44:1 [] <> Qee, me ta wta hmwn hkousamen, oi patereV hmwn dihghqhsan proV hmaV to ergon, to opoion epraxaV en taiV hmeraiV autwn, en hmeraiV arcaiaiV.

44:2 Su dia thV ceiroV sou exediwxaV eqnh kai efuteusaV autouV× kateqliyaV laouV kai apediwxaV autouV.

44:3 Dioti den eklhronomhsan thn ghn dia thV romfaiaV autwn, kai o braciwn autwn den eswsen autouV× all' h dexia sou kai o braciwn sou kai to fwV tou proswpou sou× dioti euhresthqhV eiV autouV.

44:4 Su eisai o basileuV mou, Qee, o diorizwn taV swthriaV tou Iakwb.

44:5 Dia sou qelomen katabalei touV ecqrouV hmwn× dia tou onomatoV sou qelomen katapathsei touV epanistamenouV ef' hmaV×

44:6 Dioti den qelw elpisei epi to toxon oude h romfaia mou qelei me swsei.

44:7 Dioti su eswsaV hmaV ek twn ecqrwn hmwn kai kathscunaV touV misountaV hmaV×

44:8 eiV ton Qeon qelomen kaucasqai olhn thn hmeran, kai to onoma sou eiV ton aiwna qelomen umnei. Diayalma.

44:9 [] OmwV apebaleV kai kathscunaV hmaV, kai den exercesai pleon meta twn strateumatwn hmwn.

44:10 EkameV hmaV na streywmen eiV ta opisw emprosqen tou ecqrou× kai oi misounteV hmaV diarpazousi ta hmetera eiV eautouV.

44:11 ParedwkaV hmaV wV probata eiV brwsin kai eiV ta eqnh dieskorpisaV hmaV.

44:12 EpwlhsaV ton laon sou aneu timhV, kai den huxhsaV ton plouton sou ek thV pwlhsewV autwn.

44:13 KatesthsaV hmaV oneidoV eiV touV geitonaV hmwn, katagelwn kai cleuasmon eiV touV perix hmwn.

44:14 KatesthsaV hmaV paroimian metaxu twn eqnwn, kinhsin kefalhV metaxu twn lawn.

44:15 Olhn thn hmeran h entroph mou einai enwpion mou, kai h aiscunh tou proswpou mou me ekaluye×

44:16 dia thn fwnhn tou oneidizontoV kai ubrizontoV× dia ton ecqron kai ekdikhthn.

44:17 [] Panta tauta hlqon ef' hmaV, omwV den se elhsmonhsamen kai den hqethsamen thn diaqhkhn sou×

44:18 Oude estrafh eiV ta opisw h kardia hmwn, oude exeklinan ta bhmata hmwn apo thV odou sou.

44:19 An kai sunetriyaV hmaV en tw topw twn drakontwn kai periekaluyaV hmaV dia thV skiaV tou qanatou.

44:20 Ean elhsmonoumen to onoma tou Qeou hmwn kai exeteinomen taV ceiraV hmwn eiV Qeon allotrion,

44:21 o QeoV den hqelen exetasei touto; dioti autoV exeurei ta krufia thV kardiaV.

44:22 Oti eneka sou qanatoumeqa olhn thn hmeran× elogisqhmen wV probata sfaghV.

44:23 Exegerqhti, dia ti kaqeudeiV, Kurie; exegerqhti, mh apobalhV hmaV diapantoV.

44:24 Dia ti krupteiV to proswpon sou; lhsmoneiV thn talaipwrian hmwn kai thn katadunasteusin hmwn;

44:25 Dioti etapeinwqh ewV cwmatoV h yuch hmwn× ekollhqh eiV thn ghn h koilia hmwn.