This week I’m releasing a recording of Psalm 23 in Koine Greek from the Septuagint (LXX). In the LXX this would be numbered as Psalm 22. I use a Koine Era Pronunciation (aka Reconstructed Koine) and read from the the Rahlfs-Hanhart-LXX. You can find all of my other recordings on my Greek category page.

I recorded this for an episode of Ζῶν Ἑλληνιστί on the ProveText Podcast in which I read the passage and discuss it in Koine Greek. I will share that episode below. The audio recording here has been edited to improve the listening quality.

Psalm 23 (22 LXX)

Text

¹ Ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ. Κύριος ποιμαίνει με, καὶ οὐδέν με ὑστερήσει. ² εἰς τόπον χλόης, ἐκεῖ με κατεσκήνωσεν, ἐπὶ ὕδατος ἀναπαύσεως ἐξέθρεψέν με, ³ τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐπέστρεψεν. ὡδήγησέν με ἐπὶ τρίβους δικαιοσύνης ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ. ⁴ ἐὰν γὰρ καὶ πορευθῶ ἐν μέσῳ σκιᾶς θανάτου, οὐ φοβηθήσομαι κακά, ὅτι σὺ μετʼ ἐμοῦ εἶ, ἡ ῥάβδος σου καὶ ἡ βακτηρία σου, αὐταί με παρεκάλεσαν. ⁵ ἡτοίμασας ἐνώπιόν μου τράπεζαν ἐξ ἐναντίας τῶν θλιβόντων με, ἐλίπανας ἐν ἐλαίῳ τὴν κεφαλήν μου, καὶ τὸ ποτήριόν σου μεθύσκον ὡς κράτιστον. ⁶ καὶ τὸ ἔλεός σου καταδιώξεταί με πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς μου, καὶ τὸ κατοικεῖν με ἐν οἴκῳ κυρίου εἰς μακρότητα ἡμερῶν.

Audio

ProveText Episode 1293

References

Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs, Second, Revised Edition, edited by Robert Hanhart, © 2006 Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart. Used by permission.