Psalmorum 74
1 Intellectus Asaph. Ut quid Deus repulisti in finem: iratus est furor tuus super oves pascuæ tuæ?
O God, why have you cast us off for ever? why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Memor esto congregationis tuæ, quam possedisti ab initio. Redemisti virgam hereditatis tuæ: mons Sion, in quo habitasti in eo.
Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old; the rod of your inheritance, which you have redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein you have dwelt.
3 Leva manus tuas in superbias eorum in finem: quanta malignatus est inimicus in sancto!
Lift up your feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy has done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Et gloriati sunt qui oderunt te: in medio solemnitatis tuæ. Posuerunt signa sua, signa:
your enemies roar in the midst of your 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 your sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of your 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 God 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 knows how long.
10 Usquequo Deus improperabit inimicus: irritat adversarius nomen tuum in finem?
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme your name for ever?
11 Ut quid avertis manum tuam, et dexteram tuam, de medio sinu tuo in finem?
Why withdraw you your hand, even your right hand? pluck it out of your bosom.
12 Deus autem rex noster ante sæcula: operatus est salutem in medio terræ.
For God 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.
You did divide the sea by your strength: you brake the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Tu confregisti capita draconis: dedisti eum escam populis Æthiopum.
You brake the heads of leviathan (sea serpent) in pieces, and gave him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Tu dirupisti fontes, et torrentes: tu siccasti fluvios Ethan.
You did cleave the fountain and the flood: you dried up mighty rivers.
16 Tuus est dies, et tua est nox: tu fabricatus es auroram et solem.
The day is yours, the night also is yours: you have prepared the light and the sun.
17 Tu fecisti omnes terminos terræ: æstatem et ver tu plasmasti ea.
You have set all the borders of the earth: you have made summer and winter.
18 Memor esto huius, inimicus improperavit Domino: et populus insipiens incitavit nomen tuum.
Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed your name.
19 Ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, et animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem.
O deliver not the soul of your turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of your 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 your name.
22 Exurge Deus, iudica causam tuam: memor esto improperiorum tuorum, eorum quæ ab insipiente sunt tota die.
Arise, O God, plead your own cause: remember how the foolish man reproaches you daily.
23 Ne obliviscaris voces inimicorum tuorum: superbia eorum, qui te oderunt, ascendit semper.
Forget not the voice of your enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against you increases continually.
