσιν G2046 [4] Οὗτος G3778 ἦν, G2258 ὃν G3739 ἔσχομέν G2192 ποτε G4218 εἰς G1519 γέλωτα G1071 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 παραβολὴν G3850 ὀνειδισμοῦ G3680 οἱ G3588 ἄφρονες· G878 τὸν G3588 βίον G979 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐλογισάμεθα G3049 μανίαν G3130 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 τελευτὴν G5054 αὐτοῦ G846 ἄτιμον. G820 [5] Πῶς G4459 κατελογίσθη ἐν G1722 υἱοῖς G5207 θεοῦ G2316 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ἁγίοις G40 ὁ G3588 κλῆρος G2819 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐστιν; G2076 [6] Ἄρα G686 ἐπλανήθημεν G4105 ἀπὸ G575 ὁδοῦ G3598 ἀληθείας, G225 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 τῆς G3588 δικαιοσύνης G1343 φῶς G5457 οὐκ G3756 ἐπέλαμψεν ἡμῖν, G2254 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 ἥλιος G2246 οὐκ G3756 ἀνέτειλεν G393 ἡμῖν· G2254 [7] ἀνομίας G458 ἐνεπλήσθημεν G1705 τρίβοις G5147 καὶ G2532 ἀπωλείας G684 καὶ G2532 διωδεύσαμεν G1353 ἐρήμους G2048 ἀβάτους, τὴν G3588 δὲ G1161 ὁδὸν G3598 κυρίου G2962 οὐκ G3756 ἐπέγνωμεν. G1921 [8] Τί G5101 ὠφέλησεν G5623 ἡμᾶς G2248 ἡ G3588 ὑπερηφανία; G5243 Καὶ G2532 τί G5101 πλοῦτος G4149 μετὰ G3326 ἀλαζονείας G212 συμβέβληται G4820 ἡμῖν; G2254 [9] Παρῆλθεν G3928 ἐκεῖνα G1565 πάντα G3956 ὡς G5613 σκιὰ G4639 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 ἀγγελία G31 παρατρέχουσα· [10] ὡς G5613 ναῦς G3491 διερχομένη G1330 κυμαινόμενον ὕδωρ, G5204 ἧς G3739 διαβάσης G1224 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 ἴχνος G2487 εὑρεῖν G2147 οὐδὲ G3761 ἀτραπὸν τρόπιος αὐτῆς G846 ἐν G1722 κύμασιν· G2949 [11] ἢ G2228 ὡς G5613 ὀρνέου G3732 διιπτάντος ἀέρα G109 οὐθὲν G3762 εὑρίσκεται G2147 τεκμήριον G5039 πορείας, G4197 πληγῇ G4127 δὲ G1161 μαστιζόμενον G3147 ταρσῶν πνεῦμα G4151 κοῦφον καὶ G2532 σχιζόμενον G4977 βίᾳ G970 ῥοίζου κινουμένων G2795 πτερύγων G4420 διωδεύθη, G1353 καὶ G2532 μετὰ G3326 τοῦτο G5124 οὐχ G3756 εὑρέθη G2147 σημεῖον G4592 ἐπιβάσεως ἐν G1722 αὐτῷ· G846 [12] ἢ G2228 ὡς G5613 βέλους G956 βληθέντος G906 ἐπὶ G1909 σκοπὸν G4649 τμηθεὶς ὁ G3588 ἀὴρ G109 εὐθέως G2112 εἰς G1519 ἑαυτὸν G1438 ἀνελύθη G360 ὡς G5613 ἀγνοῆσαι G50 τὴν G3588 δίοδον αὐτοῦ· G846 [13] οὕτως G3779 καὶ G2532 ἡμεῖς G2249 γεννηθέντες G1080 ἐξελίπομεν G1587 καὶ G2532 ἀρετῆς G703 μὲν G3303 σημεῖον G4592 οὐδὲν G3762 ἔσχομεν G2192 δεῖξαι, G1166 ἐν G1722 δὲ G1161 τῇ G3588 κακίᾳ G2549 ἡμῶν G2257 κατεδαπανήθημεν. [14] Ὅτι G3754 ἐλπὶς G1680 ἀσεβοῦς G765 ὡς G5613 φερόμενος G5342 χνοῦς ὑπὸ G5259 ἀνέμου G417 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 πάχνη ὑπὸ G5259 λαίλαπος G2978 διωχθεῖσα G1377 λεπτὴ G3016 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 καπνὸς G2586 ὑπὸ G5259 ἀνέμου G417 διεχύθη καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 μνεία G3417 καταλύτου μονοημέρου παρώδευσεν. [15] Δίκαιοι G1342 δὲ G1161 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα G165 ζῶσιν, G2198 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 κυρίῳ G2962 ὁ G3588 μισθὸς G3408 αὐτῶν, G846 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 φροντὶς αὐτῶν G846 παρὰ G3844 ὑψίστῳ. G5310 [16] Διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 λήμψονται G2983 τὸ G3588 βασίλειον G934 τῆς G3588 εὐπρεπείας G2143 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 διάδημα G1238 τοῦ G3588 κάλλους ἐκ G1537 χειρὸς G5495 κυρίου, G2962 ὅτι G3754 τῇ G3588 δεξιᾷ G1188 σκεπάσει αὐτοὺς G846 καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 βραχίονι G1023 ὑπερασπιεῖ αὐτῶν. G846 [17] Λήμψεται G2983 πανοπλίαν G3833 τὸν G3588 ζῆλον G2205 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ὁπλοποιήσει τὴν G3588 κτίσιν G2937 εἰς G1519 ἄμυναν ἐχθρῶν· G2190 [18] ἐνδύσεται G1746 θώρακα G2382 δικαιοσύνην G1343 καὶ G2532 περιθήσεται G4060 κόρυθα κρίσιν G2920 ἀνυπόκριτον· G505 [19] λήμψεται G2983 ἀσπίδα ἀκαταμάχητον ὁσιότητα, G3742 [20] ὀξυνεῖ δὲ G1161 ἀπότομον ὀργὴν G3709 εἰς G1519 ῥομφαίαν, G4501 συνεκπολεμήσει δὲ G1161 αὐτῷ G846 ὁ G3588 κόσμος G2889 ἐπὶ G1909 τοὺς G3588 παράφρονας. [21] Πορεύσονται G4198 εὔστοχοι βολίδες G1002 ἀστραπῶν G796 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 ἀπὸ G575 εὐκύκλου τόξου G5115 τῶν G3588 νεφῶν G3509 ἐπὶ G1909 σκοπὸν G4649 ἁλοῦνται, G242 [22] καὶ G2532 ἐκ G1537 πετροβόλου θυμοῦ G2372 πλήρεις G4134 ῥιφήσονται G4496 χάλαζαι· G5464 ἀγανακτήσει G23 κατ’ G2596 αὐτῶν G846 ὕδωρ G5204 θαλάσσης, G2281 ποταμοὶ G4215 δὲ G1161 συγκλύσουσιν ἀποτόμως· G664 [23] ἀντιστήσεται G436 αὐτοῖς G846 πνεῦμα G4151 δυνάμεως G1411 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 λαῖλαψ G2978 ἐκλικμήσει αὐτούς· G846 καὶ G2532 ἐρημώσει G2049 πᾶσαν G3956 τὴν G3588 γῆν G1093 ἀνομία, G458 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 κακοπραγία περιτρέψει G4062 θρόνους G2362 δυναστῶν. G1413
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament