ΨΑΛΜΟΙ - Salmi - Psalms 81

LXX	NEW JERUSALEM
1 ψαλμος τω ασαφ ο θεος εστη εν συναγωγη θεων εν μεσω δε θεους διακρινει	1 [For the choirmaster On the . . . of Gath Of Asaph] Sing for joy to God our strength, shout in triumph tothe God of Jacob.
2 εως ποτε κρινετε αδικιαν και προσωπα αμαρτωλων λαμβανετε διαψαλμα	2 Strike up the music, beat the tambourine, play the melodious harp and the lyre;
3 κρινατε ορφανον και πτωχον ταπεινον και πενητα δικαιωσατε	3 blow the trumpet for the new month, for the ful moon, for our feast day!
4 εξελεσθε πενητα και πτωχον εκ χειρος αμαρτωλου ρυσασθε	4 For Israel has this statute, a decision of the God of Jacob,
5 ουκ εγνωσαν ουδε συνηκαν εν σκοτει διαπορευονται σαλευθησονται παντα τα θεμελια της γης	5 a decree he imposed on Joseph, when he went to war against Egypt. I heard a voice unknown to me,
6 εγω ειπα θεοι εστε και υιοι υψιστου παντες	6 'I freed his shoulder from the burden, his hands were able to lay aside the labourer's basket.
7 υμεις δε ως ανθρωποι αποθνησκετε και ως εις των αρχοντων πιπτετε	7 You cried out in your distress, so I rescued you. 'Hidden in the storm, I answered you, I tested you atthe waters of Meribah.Pause
8 αναστα ο θεος κρινον την γην οτι συ κατακληρονομησεις εν πασιν τοις εθνεσιν	8 Listen, my people, while I give you warning; Israel, if only you would listen to me!
	9 'You shal have no strange gods, shall worship no alien god.
	10 I, Yahweh, am your God, who brought you here from Egypt, you have only to open your mouth forme to fil it.
	11 'My people would not listen to me, Israel would have none of me.
	12 So I left them to their stubborn selves, to fol ow their own devices.
	13 'If only my people would listen to me, if only Israel would walk in my ways,
	14 at one stroke I would subdue their enemies, turn my hand against their opponents.
	15 'Those who hate Yahweh would woo his favour, though their doom was sealed for ever,
	16 while I would feed him on pure wheat, would give you your fil of honey from the rock.'