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The Psalms (Septuagint) 1.3 · 1.3

Like a tree planted by the streams

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καὶ ἔσται ὡς τὸ ξύλον τὸ πεφυτευμένον παρὰ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὑδάτων, ὃ τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ δώσει ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ φύλλον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀπορρυήσεται· καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἂν ποιῇ κατευοδωθήσεται.

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καὶkaíandἔσταιéstaihe will beὡςhōslikeτὸtheξύλονxýlontreeτὸtheπεφυτευμένονpephyteuménonplantedπαρὰparábyτὰςtástheδιεξόδουςdiexódouschannelsτῶνtō̂nof theὑδάτωνhydátōnof waters,whichτὸνtóntheκαρπὸνkarpónfruitαὐτοῦautoûitsδώσειdṓseiwill giveἐνeninκαιρῷkairō̂iseasonαὐτοῦautoûits,καὶkaíandτὸtheφύλλονphýllonleafαὐτοῦautoûitsοὐκoukwill notἀπορρυήσεταιaporrhyḗsetaifall off·καὶkaíandπάνταpántaallὅσαhósawhateverἂνáneverποιῇpoiē̂ihe doesκατευοδωθήσεταιkateuodōthḗsetaiwill prosper.

The setting

The psalm’s central image: the blessed man as a transplanted tree by irrigation channels — fruit in season, unwithering leaf, everything prospering.

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