< Psalmorum 74 >

1 Intellectus Asaph. Ut quid Deus repulisti in finem: iratus est furor tuus super oves pascuæ tuæ?
O Elohim, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Memor esto congregationis tuæ, quam possedisti ab initio. Redemisti virgam hereditatis tuæ: mons Sion, in quo habitasti in eo.
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Leva manus tuas in superbias eorum in finem: quanta malignatus est inimicus in sancto!
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Et gloriati sunt qui oderunt te: in medio solemnitatis tuæ. Posuerunt signa sua, signa:
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
5 et non cognoverunt sicut in exitu super summum. Quasi in silva lignorum securibus
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6 exciderunt ianuas eius in idipsum: in securi, et ascia deiecerunt eam.
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
7 Incenderunt igni Sanctuarium tuum: in terra polluerunt tabernaculum nominis tui.
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
8 Dixerunt in corde suo cognatio eorum simul: quiescere faciamus omnes dies festos Dei a terra.
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of El in the land.
9 Signa nostra non vidimus, iam non est propheta: et nos non cognoscet amplius.
We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 Usquequo Deus improperabit inimicus: irritat adversarius nomen tuum in finem?
O Elohim, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Ut quid avertis manum tuam, et dexteram tuam, de medio sinu tuo in finem?
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
12 Deus autem rex noster ante sæcula: operatus est salutem in medio terræ.
For Elohim is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Tu confirmasti in virtute tua mare: contribulasti capita draconum in aquis.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Tu confregisti capita draconis: dedisti eum escam populis Æthiopum.
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Tu dirupisti fontes, et torrentes: tu siccasti fluvios Ethan.
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16 Tuus est dies, et tua est nox: tu fabricatus es auroram et solem.
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17 Tu fecisti omnes terminos terræ: æstatem et ver tu plasmasti ea.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
18 Memor esto huius, inimicus improperavit Domino: et populus insipiens incitavit nomen tuum.
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O YHWH, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 Ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, et animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem.
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
20 Respice in testamentum tuum: quia repleti sunt, qui obscurati sunt terræ domibus iniquitatum.
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
21 Ne avertatur humilis factus confusus: pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum.
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22 Exurge Deus, iudica causam tuam: memor esto improperiorum tuorum, eorum quæ ab insipiente sunt tota die.
Arise, O Elohim, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
23 Ne obliviscaris voces inimicorum tuorum: superbia eorum, qui te oderunt, ascendit semper.
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

< Psalmorum 74 >