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Venerdi, 29 marzo 2024 - Santi Simplicio e Costantino ( Letture di oggi)

Psalms 74


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1A maskil of Asaph. I Why, God, have you cast us off forever? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?2Remember your flock that you gathered of old, the tribe you redeemed as your very own. Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.3Turn your steps toward the utter ruins, toward the sanctuary devastated by the enemy.4Your foes roared triumphantly in your shrine; they set up their own tokens of victory.5They hacked away like foresters gathering boughs, swinging their axes in a thicket of trees.6They smashed all your engraved work, pounded it with hammer and pick.7They set your sanctuary on fire; the abode of your name they razed and profaned.8They said in their hearts, "Destroy them all! Burn all the shrines of God in the land!"9Now we see no signs, we have no prophets, no one who knows how long.10How long, O God, shall the enemy jeer? Shall the foe revile your name forever?11Why draw back your right hand, why keep it idle beneath your cloak?12Yet you, God, are my king from of old, winning victories throughout the earth.13You stirred up the sea in your might; you smashed the heads of the dragons on the waters.14You crushed the heads of Leviathan, tossed him for food to the sharks.15You opened up springs and torrents, brought dry land out of the primeval waters.16Yours the day and yours the night; you set the moon and sun in place.17You fixed all the limits of the earth; summer and winter you made.18Remember how the enemy has jeered, O LORD, how a foolish people has reviled your name.19Do not surrender to beasts those who praise you; do not forget forever the life of your afflicted.20Look to your covenant, for the land is filled with gloom; the pastures, with violence.21Let not the oppressed turn back in shame; may the poor and needy praise your name.22Arise, God, defend your cause; remember the constant jeers of the fools.23Do not ignore the clamor of your foes, the unceasing uproar of your enemies.