Psalm 57 (Septuagint) = Psalm 58 (KJV)
Introduction
This entry meets the strict three-criteria standard of the Theosis Library, with the manuscript text drawn directly from the same source as the scan:
- Manuscript scan: The actual folio of Codex Sinaiticus containing this passage, from the Codex Sinaiticus Project (codexsinaiticus.org). Library folio reference: 102.
- Original text: The verbatim transcription of the Sinaiticus manuscript from the Codex Sinaiticus Project, preserving uncial forms, lunate sigma, nomina sacra (e.g. ⟨θϲ⟩ = θεός), and scribal marks. Nomina sacra are shown in angle brackets to indicate the manuscript's sacred-name abbreviations.
- English translation: The King James Version (1611), retrieved verbatim from the public-domain bible-api.com endpoint.
Numbering: Codex Sinaiticus follows the Septuagint Psalter, in which this is Psalm 57. In the Hebrew and King James numbering the same psalm is Psalm 58. Greek verse numbers follow the Septuagint, which counts the superscription as verse 1; English verse numbers follow the KJV, so they run 1 behind the Greek. The Greek and English in each section are the same words of the same psalm.
How was this verified? (Provenance)
1ειϲ το τελοϲ μη διαφθειρηϲ τω δαυειδʼ ειϲ ϲτηλογραφιαν 2ει αληθωϲ αρα δικαιοϲυνην λαλειτε ευθεια κρινετε οι υιοι των ανθρωπω 3και γαρ εν καρδια ανομιαϲ εργαζεϲθε εν τη γη αδικιαν αι χειρεϲ υμων ϲυνπλεκουϲιν 4απηλλοτριωθηϲαν οι αμαρτωλοι απο μητραϲ επλανηθηϲαν απο γαϲτροϲ ελαληϲαν ψευδη 5θυμοϲ αυτοιϲ κατα την ομοιωϲιν του οφεωϲ ωϲει αϲπιδοϲ κωφηϲ και βυουϲηϲ τα ωτα αυτηϲ
1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
6ητιϲ ουκ ειϲακουϲεται φωνην επαδοντων φαρμακου τε φαρμακευομενου παρα ϲοφου 7ο θϲ ϲυνετριψεν τουϲ οδονταϲ αυτω εν τω ϲτοματι αυτων ταϲ μυλαϲ των λεοντων ϲυνεθλαϲεν κϲ 8εξουδενωθηϲονται ωϲ υδωρ διαπορευομενον εντενει το τοξον αυτου εωϲ ου αϲθενηϲουϲιν 9ωϲει κηροϲ ο τακειϲ ανταναιρεθηϲονται επεπεϲε πυρ και ουκ ειδον τον ηλιο 10προ του ϲυνειναι ταϲ ακανθαϲ ϋμω την ραμνον ωϲει ζωνταϲ ωϲει εν οργη καταπιεται αυτουϲ
5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. 6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. 7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. 8As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. 9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
11ευφρανθηϲεται δικαιοϲ οταν ϊδη εκδικηϲιν ταϲ χειραϲ αυτου νιψεται εν τω αιματι του αμαρτωλου 12και ερει ανθρωποϲ ει αρα εϲτιν καρποϲ τω δικαιω αρα εϲτιν ο θϲ κρινων αυτουϲ εν τη γη
10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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Source & Cross-References
- Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + KJV (bible-api.com) — view original
- Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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