The Holy Scripture
Chapter XXXVI
There shall no evil happen unto him that feareth the Lord; but in temptation even again he will deliver him.
ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς δέσποτα ὁ θεὸς πάντων καὶ ἐπίβλεψον καὶ ἐπίβαλε τὸν φόβον σου ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη
A wise man hateth not the law; but he that is an hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.
ἔπαρον τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ ἔθνη ἀλλότρια καὶ ἰδέτωσαν τὴν δυναστείαν σου
A man of understanding trusteth in the law; and the law is faithful unto him, as an oracle.
ὥσπερ ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ἡγιάσθης ἐν ἡμῖν οὕτως ἐνώπιον ἡμῶν μεγαλυνθείης ἐν αὐτοῖς
Prepare what to say, and so thou shalt be heard: and bind up instruction, and then make answer.
καὶ ἐπιγνώτωσάν σε καθάπερ καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐπέγνωμεν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν θεὸς πλὴν σοῦ κύριε
The heart of the foolish is like a cartwheel; and his thoughts are like a rolling axle-tree.
ἐγκαίνισον σημεῖα καὶ ἀλλοίωσον θαυμάσια δόξασον χεῖρα καὶ βραχίονα δεξιόν
A stallion horse is as a mocking friend, he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.
ἔγειρον θυμὸν καὶ ἔκχεον ὀργήν ἔξαρον ἀντίδικον καὶ ἔκτριψον ἐχθρόν
Why doth one day excel another, when as all the light of every day in the year is of the sun?
σπεῦσον καιρὸν καὶ μνήσθητι ὁρκισμοῦ καὶ ἐκδιηγησάσθωσαν τὰ μεγαλεῖά σου
By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished: and he altered seasons and feasts.
ἐν ὀργῇ πυρὸς καταβρωθήτω ὁ σῳζόμενος καὶ οἱ κακοῦντες τὸν λαόν σου εὕροισαν ἀπώλειαν
Some of them hath he made high days, and hallowed [them], and some of them hath he made ordinary days.
σύντριψον κεφαλὰς ἀρχόντων ἐχθρῶν λεγόντων οὐκ ἔστιν πλὴν ἡμῶν
And all men are from the ground, and Adam was created of earth.
συνάγαγε πάσας φυλὰς Ιακωβ καὶ κατακληρονόμησον αὐτοὺς καθὼς ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς
In much knowledge the Lord hath divided them, and made their ways diverse.
ἐλέησον λαόν κύριε κεκλημένον ἐπ᾿ ὀνόματί σου καὶ Ισραηλ ὃν πρωτογόνῳ ὡμοίωσας
Some of them hath he blessed and exalted, and some of them hath he sanctified, and set near himself: but some of them hath he cursed and brought low, and turned out of their places.
οἰκτίρησον πόλιν ἁγιάσματός σου Ιερουσαλημ τόπον καταπαύματός σου
As the clay is in the potter's hand, to fashion it at his pleasure: so man is in the hand of him that made him, to render to them as liketh him best.
πλῆσον Σιων ἀρεταλογίας σου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης σου τὸν λαόν σου
Good is set against evil, and life against death: so is the godly against the sinner, and the sinner against the godly.
δὸς μαρτύριον τοῖς ἐν ἀρχῇ κτίσμασίν σου καὶ ἔγειρον προφητείας τὰς ἐπ᾿ ὀνόματί σου
So look upon all the works of the most High; and there are two and two, one against another.
δὸς μισθὸν τοῖς ὑπομένουσίν σε καὶ οἱ προφῆταί σου ἐμπιστευθήτωσαν
Though I was the last to wake up, yet I received their inheritance as from the beginning.
εἰσάκουσον κύριε δεήσεως τῶν ἱκετῶν σου κατὰ τὴν εὐλογίαν Ααρων περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ σου
O Lord have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name, and upon Israel, whom thou hast named thy firstborn.
καὶ γνώσονται πάντες οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὅτι κύριος εἶ ὁ θεὸς τῶν αἰώνων
O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, the place of thy rest.
πᾶν βρῶμα φάγεται κοιλία ἔστιν δὲ βρῶμα βρώματος κάλλιον
Fill Sion with thine unspeakable oracles, and thy people with thy glory.
φάρυγξ γεύεται βρώματα θήρας οὕτως καρδία συνετὴ λόγους ψευδεῖς
Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in thy name.
καρδία στρεβλὴ δώσει λύπην καὶ ἄνθρωπος πολύπειρος ἀνταποδώσει αὐτῷ
Reward them that wait for thee, and let thy prophets be found faithful.
πάντα ἄρρενα ἐπιδέξεται γυνή ἔστιν δὲ θυγάτηρ θυγατρὸς κρείσσων
O Lord, hear the prayer of thy servants, according to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that thou art the Lord, the eternal God.
κάλλος γυναικὸς ἱλαρύνει πρόσωπον καὶ ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν ἀνθρώπου ὑπεράγει
The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.
εἰ ἔστιν ἐπὶ γλώσσης αὐτῆς ἔλεος καὶ πραΰτης οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς καθ᾿ υἱοὺς ἀνθρώπων
As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches.
ὁ κτώμενος γυναῖκα ἐνάρχεται κτήσεως βοηθὸν κατ᾿ αὐτὸν καὶ στῦλον ἀναπαύσεως
A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.
οὗ οὐκ ἔστιν φραγμός διαρπαγήσεται κτῆμα καὶ οὗ οὐκ ἔστιν γυνή στενάξει πλανώμενος
A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.
τίς γὰρ πιστεύσει εὐζώνῳ λῃστῇ ἀφαλλομένῳ ἐκ πόλεως εἰς πόλιν
The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.
οὕτως ἀνθρώπῳ μὴ ἔχοντι νοσσιὰν καὶ καταλύοντι οὗ ἐὰν ὀψίσῃ
If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.
He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.
Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.
Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skippeth from city to city? so [who will believe] a man that hath no house, and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him?